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The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has announced that India’s Tokyo 2020 Paralympic gold medal winner Pramod Bhagat has been suspended for a period of 18 months for breaching the anti-doping regulations. As a result of the suspension, Pramod will miss the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
“On 1 March 2024, the Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS) Anti-Doping Division found Bhagat in breach of the BWF anti-doping regulations for committing three whereabouts failures within 12 months,” a BWF statement read.
“Bhagat, an SL3 athlete, appealed this decision to the CAS Appeals Division. On 29 July 2024, the CAS Appeals Division dismissed the Bhagat’s appeal and confirmed the CAS Anti-Doping Division decision of 1 March 2024,” the statement added.
Pramod Bhagat, the 2020 Paralympics SL3 champion is serving 18 months of suspension due to whereabouts failure
So now, Manoj Sarkar ( last time) & Nitesh Kumar (Asian Para Games ) will represent India in SL3 .
