Wrestler Bajrang Punia on May 10 took to his social media handle on ‘X’ to further clarify as to why he did not give a sample to the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) officials during the selection trials in Sonipat on March 10.
Bajrang, who has been suspended by United World Wrestling (UWW) until December 31, on the basis of the provisional suspension imposed by NADA, again claimed that he had not refused to give his sample.
“This is to clarify that I have at no stage refused to give my sample for doping control. On 10 March 2024, when I was approached by alleged doping control officials, I merely reminded them that the last two times they came to collect my sample, they had gotten expired kits once and on the other instance, they had approached me with a single testing kit as opposed to the three testing kits. I then sought an answer from them as the NADA did not provide an answer to any of my communications demanding an explanation for the same and informed them that I would give my sample upon receiving such explanation from them,” Bajrang said.
