The National Anti-Doping Agency on Thursday issued a notice to ace wrestler Vinesh Phogat. The notice has been issued by the agency for whereabout failures of the anti-doping rules. Notably, he has been given two weeks to respond to the notice.It is to be noted here that Vinesh Phogat was among the wrestlers who were protesting against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the chief of the Wrestling Federation of India, against who the allegations of sexual harassment were made.The governing Asian Games champion Phogat was also likely to make her return to Budapest Ranking Series 2023, which was scheduled to start on July 13, according to the information.In her recent whereabouts filings on June 27, Vinesh Phogat declared that she will be available for the testing in Sonipat, according to the notice.Heres what notice from NADA says“I am writing to give you formal notice to notify you of your apparent failure to comply with the whereabouts requirements of the ADR, and to invite you to make any comments before we come to a final decision on the matter. Please read this letter carefully, as it may have serious consequences for you,” said the notice from NADA.“By email dated 08-March-2022 & 12-December-2022, we advised you that you have been included in our Registered Testing Pool, and therefore that under the ADR you are required to make a whereabouts filing at the beginning of each quarter, providing certain specified information about your whereabouts each day in the forthcoming quarter, and are further required to be available for testing at those declared whereabouts, in accordance with the International Standard for Result Management (ISRM) Article B.2.4,” added the notice.“We sent Doping Control Officers (“DCOs”) to test you on that day at that time and place. However, the DCO was unable to locate you for testing as you were not available at the given location,” the notice added.
