Para-athlete Neeraj Yadav found dead at 42

Indian para-athlete Neeraj Yadav, 42, was found dead at his residence, and a postmortem examination was underway at a Delhi hospital on October 28. The circumstances and cause of his death had not been established, according to reports citing Indian paraathletics head coach S. Satyanarayana, who confirmed Yadav’s death and said he could not speculate on the reason. One report said Yadav allegedly died by suicide after consuming poison. That account was not independently confirmed in the reporting, and the circumstances remained under examination. Satyanarayana said he had received information about Yadav’s death and declined to draw conclusions about its cause. Yadav had competed in the F55 classification, which includes seated field events such as the shot put, discus and javelin. He won three gold medals at the Asian Para Games: the javelin title in Jakarta in 2018, followed by gold in the javelin and discus at Hangzhou in 2023. The Asian Paralympic Committee stripped Yadav of his two Hangzhou gold medals after a doping case, according to one report. That account said the National Anti-Doping Agency’s report reached the World Anti-Doping Agency before the medals were...