Boxer Sumit Sangwan gets one year suspension for dope test failure

The National
Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) on Thursday handed former Asian silver medallist
boxer Sumit Sangwan a one-year suspension for failing a dope test.

“Sumit
Sangwan banned for 1 year with immediate effect for consuming the specified
prohibited substance,” NADA DG Navin Agarwal posted on his Twitter handle.

Sangwan, who
took part in the 2012 London Olympics, will not be able to participate in the
Olympic qualifier trials.

Sangwan,
whose ban starts from Thursday, tested positive for acetazolamide, which is
listed as diuretics and masking agents under S5 of WADA’s 2019 Prohibited List.

The order
stated , “The Hearing Panel holds that since Athlete in the present case was
negligent in consuming the specified prohibited substance without verifying its
composition and elements and elements and without disclosing same in the doping
form, he is liable for sanctions under Article 10.5.1 for ineligibility period
of 1 year.”