September 2, 2010 8:41 PM

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4 Indian wrestlers fails dope test, dropped from CWG team

Four Indian wrestlers, including Arjuna Awardee Rajiv Tomar, have failed dope test and dropped from the Commonwealth team. They have flunked NADA dope tests and a red-faced national federation today announced their removal from the team.Wrestling Federation of India President, G.S. Mander said in New Delhi today that the National Federation has provisinoally suspended all four wrestlers.The wrestlers are Sumit (74kg), Mausam Khatri (96kg) and Rajiv Tomar (120kg), who were earlier named in the Games squad in men's freestyle, and Gursharanpreet Kaur (women's 72kg). A statement from the Federation says that the wrestlers from Commonwealth Games team tested positive for Methyl Hexa Neamine (non specified substance) as per the report received from NADA. In an emergency meeting of the selection committee of Wrestling Federation of India held today in K D Jadhav Wrestling Stadium, New Delhi, the selection committee has selected the replacements of three Freestyle and one female wrestler who were earlier selected for the Commonwealth Games-2010. India had named 21 wrestlers, including seven women, for the Commonwealth Games. The squad had included Olympic bronze medallist Sushil Kumar in men's 66kg freestyle.

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