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‘Never refused to give my sample’: Bajrang Punia responds after NADA suspends him

World and Olympic medal-winning wrestler Bajrang Punia and officials of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) have raised questions after the news of Bajrang‘s provisional suspension came to ligh

The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) handed Bajrang for refusing to give his urine sample NADA officials.

The officials of anti-doping body had approached several wrestlers, including Bajrang, for collecting their samples during the selection trials for Olympic qualifiers that were conducted in Sonipat on March 10 by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA)-appointed ad-hoc committee. However, they could not get Bajrang’s sample.

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