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Wrestler Sumit Malik to challenge 2-year ban
Updated On: 06 July, 2021 07:58 AM IST | New Delhi | PTI
He had competed at the Asian Qualifiers in Almaty in April but did not succeed in earning the quota. He then took part in the Asian Championship at the same venue and returned medal-less. However, at the World Olympic Qualifiers in Sofia in May, Malik earned the Olympic quota by reaching the final.
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Indian wrestler Sumit Malik has decided to challenge the two-year ban imposed on him by the sport`s world body for failing a dope test and seek a lesser punishment so that he can compete in next year`s Commonwealth Games and defend his title. The 2018 CWG gold medallist Malik was on Friday banned for two years by the sport`s world governing body United World Wrestling (UWW) after his B sample also returned positive for a prohibited stimulant. The 28-ye
ar-old, who had qualified for the Tokyo Games in the 125kg category, admitted that he is responsible for the substance found in his body but since the intention was not to cheat, he will appeal to the UWW that the punishment period is reduced to six months. Sources close to the wrestler told PTI that they have sent a specific supplement to the USA for test and also the medicines Malik took and if it is established that the stimulant entered his body through one of those, then it will be proved that the substance was consumed unknowingly.
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