India's para shuttler Pramod Bhagat has been banned for 18 months after being found guilty of doping violation. He will now miss the upcoming Paris Paralympics and won't be able to defend his gold medal at the Tokyo Games.
"Tokyo 2020 Paralympic champion Pramod Bhagat has been suspended for a period of 18 months and will miss the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. On 1 March 2024, the Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS) Anti-Doping Division found Bhagat in breach of the BWF anti-doping regulations for committing three whereabouts failures within 12 months.
