Wrestler Bajrang Punia, who was suspended by the Nationwide Anti-Doping Company (NADA) for the second time on June 24, accused the physique of focusing on him for stating flaws of their system. He additionally known as the NADA smug and vowed to problem it.
“This reveals how NADA is focusing on me, they don’t need me to proceed wrestling at any price. They haven’t any solutions and so they don’t wish to take duty for his or her errors. They only wish to harass the athlete to do away with him. NADA doesn’t need anybody to query their flawed methods and if somebody does, he’s focused in order that he can’t proceed his sport,” Punia mentioned on X.
Punia was initially suspended for refusing to offer his pattern throughout the choice trials held in Sonepat on March 10. He had misplaced the trials and thus missed out on the prospect to qualify for the Paris Olympics.
यह NADA द्वारा एक ही मामले में पहले निलंबन को निरस्त करने के बाद लगातार 2 महीनों में दूसरे निलंबन से संबंधित है। NADA ने उन्हें दिए गए सभी तथ्यों को स्पष्ट रूप से नजरअंदाज कर दिया और मुझे फिर से निलंबित कर दिया। यह दर्शाता है कि NADA मुझे कैसे निशाना बना रहा है, वे नहीं चाहते कि…
— Bajrang Punia 🇮🇳 (@BajrangPunia) July 1, 2024
The 30-year-old multiple-time World Championship medallist claimed that he by no means refused to present a pattern however solely sought a solution to why NADA despatched an expired equipment for pattern assortment in December 2023.
“Why doesn’t NADA reply in regards to the expired equipment? Why doesn’t NADA reply how an unregistered chaperone who was not named within the mission order approached and pressured me for pattern assortment? “Why doesn’t NADA reply why I used to be pressured to gather samples between two matches after they knew I had solely 20 minutes to arrange for the following bout,” mentioned Bajrang on Monday.
The wrestler additionally mentioned that he his lawyer will file his reply on time.
“If NADA needs to problem the grit and dedication of wrestlers to face up for his or her rights for the sake of their conceitedness, allow them to do it. The wrestler is right here and can battle until the top. My lawyer will file his reply on time,” he wrote.