The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) has issued a notice to the two-time World Championships medallist wrestler Vinesh Phogat for failure to comply with whereabouts requirements.
On June 27, a doping control officer (DCO) visited the address in Partap Colony, Sonipat, but Vinesh was not present at the location and could not be reached via phone. The DCO spent over 40 minutes trying to get her and also called her husband Somvir Rathee but there was no response from his side as well, The Tribune said in a report on Thursday.
NADA’s project officer Ankush Gupta has requested a response from Vinesh regarding her non-compliance with the ADR’s whereabouts requirements.
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Vinesh has 14 days to respond to this notice. However, the report further said that Vinesh has little to worry about as this is the first time in 12 months that she has had a whereabouts failure.
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 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.
Notably, IANS first reported about such an alert last week as renowned wrestling coach Ajit Singh suggested that NADA have to keep an eye on Vinesh and Bajarang while questioning their training stints abroad.
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