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Wrestling News: Major policy decision by the Wrestling Federation

The menace of doping has overwhelmed the world of sports almost ever since competitive sports became popular. The guardians of clean sports culture have been forced to come up with various new measures to keep it in check. Now the Wrestling Federation of India has come up with a unique way to keep wrestling clean of doping. The federation has decided that if results of dope tests of any wrestler during national camp and international championships are found to be positive, then not only the player concerned but also all the trainers at the camp will be barred and penalized. Federation realizes that they had to pay Rs 32 lakh as fine to international governing body United World Wrestling in the last two years as their wrestlers were caught on charges of doping.

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  • Released : 12-May-2019

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