Patiala: The B sample results of four more Indian kabaddi players, who were tested during the selection trials for the World Kabaddi Cup, have tested positive. NADA had collected the samples of all Indian players during the trials and as many as 20 failed in their tests as a result of which they were expelled from the camp with.
National Anti-Doping Agency Director-General Rahul Bhatnagar said that with the declaration of these results, the total count of players whose B samples have tested positive had reached 14. He informed that all these players have been issued orders to appear before NADA’s Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel. “After their A samples were found positive, we had asked them to get the B samples done,” Bhatnagar said.
The names of players who failed the B test are Gursewak Singh (Nava Shahr), Surjit Singh (Ludhiana), Varinder Singh (Moga), Paramjeet Singh Thikriwala (Sangrur), Karamjeet Singh (Sangrur), Jagsir Singh Chohan (Bathinda), Gurdarshan Singh (Moga), Nirvair Singh (Muktsar), Sukhjit Singh (Kapurthala), Balbir Singh (Amritsar), Kirandeep Singh (Bathinda), Surender Kumar (Jind), Sandeep Singh and Jasdeep Singh (Kapurthala).
The Tribune