Narsingh Yadav's Rio Olympics saga: The timeline of events that almost ended wrestler's dreams

Narsingh Yadav was cleared of all the doping charges by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) on Monday after the wrestler had failed two dope tests in July. The dope test failures had put Narsingh’s Olympic dream in jeopardy, but NADA’s verdict on Monday meant the wrestler has a good chance of competing at the Rio Olympics. [caption id=“attachment_2914364” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] File photo of Narsingh Yadav. Reuters[/caption] The Mumbai-based wrestler’s place in Rio had previously come under threat when two-time Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar had moved to court to seek a trial to decide who represents India at the Rio Olympics in the 74kg weight category - the category in which Narsingh had booked a quota place in 2015. The High Court had dismissed Sushil Kumar’s plea, giving Narsingh the green signal to participate in the Rio Games. Since the dropping of Sushil Kumar’s original weight category from the Olympics to NADA clearing Narsingh Yadav of doping charges, we take a look at the timeline of Narsingh’s Rio Olympics saga.