New Delhi, Mar 27 (PTI) The provisional suspension imposed on former national junior athletics head coach Nagpuri Ramesh has been revoked by the NADA’s Anti-Doping Appeal Panel, according to his counsel.
Nagpuri, based at the Sports Authority of India Centre in Hyderabad and appointed junior chief coach by the Athletics Federation of India in 2023, is a renowned Dronacharya Awardee coach.
He has coached top sprinter and women’s 100m national record holder Dutee Chand as well as Deepthi Jeevanji, the 2024 Paralympics bronze winner.
In April last year, he was suspended by the National Anti- Doping Agency (NADA) under Article 2.9 of the Anti-Doping Rules of 2021, which deals with ‘Complicity or attempted complicity by an athlete or other Person’.
“The Hon’ble Anti-Doping Appeal Panel has revoked the provisional suspension imposed upon Dronacharya Awardee Coach Ramesh Nagapuri. The case arose from allegations under Article 2.9 (complicity)- relating to the evasion of doping control by 2 athletes,” said Nagpuri’s lawyer Parth Goswami.
Under this article, “Assisting, encouraging, aiding, abetting, conspiring, covering up or any other type of intentional complicity or attempted complicity involving an anti-doping rule violation, attempted anti-doping rule violation or violation of Article 10.14.1 by another person (including either physical or psychological assistance” will constitute a doping offence.
According to sources, Nagpuri allegedly helped two athletes avoid getting tested by dope collection officers (DCOs) sent by the NADA at the SAI Hyderabad Centre. PTI PDS AH AH
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