Pooja Dhanda suspended

• Former world and Asian championships medallist wrestler Pooja Dhanda has been issued a one-year suspension by India’s National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) for three whereabouts failures in a year.

DETAILS

• An Athlete in NADA’s Registered Testing Pool is required to provide the whereabouts information every quarter which includes: Home address, email address and phone number, an address for overnight accommodations, Competition schedules and locations and a 60-minute time slot for each day where they’ll be available and accessible for testing and liable for a potential ‘missed test’.
• Any combination of three Whereabouts Failures (filing failures and/or missed tests) within a 12-month period constitutes an Anti-Doping Rule Violation under NADA Anti Doping Rules – Article 2.4, which may lead to the imposition of a sanction for up to 4 years.