Narsingh Yadav WADA filed an urgent application before CAS to challenge the decision of NADA (National Anti-Doping Agency) of India to exonerate Narsingh Yadav following two positive anti-doping tests in June and July.
The wrestler had originally claimed that his food and supplements had been sabotaged by jealous fellow wrestlers.
"The CAS Panel did not accept the argument of the athlete that he was the victim of sabotage and noted that there was no evidence that he bore no fault, nor that the anti-doping rule violation was not intentional. Therefore the standard 4-year period of ineligibility was imposed by the Panel," said CAS in its verdict.
"Narsingh Yadav was sanctioned with a four-year ineligibility period starting today and that any period of provisional suspension or ineligibility effectively served by the athlete before the entry into force of this award shall be credited against the total period of ineligibility to be served," it added.
"It is very sad and unfortunate. We were hopeful until the last proceeding of the CAS that he will get through which unfortunately did not happen," said India's Chef de Mission Rakesh Gupta. "It is really very sad because he had a real potential to clinch a medal."
Narsingh Yadav's name had originally appeared in the official schedule released for Friday after he underwent the regular weigh-in on Thursday. He was scheduled to take on France's Zelimkhan Khadjiev in the qualification round.
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