He won a gold medal in the Asian championships, in the freestyle 74 kg, in 2010. ===
2010 Commonwealth Games === At the Games held at home in New Delhi, India, Narsingh Yadav was a last-minute replacement and competed in the men's freestyle 74 kg category. He managed to surprise everyone and won the gold medal, beating Richard Brian Addinall of South Africa in the gold medal bout.
2011 Commonwealth Championship In
Melbourne,
Australia, Narsingh finished second in the Commonwealth Championship winning the silver medal, losing in the final to
Cleopas Ncube of
Canada. ===
2012 Olympics === At the
Olympics in
London, Narsingh Yadav lost his opening bout against
Matt Gentry of
Canada in the 74 kg freestyle event and was knocked out of the tournament. ===
2014 Asian Games === In the round of 16 in
Incheon,
South Korea, Narsingh lost 1:3 to
Rashid Kurbanov of
Uzbekistan. With the Uzbek grappler qualifying for the final, Narsingh was able to compete for a medal through the repechage where he first faced
Ramazan Kambarov of
Turkmenistan and beat him 4:1. In the bronze medal bout, he was successful in securing the bronze medal with a 3:1 win over
Daisuke Shimada of
Japan. In honour of his bronze medal, Narsingh, along with
Seema Punia, was awarded a cash prize of Rs 50 lakh by the
state government of
Uttar Pradesh.
2015–present At the
2015 Asian Wrestling Championships, Yadav, who has been included in the 74 kg category in the absence of double-Olympic medalist
Sushil Kumar, lost to
Daisuke Shimada of Japan 9–12 in the qualification round, but qualified for the repechage round after the latter reached the final. In his repechage bout, he defeated
Byungmin Kong of South Korea 15–4 to enter the bronze-medal play-off. He bagged 3–1 classification points to outplay
Zhiger Zakirov of
Kazakhstan and won the bronze medal. Competing at the
2015 World Championships in
Las Vegas, Yadav won 3:1 in the first round over Hanoch Rachamin of Israel. His next opponent was
Soner Demirtas of Turkey whom he beat 3:1. In the third round, Narsingh was up against
Livan Lopez Azcuy of Cuba and won 4:1. In the fourth round, he lost 3:1 to
Unurbat Purevjav of Mongolia. This allowed him to contest for the bronze medal bout which he almost lost to
Zelimkhan Khadjiev of
France who was leading 12-4 with just a minute to go, and right out of nowhere he pulled a headlock and pinned
Zelimkhan Khadjiev with a point tally of 8-12. The bronze medal bout made news across India not just for his spectacular comeback but also because of one particular move – the 'Dhak' move used in dangals or local wrestling clubs across India. Yadav's assistant coach Jagmal Singh who had coached Yadav for ten years recounted, "It’s called Dhak. It’s a showboating wrestling move people use on mud-courts during big village-based tournaments. It's a crowd pleaser. But very difficult to pull off accurately."
2016 Olympics controversy Having won bronze at the World Championships qualified Yadav to the
2016 Rio Olympics but
Sushil Kumar, who had missed the 2016 Summer Olympics qualification event due to injury, asked for a trial between himself and Narsingh and moved his request to the
Delhi High Court. It was only after his appeal was rejected that it was confirmed that Narsingh was going to the
2016 Rio Olympics. However, Yadav failed two anti-doping tests, conducted on 25 June and 5 July 2016, testing positive for
metandienone, which he asserted was to "sabotage" his chances of competing at the Olympics, following which he was given a clean chit by NADA. The
World Anti-Doping Agency challenged the decision and the case was moved to the
Court of Arbitration for Sport. A day prior to Yadav's first bout at the Olympics, on 18 August 2016, he was handed a four-year ban by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. ===
Pro Wrestling League === For the inaugural edition of the Pro Wrestling League, Narsingh was bought by the Bangalore franchise, owned by JSW Sports, during the auction conducted in
New Delhi. The World Championship bronze medallist was the marquee player picked up by the Bangalore franchise for Rs 34.5 lakh. The Pro Wrestling League is scheduled to kick off from 10 December till 27 December. == Felicitations and awards ==