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Two-year dope ban for wrestler Sumit Malik; has a week to appeal
Updated On: 03 July, 2021 07:27 AM IST | New Delhi | PTI
Sumit Malik was handed a provisional suspension last month for failing a dope test during the World Olympic Qualifier event in Sofia, where he had qualified for the Tokyo Games in the 125kg category.
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His hopes of competing in the Olympics over, Indian wrestler Sumit Malik was on Friday banned for two years by the sport`s world governing body UWW after his B sample also returned positive for a prohibited stimulant. The 28-year-old has one week to decide if he would accept the sanction or challenge it. Malik was handed a provisional suspension last month for failing a dope test during the World Olympic Qualifier event in Sofia, where he had qualified for the Tokyo Games in the 125kg category.
His `B` sample was opened on June 30 and expectedly that also provided the same result. A specified substance was found in Malik`s sample, though, the 2018 Commonwealth Games gold-medallist had told PTI that he only took painkillers to manage right knee niggle. "Sumit Malik`s B sample has given the same result and the UWW has banned him for two years from June 3. He has a week to respond. He can call for a hearing or accept the sanction," a source in the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) told PTI. Sources close to Rohtak-based Malik said they will soon take a decision.
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