Overview

• NADA provisionally suspended 22-year-old Hooda on July 7 after her sample from the national camp selection trials tested positive for a banned substance.
• United World Wrestling imposed a one-year ban expiring July 7, 2026, preventing her from competing in Ranking Series events and the World Championships.
• Hooda rose to prominence after becoming the first Indian U23 world champion in her weight class, reaching the Paris Olympic quarterfinals, winning Asian Championships silver and May’s Ulaanbaatar ranking series gold.
• The Wrestling Federation of India asked Hooda and two fellow Rohtak academy wrestlers to leave the ongoing national camp at the Indira Gandhi Stadium following positive tests.
• The cluster of doping cases linked to the Rohtak training centre has intensified calls for stricter anti-doping measures and closer monitoring of national camps.