Para-athlete Neeraj Yadav dies allegedly by suicide
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Para-athlete Neeraj Yadav, who had won three Asian Para Games gold medals before being suspended for a doping violation, died allegedly by suicide at his home in Delhi on Tuesday, PTI reported. He was 42.
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Yadav, who was from Uttar Pradesh, had missed the Asian Para Games in Japan from October 18 to October 24 because of the doping suspension.
The National Anti-Doping Agency provisionally suspended him in October 2023 after he tested positive for stanozolol, an anabolic steroid. The medication increases strength and can give athletes unfair advantage in sporting events.
He competed in the F55 category, which includes seated field events such as shot put, discus and javelin. Yadav played wheelchair tennis from 2005 to 2012 before moving to para-athletics. He was diagnosed with post-polio residual paralysis at the age of seven.
S Satyanarayana, head coach of the Indian para-athletics team, said Yadav would have been looking forward to competing at the games. “Medals at the Asian Para Games can bring substantial government cash awards and opportunities for stable employment,” the Times of India quoted him as saying.
Yadav won three gold medals at the Asian Para Games. He won the javelin title at the 2018 Games in Indonesia and gold in both javelin and discus at the 2023 Games in China.
His two...