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Sports fraternity irked by IOC's decision to suspend IOA
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
The sports fraternity today expressed outrage at the
International Olympic Committee's decision to suspend
India for government interference, with some athletes
blaming the IOA for the entire fiasco.
While some former sportspersons were critical of the way
IOA handled the whole issue, the current athletes
bemoaned the fact that their Olympic participation for
the country has been jeopardised.
"Bye bye IOA. Hope to see you soon, hope to see you
clean," the 2008 Beijing Olympic gold medallist shooter
Abhinav Bindra said in his reaction to the suspension.
Bindra's compatriot and London Olympics bronze medallist
rifle shooter Gagan Narang termed the development
"unfortunate".
"It's unfortunate but I am not too sure about the issue,
haven't been following them of late," he said.
Beijing Games bronze medallist boxer Vijender Singh
agreed with Narang but hoped for an early settlement of
the issue.
"I don't know what has gone wrong. It is an unfortunate
development. Elections were to be held under the Sports
Code which is similar to the IOC Charter. So, I don't
know why the IOC took this step.
Continues here:
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/ioc-suspends-indian-olympic-association-flays-govt-role/1040401/
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
The sports fraternity today expressed outrage at the
International Olympic Committee's decision to suspend
India for government interference, with some athletes
blaming the IOA for the entire fiasco.
While some former sportspersons were critical of the way
IOA handled the whole issue, the current athletes
bemoaned the fact that their Olympic participation for
the country has been jeopardised.
"Bye bye IOA. Hope to see you soon, hope to see you
clean," the 2008 Beijing Olympic gold medallist shooter
Abhinav Bindra said in his reaction to the suspension.
Bindra's compatriot and London Olympics bronze medallist
rifle shooter Gagan Narang termed the development
"unfortunate".
"It's unfortunate but I am not too sure about the issue,
haven't been following them of late," he said.
Beijing Games bronze medallist boxer Vijender Singh
agreed with Narang but hoped for an early settlement of
the issue.
"I don't know what has gone wrong. It is an unfortunate
development. Elections were to be held under the Sports
Code which is similar to the IOC Charter. So, I don't
know why the IOC took this step.
Continues here:
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/ioc-suspends-indian-olympic-association-flays-govt-role/1040401/
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
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