In June 2023 the India National Anti-Doping Agency (INADA) reported an anti-doping rule violation against the rower Malak Singh after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substances Mephentermine and Phentermine.
Following notification a provisional suspension was ordered and the Athlete was heard for the Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel of India (ADDPI). The Athlete denied the intentional use of the substance and could not explain how the substances had entered into his system.
The Panel finds that the presence of the prohibited substances has been established in the Athlete's sample and accordingly that he had committed an anti-doping rule violation. The Panel deems that he failed to demonstrate how these substances had entered his system.
Therefore the ADDPI decides on 11 January 2024 to impose a 4 year period of inelgibility on the Athlete, starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. 27 June 2023.
