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Narsingh Yadav makes strong comeback; aims for 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Updated On: 13 April, 2019 07:15 AM IST | Mumbai | Sundari Iyer
Nearly three years after being banned for failing a dope test before 2016 Rio Games, wrestler Narsingh Yadav is hoping to participate in Tokyo Olympics

India wrestler Narsingh Yadav interacts during a doping awareness programme at SAI, Kandivli yesterday. Pic/Sundari Iyer
Dope-tainted wrestler Narsingh Yadav still harbours dreams to be an Olympian. It's almost three years since Yadav was handed a four-year ban by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for failing a dope test three weeks before the 2016 Rio Olympics.
The 74-kg wrestler had claimed that his food and drink were spiked by rivals during the national camp in Sonepat, Haryana, but a Central Bureau of Investigation inquiry dismissed the theory recently, though the outcome of the case is still hanging in the balance. He now hopes everything can be wrapped up soon so that he can strive to make it to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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