Former wrestler Narsingh Yadav was elected the chairman of the Wrestling Federation of India’s Athletes’ Fee in Varanasi on Wednesday as mandated by the United Globe Wrestling (UWW), the worldwide governing human body for wrestling.
In the elections, done on the ballot paper, seven customers out of eight received elected. The elected members then selected Narsingh as chairman of the commission.
Narsingh, Commonwealth Game titles and Asian Championships gold medallist, hit the headlines when two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar asked for a trial bout in opposition to him following he missed the qualification for the 2016 Rio Olympics owing to an injuries.
Sushil moved the Delhi Significant Court docket but the court rejected his appeal.
When Narsingh appeared established for the Rio Olympics, he unsuccessful two dope tests and was banned for four several years by the Courtroom of Arbitration for Sport even while the Nationwide Anti-Doping Company (NADA) experienced cleared him on the plea that his failed examination was the end result of sabotage.
Due to the fact CAS’ decision came a day before this opening bout in Rio, he missed out on symbolizing India at the Olympics. His ban ended in July 2020.
The other elected users of the Athletes Commission are Sahil (Delhi), Smitha AS (Kerala), Bharti Bhaghei (UP), Khushboo S Pawar (Gujarat), Nikki (Haryana), and Sweta Dubey (Bengal).
The UWW, when lifting the WFI ban in February 2024, urged the Sanjay Singh-led federation to constitute an athletes’ commission before July 1 to take care of the grievances of the grapplers.