Nishan Singh Randhawa from Abbotsford, BC topped Nicolaas De Lange of South Africa 9-3 to earn Canada a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in 97 Kg freestyle wrestling.
He hails from Surrey, BC, Canada, and his father Balbir Dhesi is also an accomplished freestyle wrestler who also trained in Greco-Roman circuit in India. Amarveer Dhesi took up wrestling in his youth.
At 23 years old he is no more. According to media reports, Dhaliwal's body was found by cleaning staff in a Hyatt Grand Central Hotel in New York City over the weekend.
Sport Canada officials have been called to testify as the Commons heritage committee investigates what happened between June 2018, when Hockey Canada, the national governing body, learned of the allegations, and May of this year, when news broke that it settled a lawsuit with the complainant.
Virtanen wept openly when the verdict was read in B.C. Supreme Court on Tuesday. Virtanen was charged in January with sexual assault in connection with an incident in a downtown Vancouver hotel room in September 2017.