“In the 2004 Olympics she left without taking her lift and she arrived in Delhi five-six hours after the weightlifting competition. It meant she had planned to skip it. Had she taken her lift she would have won a medal and would have been caught for doping as all medal winners will have to give samples,” he said.
“For the sake of allegations I can also make allegations. I remember Malleswari skipping another dope test when WADA people came to India.
She did not turn up to give a sample and one lifter Krishna Kumari did,” he added. Malhotra also maintained that he never “misbehaved” with women weightlifters.
(Published 26 July 2010, 16:14 IST)
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