Wrestler Narsingh out, Parveen Rana in for Rio
posted on Jul 27, 2016 @ 3:01PM
In what was a shock to the wrestling community, Wrestler Narsingh Yadav was tested positive for banned drugs just before heading to Rio Olympics. Narsingh filed an FIR at the Sonepat Police Station naming two fellow wrestlers, one of them a 17-year-old, and persisted with his demand for a CBI probe into the scandal that has sent shockwaves into the Indian sporting fraternity. "I have always maintained that there has been a conspiracy against me. If I am cleared of the charges, I will go to Rio. I have identified the boy who was seen contaminating my food.
I have given a detailed complaint to the police," Narsingh told reporters after filing his complaint. However Parveen Rana will be replacing Narsingh in the Olympics playing for India. “The Indian Olympic Association informed United World Wrestling of their desire to enter Parveen Rana as their nation’s replacement at 74kg in men’s freestyle,” the UWW statement said."His name is sent as date of replacement was given as July 25 and that's why the name is sent to the world body. We would still hope Narsingh is proved innocent and goes to Rio," WFI President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh said on Narsingh's replacement Parveen Rana.