Amit Dahiya – Play Fair!
The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) made a historic decision by banning National Javelin Thrower Amit Dahiya for four years.
Amit Dahiya (21) finished third in the competition held on April 16, 2019, in Sonepat, Haryana. He secured third place with his best efforts of 68.21 meters. He was temporarily suspended on July 16, 2019. NADA referred his case to the ADDP (Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel) on January 9, 2020. And this has led to ADDP deciding to suspend the player for four years from the date of his temporary suspension.
Why was Amit Dahiya banned?
During the course of sports event, Amit Dahiya was asked to submit his urine sample. However, at the time of sample collection, another athlete pretending to be Amit Dahiya tried to impersonate by submitting a fake sample. However, the alert NADA officials detected the impersonation and a notice of charge was issued to Amit Dahiya on July 16, for violating Rule 23 of NADA Anti-Doping rules, as disclosed by NADA.
NADA mentioned on their official Twitter account that the National Anti-Doping Agency has banned Amit Dahiya for deliberately misleading the officials of NADA during a dope test.
National Anti-Doping Agency said in its decision that it is for the first time when NADA has taken cognizance of an issue where an athlete eluded sample collection. Now, NADA has successfully proceeded against Amit Dahiya under the prescribed provisions.
