UWW Suspends Wrestler Bajrang Punia Till End of 2024

New Delhi: In response to the National Anti-Doping Agency’s (NADA) decision to provisionally suspend Bajrang Punia for an alleged anti-doping rule violation, the United World Wrestling (UWW) has announced its decision to suspend the Tokyo Olympic bronze-medalist until the end of 2024. Bajrang Punia, the 30-year-old wrestler from Haryana, was provisionally suspended by NADA on…

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NADA gives ultimatum to Bajrang, respond by May 7; wrestler says ‘my lawyer will send a detailed reply’

New Delhi: Following reports of his provisional suspension order, Olympic bronze medal winner Bajrang Punia on Sunday clarified that he never refused to give his sample. “I want to clarify about a report about my dope test. I never refused to give my sample, I requested them for a response about the expired kit which…

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Wrestler Bajrang Punia bags India’s sixth medal at Tokyo Olympics, wins bronze

Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia wins bronze medal at Tokyo Olympics by convincingly beating Daulet Niyazbekov of Kazakhstan in the men’s freestyle 65kg event today. He beat the Kazakhstan wrestler with 8-0 points in an one-sides match for the bronze medal. Bajrang had earlier gone down to Azerbaijan’s Haji Aliyev in the semi-final on Friday. Bajrang…

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