Anju Bobby George, vice-president of the Athletics Federation of India, stated that the AFI will file a protest against...
Digital Desk: Anju Bobby George, senior vice president of the AFI, accused Chinese officials of intentionally targeting Indian athletes and claimed that winning in China is tough because their officials are always up to mischief and disrupt the athletes.
A significant controversy occurred after India's Neeraj Chopra's first throw in the men's javelin throw final had been taken off the system. Chopra had returned to the rest area following a lawful effort.
He waited several minutes for his distance to appear on the board, but it did not materialise. Neeraj approached the referees as the event was temporarily paused. India's javelin star seemed bewildered as the officials attempted to explain what had happened. Neeraj was requested to throw again after many minutes of discussion when it was discovered that the equipment had failed to calculate the distance of his throw.
"I'm overjoyed with all of our athletes and this Asian Games." We are performing quite well, particularly in athletics. Now that we've got there, you have 29 medals. Our guess was 30. Tomorrow is your only chance. We still have one more. Nonetheless, other competitions have 100 medals. "It would be fantastic if you could touch them," Anju Bobby George told the media.
"Not just with Neeraj, at first, it happened to one of our employees. Second, it happened to our Jyothi, and it happened again yesterday to Annu Rani, our javelin thrower. And it happened again today with Jena and Neeraj. So this isn't just a coincidence; I believe they're doing it on purpose. I'm extremely, uh, saddened to see such occurrences occur in the Asian Games." she further stated.
In addition, Kishore Jena, who tied Chopra for second place, had his second throw disqualified for crossing the line, but the ruling was later overturned. The officials were charged with purposely targeting Indian athletes, according to Anju Bobby George, senior vice president of the Athletics Federation of India (AFI).
She concludes by saying, "We intend to demonstrate against the officials. The competition is now over. For Neeraj, Jena, and Annu Rani, we have gold and silver. However, we knew, therefore this is impossible. It's really hard for us to win medals in China, I guess. They will cause trouble even if you perform better."
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