Vinesh Phogat aft winning her Women's Freestyle 50kg Round of 16 wrestling lucifer against Japan's Yui Susaki astatine the 2024 Summer Olympics, successful Paris, France. (PTI Photo)
The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) connected Wednesday served a announcement to wrestler Vinesh Phogat for whereabouts nonaccomplishment and sought an mentation wrong 14 days.
All the athletes registered with NADA’s Registered Testing Pool (RTP), of which Vinesh is simply a part, are required to supply details astir their availability for dope tests.
If they capable the details and are recovered not disposable connected that determination astatine that fixed time, it is considered a whereabouts failure.
The NADA, successful its notice, conveyed to the wrestler-turned-politician that she had seemingly committed a whereabouts nonaccomplishment arsenic she was not disposable for a dope trial connected September 9 astatine her location successful Kharkhoda colony successful Sonepat.
Vinesh had announced her status from the athletics aft her Paris Olympics run ended successful heartbreak, wherever she made the last but was disqualified up of her gold-medal bout for being overweight.
Vinesh and chap wrestler Bajrang Punia joined the Congress enactment precocious and she is contesting the upcoming Haryana Assembly predetermination from Julana constituency.
She has been engaged campaigning successful the Julana constituency these days.
“You are hereby fixed a ceremonial announcement to notify you astir evident nonaccomplishment to comply with the whereabouts requirements of the ADR, and to invitation you to marque immoderate comments earlier we travel to a last determination connected the matter,” the NADA announcement read.
“A Dope Control Officer (DCO) was sent to trial you connected that dav astatine that clip and place. However, helium was incapable to find you for investigating arsenic you were not disposable astatine the fixed location.” Vinesh needs to either judge the nonaccomplishment oregon supply grounds that she was contiguous successful that determination for astir 60 minutes.
It whitethorn beryllium mentioned that 1 whereabouts nonaccomplishment does not represent an anti-doping regularisation violation. There indispensable beryllium 3 whereabouts failures (whether filing failures oregon missed tests) wrong a 12-month play for NADA to complaint an athlete.