Satheesha Rai (born 27 August 1971) is an Indian weightlifter and Olympian from Mangalore, Karnataka.
Rai pleaded innocence and stated, "I have participated in over 16 International events including the Olympics and the World championships the Asian Games, the Commonwealth Games besides a host of Asian Weightlifting championships and SAF Games.
And in all these Games too tests are mandatory and I have come through clean.
Also just before the teams left for Manchester, Sports Authority of India (SAI) conducted tests thrice and unless it's negative we are informed,[3] but was subsequently served a life ban.
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