Indian kabaddi player Choudhary fails dope test, stripped of Asian Beach Games medal

NEW DELHI: Indian kabaddi player Brijendra Singh Choudhary, who was a part of the silver-winning team in the Asian Beach Games earlier this year, has been stripped of his medal after failing an in-competition dope test.

Choudhary tested positive for prohibited diuretic (masking agent) brinzolamide on April 27 and has accepted the sanction, the International Testing Agency said.

"The International Testing Agency (ITA), on behalf of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), reports that Indian Kabaddi player Brijendra Singh Choudhary has been sanctioned for an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV)," it stated.

Brinzolamide is prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) as a specified substance and is prohibited at all times (in- and out-of-competition).

"The athlete accepted the consequences of his ADRV under the OCA anti-doping rules, namely the finding of the ADRV and the disqualification of his individual results obtained at the 6th Asian Beach Games Sanya 2026 which include his including his 2nd place in the Men’s Beach Kabaddi event," the ITA stated.