New Delhi: Former Asian silver medalist boxer Sumit Sangwan proved at the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) hearing that he had inadvertently consumed a banned substance, after which he was banned for a one-year doping ban on Monday. is removed. An Indian Boxing Federation official told PTI, ‘Sumit has got a clean chit in the case and the ban on him has been lifted. He assured the Nada panel that he had inadvertently consumed the banned substance found in his sample.
In December 2019, Sumit Sangwan was found guilty of substance abuse in the banned list of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). After the ban was lifted, Sangwan said, ‘I feel relieved. A big burden was lifted from my shoulder. I knew that I was not wrong. I’m glad I was able to prove it. I proved myself innocent by submitting my medical report to the NADA panel. In the first hearing of this case, I was not able to present this evidence.
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Sumit Sangwan also said earlier that he had taken medication for eye infections on the advice of a doctor. He said, ‘I had taken this medicine only when I could not even open my eyes due to pain. If I had been in an eye-opening situation, I probably would have known what medication I was taking. I trusted the doctor. At that time my liver (liver) had become much larger than normal, due to which this drug could not come out of my body in seven days and on the 13th day of its consumption, it was found in my sample.
However, the boxer, who represented the country at the London Olympics, could not participate in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic qualifier trial due to the ban that he would seek to attend the national camp. Sumit Sangwan said, ‘I will ask the federation to include myself in the national camp. When all this happened, I was the national champion. I should get a place back in the camp. ‘ Sangwan’s sample was taken on 10 October, in which fragments of diuretics and ‘masking agents’ were found.
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