Anabolic steroid is synthetic steroid hormone which resembles testosterone in promoting the growth of muscle. Such hormones are used medicinally to treat some forms of weight loss by some athletes and sportsmen to enhance physical performance. Reports reveal that an Indian Olympian, Narsingh Yadav was about to play today around 6pm has kicked out of Rio Olympics as he has been ban by Court of Arbitraion for Sport (CAS)
According to First Post, Narsingh Yadav journey has finally come to an end following the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) appeal. Not only will he miss the Rio Games, but he will potentially miss out on future Games as well, after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) banned him for four years for a doping violation. Just weeks before the start of the Rio Games, Narsingh tested positive for a banned anabolic steroid, methandienone, in tests conducted by National Anti-doping Agency (NADA) on 25 June, followed by a hearing by the NADA disciplinary panel. Narsingh was due to compete in Friday's men's freestyle 74 kg division wrestling competition in Rio.
The 27-year-old had also appeared in the official Olympic schedule. Indian Olympic Association blamed unnamed compatriots for his ouster from the Olympics and for the four-year ban slapped on him.
"To say I am devastated at the decision of CAS would be putting it mildly. I have gone through so much over the last two months off the mat but the thought of fighting for the glory of the nation at the Games had kept me going. My dream of competing and winning the country a medal at the Rio Olympics has been cruelly snatched away from me twelve hours before my first bout. But I will do everything it takes to prove my innocence. It is all I have left to fight for," he said in a statement issued by his sponsors JSW Sports.
At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, he won the gold medal in the men's wrestling. At the Olympics in London, Narsingh Yadav lost his opening bout against Matt Gentry of Canada.
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