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Suraj · Post by **Suraj** » 28 Sep 2014 22:00

We are getting a lot of medals here and there from unexpected quarters. We are currently #5 in the total medal tally behind China, Korea, Japan and Kazakhstan, and #9 in the G>S>B tally. Two wushu medals. Sandeep Sejwal might have finished with silver instead of bronze in 50m breaststroke if he didn't fade at the end. The men's compound team beat the unbeatable Koreans, with the individual finalist Sandeep Verma almost winning a second gold. 21-year old Kushbir Kaur catches up with one of the two Chinese walkers and overtakes her for silver in 20km walk. Bronze in women's hammer throw from someone I never heard of, as well as in men's and women's 400m, where we had 2 finalists in both races. We are being hurt in athletics by African imports by middle east sheikhdoms. I agree we should have sent the men's 4x400 team.

Women's wrestling team has 3 bronzes, after running into the brick wall that is Japan. Yet, Vinesh came closest to beating the gold medalist Eri Tosaka, in the semifinal, losing 4-6, while practically everyone else was humiliated 0-10. I don't think Babita had a chance against the legendary Saori Yoshida, the women's Alexander Karelin. Even our golfers are doing well - 4 unheard of guys were oscillating between 3rd and 6th in the team competition. Dipa Karmakar followed up her Glasgow bronze by narrowly missing bronze here in vault against much higher competition. I would not say the rowers underperformed; they over performed with that gold in men's single sculls then.

The Dushyant guy who won bronze only took up rowing in 2012, and they already trained him into an Asian medalist. The compound archery team was created 3 years ago, and beat the world champ Korea. Clearly our systems are improving quickly.

Several more medals are lining up. All 3 womens boxers are assured medals as they are in semis. Half the men are making it too. More wrestling medals are likely. We have finalists in Tennis men's and mixed doubles. Both the men's finalists might have been Indian if the 2nd team didn't screw up. Winning 50+ medals with a weak team sent right after CWG is an ok performance. We could certainly have done much better, especially in shooting, but the organization was poor, and the shooters were all coming from a recent world championship. Samaresh Jung for example, landed the night before his first event, and shot a bronze while half asleep.

In the past we would complain that we have weak sports organization which is why we don't medal at all. We still have a weak organization but we medal all over the place now. In several events we've been the newcomer barging in and surprising the east Asian 3-way fight between Japan/Korea/China, even if we aren't competitive enough for the gold itself.

If we want to finish higher we need more medalists in medal rich sports. Forget the hockey team - 2 weeks of running around for 2 medals at most. Swimming, gymnastics, fencing, rowing, shooting. Chinese have ~25 golds just from shooting here, a quarter of their total.

Yogeshwar Dutt is probably the world's best in his weight class. News articles were admiring how he beat his much more physically stronger Chinese opponent (he had to move up in weight class and hasn't strengthened yet) due to much superior tactics. If some has a video of the semifinal fight, please post it.

Sidd · Post by **Sidd** » 28 Sep 2014 23:23

Suraj wrote:
Yogeshwar Dutt is probably the world's best in his weight class. News articles were admiring how he beat his much more physically stronger Chinese opponent (he had to move up in weight class and hasn't strengthened yet) due to much superior tactics. If some has a video of the semifinal fight, please post it.

Yogeshwar has to work on his fitness if he wants to participate in Rio. He totally ran out of steam in both the semifinal and final fights. His win against the Chinese was a Miracle. Not sure what actually happened to the Chinese guy that he got pinned down so easily after the fall. Maybe he got hurt.

In another fight the Tajik guy poked Satyavrat twice in the eye and it was pretty blatant but no action was taken by the refree.

Sidd · Post by **Sidd** » 28 Sep 2014 23:34

Suraj wrote: If we want to finish higher we need more medalists in medal rich sports. Forget the hockey team - 2 weeks of running around for 2 medals at most. Swimming, gymnastics, fencing, rowing, shooting. Chinese have ~25 golds just from shooting here, a quarter of their total.

The above and Boxing, wrestling, weightlifting, judo, taekwondo, cycling, canoing, kayaking, middle and long distance running and walking should be the sports to focus on.

Suraj · Post by **Suraj** » 29 Sep 2014 00:13

Yogeshwar was in 60kg before. Now he has to be in 66kg due to weight class reassignments for Rio. Even Sushil is up to the 74kg from 66kg earlier. It takes time to condition oneself from one top flight weight category standard to another one that is much heavier. It's easier to go lighter. I think Yogeshwar will be fine by Rio. It's just too little time to be fully ready right now, but he still did win gold at both CWG and AG, which is an extraordinary achievement. AG standard was clearly near world standard, and he still won.

KLP Dubey · Post by **KLP Dubey** » 29 Sep 2014 00:20

There really needs to be an official weighting scheme for the country rankings in AG and OG. Something like G - 1, Silver - 0.5, Bronze - 0.25. Makes no sense just to arrange it by number of G medals.

Klaus · Post by **Klaus** » 29 Sep 2014 17:48

Seema Punia wins Discus gold with 61.03 metre throw!

Aditya_V · Post by **Aditya_V** » 29 Sep 2014 17:55

Atleast in terms of medals we are 4th, thats great, we can ignore countries like Qatar which has 5 golds based on hired athlethes from other countries. like Ogunode brothers and Samuel Francies from Nigeria.

Comer · Post by **Comer** » 29 Sep 2014 18:26

This Asian Games website must rank as one of the worst. The information there is haphazardly organised with poor navigation.

SBajwa · Post by **SBajwa** » 29 Sep 2014 19:45

Assured medals are

3+ in boxing.
1 in Kabaddi
1 in Hockey

Supratik · Post by **Supratik** » 29 Sep 2014 21:33

Yogeswar was gawd-awesome in that semi-final. I haven't seen any Indian wrestler do what he did including Sushil. Guys, we are winning a lot of bronzes becoz the AG std is now almost OG std in many events. We haven't been able to bridge the gap, yet. Meanwhile, the men's boxing team is not doing well - I expected people like Jangra to make it to the semis - only 3/4 left in the QFs. Another disappointment was Preeja Shreedharan and Mayookha Johny who didn't medal. Meanwhile, the Quataris and Bahranis are importing Africans from all over the place and taking our medals.

Sidd · Post by **Sidd** » 29 Sep 2014 21:33

saravana wrote:This Asian Games website must rank as one of the worst. The information there is haphazardly organised with poor navigation.

Completely agree. Horrible is the word to describe it. Do a google search on Asian games and the site shows up at 7th or 8th position.

Sidd · Post by **Sidd** » 29 Sep 2014 21:38

SBajwa wrote:Assured medals are

3+ in boxing.
1 in Kabaddi
1 in Hockey

3-5 in boxing.
2 in Kabaddi
2-3 in Greco roman
3-4 in Atheletics- Vikas Gowda, 4X400 Women and Men, Women's\Men's triple jump.
2 in hockey

Suraj · Post by **Suraj** » 29 Sep 2014 22:56

Boxing standard was hurt by AIBA's political shenanigans. Until 2 days before the opening ceremony, it was not even certain the boxers could fight under our flag because the international body threatened to de-recognize our national boxing organization. Bad organization + training issues + peaking at both CWG and AG is difficult to manage.

Suraj · Post by **Suraj** » 30 Sep 2014 11:41

Biased judges favor Korea in women's boxing:
Sarita settles for bronze despite commanding performance

Indian boxer L Sarita Devi (60kg) controversially settled for a bronze medal at the Asian Games after losing her semifinal bout against South Korea's Jina Park despite a dominating performance which left the home favourite with a bloodied nose here.

The 32-year-old Indian was seen protesting outside the ring after losing a bout in which she matched Park blow for blow in the opening round and was markedly more aggressive and precise thereafter.

Sarita, a former Asian champion, fell behind after a rather bizarre turn of events in which Park ended up being the judges' choice despite barely managing to stay in the fight.

The opening round was a close affair in which both the boxers aggressively had a go at each other but Sarita was distinctly better from the second round onwards.

After losing the opening round, the Indian came back strongly and her right hand aggressively connected with the Korean's chin through a flurry of well-timed jabs.

Such was the Indian's ferocity that Park resorted to holding to slow down the pace of the bout after being left with a bloodied nose.

Sarita got her due in the second round which the judges awarded her in a split decision but things took a bizarre turn from there.

Sarita's precision and her brilliant ring craft failed to find favour with the judges in the third and fourth rounds which went to the home favourite, who was struggling to stand up to the onslaught of punches from the Manipuri.

Sarita was left in disbelief after the bout was awarded to Park.

I wish the Indian delegation would show some spine and support our athletes when they're robbed like this. First the wushu bronze medalist is robbed in his semifinal, and now Sarita Devi.

Shanmukh · Post by **Shanmukh** » 30 Sep 2014 13:02

Suraj wrote: I wish the Indian delegation would show some spine and support our athletes when they're robbed like this. First the wushu bronze medalist is robbed in his semifinal, and now Sarita Devi.

Korea is infamous for this kind of stuff. Way back in Seoul Olympics, a Korean boxer won the gold despite landing 32 punches against his opponent's 86. See this

http://www.nytimes.com/1997/09/26/sport ... stice.html

and

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showt ... p?t=197118

Comer · Post by **Comer** » 30 Sep 2014 13:17

I hope the following summary is usual DDMitis not the actual words spoken by an Indian coach

http://www.rediff.com/sports/report/asi ... 140930.htm

India's long-time Cuban coach B I Fernandez also called it a clear case of cheating, but said no purpose would be served by lodging a protest that will cost the Indian contingent $ 500 and will be forfeited if the appeal was lost.

Did they lodge a protest or not?

Aditya_V · Post by **Aditya_V** » 30 Sep 2014 13:44

I think there should be more discussion on the Mercenary athletes UAE, Qatar and Bahrain are fielding for H&D purpose. It is better they win 1 proper medal instead of having such mercenaries.

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 30 Sep 2014 14:24

It is another version of paki paintjob+screwdrivergiri mijjile technology.

Comer · Post by **Comer** » 30 Sep 2014 14:53

The appeal was lodged and rejected. Apparently another dodgy decision happened with a Mongolian boxer against another native.

Supratik · Post by **Supratik** » 30 Sep 2014 15:39

Extremely poor performance by men's boxing team. Hard to imagine this team won 8 medals in the last edition including two gold. Something needs to be done with the federation. Only Mary Kom is still standing due to her grit.

Suraj · Post by **Suraj** » 30 Sep 2014 20:57

The whole matter stinks.
Indian boxing contingent files protest against Sarita's loss

An outraged Indian boxing contingent lodged a protest and demanded a review of L Sarita Devi's semifinal bout in the Asian Games after the veteran was adjudged to have lost despite a dominating performance against home favourite Jina Park.

The Indian boxing contingent lodged a protest after paying a $500 fee, which would not be refunded if the review upholds the original decision. "A protest has been lodged against the decision," a member of the contingent said.

The 32-year-old Indian was left in tears after losing a bout in which she matched Park blow for blow in the opening round and was markedly more aggressive and precise thereafter.

Sarita (60kg), a former Asian champion, fell behind after a rather bizarre turn of events in which Park ended up being the judges' choice despite barely managing to stay in the fight.

Such was the Indian's ferocity that Park resorted to holding to slow down the pace of the bout after being left with a bloodied nose.

But Sarita's precision and her brilliant ring craft failed to find favour with the judges in the third and fourth rounds which went to the home favourite, who was struggling to stand up to the onslaught of punches from the Manipuri.

Meanwhile, Sarita found support from India's long-time Cuban coach B I Fernandes and fellow boxer MC Mary Kom, who advanced to the final.

"It was pre-decided, the 3-0 verdict is a clear cut indication. The Korean deserved to have been given many standing counts, going by what happened in the ring, and the bout should have been stopped," Fernandes said.

"Sarita was a clear-cut winner but money has talked here and the judges deserve to be thrown out. It happened in Seoul during the 1988 Olympic Games, it's happening now again. Nothing seems to have changed. The new rules have made no difference," he fumed.

Mary also expressed her disappointment. "I am shocked and disappointed. Sarita was the clear winner. This should not have happened," she said.

That Korean girl should have been summarily eliminated by Technical Knock Out once she started bleeding all over. Instead, not only does she stay in the ring, but 'wins' an unanimous decision. This is daylight robbery. I hope Sarita channels her anger onto everyone in her way at Rio 2016.

nageshks: Yes I remember the infamous Roy Jones saga. That's the first thing that came to mind - "the Korean boxing thieves are at it again".

I would not blame the male boxers as much as the boxing federation. They did everything they possible could to hamper these athletes. Plus, remember these boxers just fought at CWG, and having to peak again is tough.

Comer · Post by **Comer** » 30 Sep 2014 21:36

Add the 2002 World cup match against Spain. They seem to have a track record

Suraj · Post by **Suraj** » 30 Sep 2014 22:14

Apparently Sarita's husband started yelling and almost beat up the officials himself afterwards:
Injustice reigns in boxing as Sarita Devi cheated by shocking decision

It is not often that an entire stadium greets the winner with boos. Definitely not when the winner is from the host country.

But even the Koreans could not help but criticize the "decision by unanimous choice" that ruled local hope Jina Park as the winner in her Light Weight (57-60 kg) semifinal bout against India's L Sarita Devi.

Even if you had no idea about the rules of boxing and how points are scored, it wasn't difficult to understand that the Indian boxer was well and truly hammering the daylights out of her Korean opponent.

It was like a street brawl inside the boxing ring at the Seonhak Gymnasium with both boxers raining blows on each other with complete disregard to defense and strategy.

The opening round was definitely a 50-50 affair but thereafter it was one-way traffic as the Korean started getting tired. She started holding more and took more of a battering from Sarita.

At one stage in the third round, Sarita Devi unleashed a vicious series of hooks and jabs forcing the referee to break the bout twice. Her punches were connecting and the Korean was clearly hurt.

But the referee refused to give the Korean the count and it seemed odd to see Park put up her arms in a gesture of victory at the end of the fourth round despite being at the receiving end of yet another hammering.

And when the referee eventually raised Park's hand as the winner, Sarita Devi was so shocked that she could not help but laugh at her opponent and then walk in the ring in disgust and greet the audience with a traditionak Indian 'pranam' before stepping out of the ring.

But it was mayhem outside the ring as Sarita's husband C Thoiba Singh could not hold his anger and had to be controlled by the security as he abused officials and went around shouting in the mixed zone.

Sarita to her credit showed brilliant composure to handle the situation and calm down her husband.

"They could have just told me that she will win at any cost. I would not have turned up for the fight," Sarita Devi said after the match.

"I know that the decision cannot be reversed now. But I request all those who run the sport to ensure that such a thing does not happen again. Please don't play with the career of players who work so hard," she added.

This is not the first time such a controversy has erupted in the boxing ring.

A similar fate awaited Mongolian boxer Tugstsogt Nyambayar against Korea's Sangmyeong Ham in Men's Bantam weight quarterfinal about an hour later and once again the stadium erupted in boos.

Both Mongolia and India have protested against the decision and asked the jury to review the footage of the bout.

However, sources say the $500 fee for lodging a protest was a waste as there can be no protest against the judges verdict and both the decisions were by unanimous choice.

The last word is not yet out. Hope floats for Sarita but only just.

Shame on the Koreans. They're so panicked about the 'dishonor' of potentially finishing behind Japan in the medals tally that they'll dishonor themselves anywhere else to accomplish that.

Elsewhere, a pair of teenage girls (16 and 18) win India's first ever Asian Games sailing medal!
Teenage duo give India historic sailing bronze

India bagged their first-ever medal in the Asian Games women's sailing competition as Varsha Gautam and crew Aishwarya Nedunchezhiyan won a bronze in the 29er Women's Two Person Dinghy event in Incheon.

16-year-old Varsha and 18-year-old Aishwarya won the 11th and penultimate race and then finished second in the final race to log 25.0 net penalty points, four behind silver medal winners Rui Xi Priscilla Low and Rui Qi Cecilia Low of Singapore at the Wangsan Sailing Marina here.

The gold went to Thai duo of N Poonpat and N Waiwai (19.0 net penalty).

Indian team manager Cdr KD Singh sounded very pleased with the duo's show. "Varsha is just 16 years old. This is the first ever medal for India in women’s sailing at the Asian Games. I am very happy for them," said Singh.

Suraj · Post by **Suraj** » 01 Oct 2014 06:46

saravana wrote:The appeal was lodged and rejected. Apparently another dodgy decision happened with a Mongolian boxer against another native.

The Mongolians withdrew their entire boxing contingent from the games in disgust. They probably had little to lose compared to us, considering we have one finalist in Mary Kom and potentially more from the men's field from Vikas Krishan or Satish Kumar.

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 01 Oct 2014 11:01

Mary Kom wins Gold in Fly weight Boxing. Defeats Kzakh.
Congratulations.

Suraj · Post by **Suraj** » 01 Oct 2014 11:27

Well done Mary Kom! An expected gold from her, and that is not to detract from her achievements.

The Sarita Devi episode makes for interesting reading. It seems her husband (former footballer Thoiba Singh) was absolutely livid at the decision and had to be dragged away by security when he yelled "you f***ing Koreans stole this medal!" and threatened to come to blows with the officialdom. The Korean coach, who's a friend of the Cuban who's the Indian coach, came by to apologize sheepishly. Not that such gestures will fix anything.

It would be poetic justice if the Chinese opponent beats the Korean girl black and blue in the final, and the decision still goes in the Korean's favor. The sight of the 'gold medalist' standing on the podium looking like she was run over by a truck, while the 'vanquished' look at her mockingly, will make for a great photo opportunity.

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 01 Oct 2014 12:07

Sarita Devi refused medal at the podium. Crying profusely. Very sad.

Suraj · Post by **Suraj** » 01 Oct 2014 12:56

The story gets even more ridiculous. Guess who the Korean coach was, who came and apologized to us for Sarita's loss ? Park Si-hun himself. The *same* Park Si-hun who won the 1988 Olympic gold after managing just 32 punches to Roy Jones' 86 , and getting battered by the latter. These people have no shame. A beneficiary of cheating comes and 'apologizes' for the actions of another beneficiary of cheating.

The IOA, of course, was useless:
Sarita borrowed money from coach, journalists, for appeal, as IOA officials sneak away
Thankfully the refunded the nonrefundable $500 appeal fee. Small mercies. It's amazing that our athletes have progressively raised their performance standards despite such continuous imbecility from the IOA.'

The growing tribe of the corrupt, useless Indian sporting official

Comer · Post by **Comer** » 01 Oct 2014 13:00

Suraj wrote:Well done Mary Kom! An expected gold from her, and that is not to detract from her achievements.

The Sarita Devi episode makes for interesting reading. It seems her husband (former footballer Thoiba Singh) was absolutely livid at the decision and had to be dragged away by security when he yelled "you f***ing Koreans stole this medal!" and threatened to come to blows with the officialdom. The Korean coach, who's a friend of the Cuban who's the Indian coach, came by to apologize sheepishly. Not that such gestures will fix anything.

It would be poetic justice if the Chinese opponent beats the Korean girl black and blue in the final, and the decision still goes in the Korean's favor. The sight of the 'gold medalist' standing on the podium looking like she was run over by a truck, while the 'vanquished' look at her mockingly, will make for a great photo opportunity.

Look at the shameful episode.

http://www.firstpost.com/sports/shamefu ... 38345.html

In fact, according to an Indian Express report, such was the situation that Sarita Devi had to borrow the appeal deposit of $500 from coach Lenin Meitei and an Indian journalist.
*snip*
To make matters worse, a Mumbai Mirror report says that India's deputy chef-de-mission Kuldip Vats was present at the venue when the whole fracas went down — but sneaked away without offering any assistance. As if that was not enough, IOA general secretary Rajiv Mehta stayed put on his VIP seat as Sarita Devi and her husband struggled to lodge an appeal outside.

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 01 Oct 2014 13:01

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Comer · Post by **Comer** » 01 Oct 2014 13:01

Suraj wrote:The story gets even more ridiculous. Guess who the Korean coach was, who came and apologized to us for Sarita's loss ? Park Si-hun himself. The *same* Park Si-hun who won the 1988 Olympic gold after managing just 32 punches to Roy Jones' 86 , and getting battered by the latter. These people have no shame. A beneficiary of cheating comes and 'apologizes' for the actions of another beneficiary of cheating.

The whole sordid mess looks like from a cheap movie script. This is the guy receiving the medal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG4d_ExQxNY

A good time for the Sports minister to clean the stables using the latest cleanliness drive.

Supratik · Post by **Supratik** » 01 Oct 2014 13:02

The only thing left for Mary now is OG gold. If she manages that she will become a legend in Indian sports.

durvasa · Post by **durvasa** » 01 Oct 2014 14:04

Sarita returned her Bronze handing it over to the korean boxer who eventually got silver!

KJo · Post by **KJo** » 01 Oct 2014 16:44

From 0:41

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 01 Oct 2014 19:05

'This is for you and all Korea, because you only deserve a bronze.'

“These same officials vanished in thin air. I looked all around for someone who could give me $100 so that I could lodge a protest. I had $400 on me and was falling short by another $100 to register my protest. Someone in the crowd came forward and helped me,” she said even as her husband, Thoiba Singh, put his arms around her to give her strength.

“It’s been 24 hours since I was given the unkindest cut, but no official has come forward till now, not even the two national coaches who are here with the contingent.” Her main grouse was against national coach GS Sandhu, who initially deterred her from lodging a complaint.

Read: Dodgy judging knocks out Sarita, Devendro

“It’s another thing that my complaint was not entertained by the AIBA (world body) observer here, but I am bitter about the fact that for half-an-hour (within which a protest must be lodged) no one came to my rescue. Why do we have all these coaches and officials when no one comes to our rescue? The Mongolians made a big issue when their boxer lost to a Korean, but here I was left to fend for myself.

Worthless federation
“Dissolve the federation. The worst would be that we won’t be able to compete in international events. But, then, who wants to compete in the ring with such biased judges sitting on the sidelines who have been bribed,” said Sarita.

Sarita’s husband Thoiba Singh said she was not bothered about any possible ban for her outburst. “At least, the AIBA and the Games organising committee will think 10 times now before giving a wrong judgement. Her protest will help give future generations a level-playing field. Zindegi mein kuch pane ke liye kuch khona padta hai

(You achieve something in life, you have to lose something),” he said.

At the medals ceremony, a weeping Sarita refused to allow the medal to be placed around the neck. She took it in her hand, but left it on the podium. “I have given the medal to Korea. I will go back to India with a clear mind and begin life in the ring afresh,” said Sarita, who felt her maiden Asiad appearance would also be her last

Comer · Post by **Comer** » 01 Oct 2014 19:23

Despite all the shenanigans, I really appreciate NKP Salve, Jagmohan Dalmia et al for dominating world cricket so that these kind of dung are not pulled against our cricketers atleast. We need to find one such guy per sport.

KJo · Post by **KJo** » 01 Oct 2014 19:30

saravana wrote:Despite all the shenanigans, I really appreciate NKP Salve, Jagmohan Dalmia et al for dominating world cricket so that these kind of dung are not pulled against our cricketers atleast. We need to find one such guy per sport.

I remember Salve on TV saying the Brits will come to India like dogs, when we wave money in front of their noses (or something like that).

We need real leaders who can stand up for India. I hope Modiji or the Sports Minister looks into these issues.

Suraj · Post by **Suraj** » 01 Oct 2014 20:50

This article has a video of Sarita's bout. The judges must be out of the mind to think anyone couldn't tell they're a bunch of cheats for choosing the Korean. The Korean was pummelled so hard her helmet became dislodged multiple times.
Watch and Judge: Sarita Devi's semifinal bout against Jina Park
As usual the AIBA is trying to censure Sarita Devi herself for refusing the bronze, citing how sportsmen should follow the spirit of fairplay

We desperately need people with BCCI's willingness to stand up for the country, in charge of IOA, not the invertebrates in charge now.

One thing that's gone unmentioned is the surprising strength of our women's throwing event contingent, who medaled in 3 of 4 events, with hammer and javelin being complete surprises:
Discus: Seema Punia 1st, Krishna Poonia 4th
Hammer: Manju Bala 3rd
Javelin: Annu Rani 3rd

Rampy · Post by **Rampy** » 01 Oct 2014 22:18

Suraj wrote:The story gets even more ridiculous. Guess who the Korean coach was, who came and apologized to us for Sarita's loss ? Park Si-hun himself. The *same* Park Si-hun who won the 1988 Olympic gold after managing just 32 punches to Roy Jones' 86 , and getting battered by the latter. These people have no shame. A beneficiary of cheating comes and 'apologizes' for the actions of another beneficiary of cheating.

The IOA, of course, was useless:
Sarita borrowed money from coach, journalists, for appeal, as IOA officials sneak away
Thankfully the refunded the nonrefundable $500 appeal fee. Small mercies. It's amazing that our athletes have progressively raised their performance standards despite such continuous imbecility from the IOA.'

The growing tribe of the corrupt, useless Indian sporting official

Suraj San

We should bring this issue with Modi (the Lion), we need to treat and support our athletes better. Never expected this disgusting work from SKs

Suraj · Post by **Suraj** » 01 Oct 2014 22:27

The sports minister Sarbanda Sonowal has ordered a probe. Kiren Rijiju and Gen V K Singh have also come out in support of Sarita Devi. It would not hurt to message Modi himself, though sports issues are a minor item for him to deal with.
Sports Minister seeks report from IOA about Sarita Devi issue
It's the IOA itself that's softpedaling, claiming 'AIBA will censure Sarita Devi'. No s**t. They left her to fend for herself and then provide pious advice. Our boxing federation was derecognized for a long time, and we have no officials on the ground to support Sarita Devi. The Indian officials tried to discourage her from appealing. I hope Sonowal cleans house of all these turds, starting with Adile Sumariwalla.