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'''Dharambir Singh''' (born December 10, 1990)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/india/dharambir-singh-300926|title = Dharmbir SINGH &#124; Profile &#124; World Athletics}}</ref> is an Indian male [[sprint (running)|sprinter]]. In July 2016, he set a new [[List of Indian records in athletics#Men|national record for India]] when he won the [[200 metres]] race at the Indian Grand Prix in [[Bengaluru]].<ref>{{cite news<br />
| url = http://indianexpress.com/sports/rio-2016-olympics/usain-bolt-to-me-will-be-just-another-competitor-at-the-games-dharambir-singh-2925950/<br />
| title = Usain Bolt to me will be just another competitor at Rio 2016 Olympics, says Dharambir Singh<br />
| newspaper = [[Indian Express]]<br />
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| date = 22 July 2016<br />
| accessdate = 19 August 2016<br />
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His time of 20.45 seconds was under the [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification#Men.27s field events|20.50 seconds qualifying threshold]] for the [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|200 metres race]] in the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]. He became the first competitor for India to qualify for the 200 metres at the Olympics in 36 years.<ref name="iexpress-profile">{{cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/sports/rio-2016-olympics/dharambir-singh-profile-golf-rankings-stats-records-2946978/ |title=Dharambir Singh Profile: Men's 200m|accessdate=2 August 2016 |work=Indian Express|date=August 2016}}</ref><br />
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However, on 2 August 2016 Singh failed to board his flight to [[Rio de Janeiro]], and was reported to have failed a drug test. The following day India's [[National Anti-Doping Agency]] announced that an unnamed athlete had failed a drug test.<ref>{{cite news<br />
| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/rio-2016-olympics/india-in-olympics-2016/athletics/Dharambir-Singh-under-dope-cloud-misses-flight-to-Rio/articleshow/53516883.cms<br />
| title = Dharambir Singh, under dope cloud, misses flight to Rio<br />
| newspaper = [[Times of India]]<br />
| first = Biswajyoti<br />
| last = Brahma<br />
| date = 3 August 2016<br />
| accessdate = 19 August 2016<br />
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This would be Singh's second doping offence, and he was stripped of his 2012 National Inter-state gold medal because of not going to a compulsory drug test and also handed an eight-year ban.<ref>{{cite news<br />
| url = https://scroll.in/latest/821806/sprinter-dharambir-singh-banned-for-eight-years-by-national-anti-doping-agency<br />
| title = Sprinter Dharambir Singh banned for eight years by National Anti-Doping Agency<br />
| newspaper = Scroll.in<br />
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| date = 17 November 2016<br />
| accessdate = 18 February 2019<br />
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