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Sabi Hussain | TNN

World Championships-bound shooter fails dope test

NEW DELHI: In a rare case of doping in shooting, Osijek World Championships-bound skeet shooter, Parampal Singh Guron, has failed the dope test for a diuretic and masking agent during an in-competition testing by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) at the recently-held shotgun selection trials in Jaipur, TOI has learnt.

The veteran Chandigarh-based marksman, who was part of the men's skeet team at the Lima and Lonato shotgun World Cups this year, has opted for provisional suspension voluntarily after waiving off his 'B' sample rights.

For the Osijek Worlds, which is also an Olympic qualifying event for Paris 2024, the world No. 5 skeet shooter was named in the men's individual and team events alongside Olympian Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Anantjeet Singh Naruka. He has now been replaced by Gurjoat Singh Khangura in the squad, according to National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) sources. The shooting federation sources, however, have maintained that Guron has been excluded from the Worlds on "medical grounds".

The Osijek championships will offer four Olympic quota places each in the men's and women's trap and skeet for Paris 2024, and will run from September 19 to October 13. Guron's case will now be heard by the NADA's anti-doping disciplinary panel (ADDP), which will decide on the quantum of punishment. Since the shooter has opted for provisional suspension, any ban period imposed by the ADDP would be counted retrospectively.

Guron has been part of the Indian shotgun shooting bunch since 2007. He was also part of the shooting contingent at the Incheon Asian Games, where he had finished a lowly 24th. The Punjab shooter ha d recently made a comeback to the country's shotgun side in team skeet events at the Lima and Lonato World Cups, where the Indian pairings had finished 7th and 12th. Based on his performance at the Jaipur selection trials, Guron was named for the shotgun World Championships.

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