NEW DELHI: In a serious embarrassment for India, Antim Panghal and her whole entourage is being deported from Paris following a serious disciplinary breach the place the wrestler handed her official accreditation to her youthful sibling.
Antim handed over the accreditation to her youthful sister to gather her private belongings from the Video games Village however she was caught by safety whereas exiting.
The episode occurred after Antim was eradicated from the Paris Olympics within the ladies’s 53kg wrestling occasion. After being defeated in her opening bout, Antim returned to her resort, the place her designated coach Bhagat Singh and her precise coach Vikas have been current.
Antim requested her sister to gather her belongings from the Video games Village. Though her sister managed to enter, she was caught by the safety whereas leaving.
Antim’s sister was then taken to a neighborhood police station to document her assertion.
Antim, a 19-year-old junior world champion, was additionally summoned for a press release.
“The Indian Olympic Affiliation has determined to fly wrestler Antim and her help workers again after a disciplinary breach was dropped at IOA’s discover by the French authorities,” an IOA assertion stated.
Whereas IOA didn’t share what the disciplinary breach was, a supply shared the main points with information company PTI.
“As an alternative of heading to the Video games Village, she reached the resort the place her coach Bhagat Singh and sparring associate Vikas, who is definitely her coach, have been staying. Antim requested her sister to go to the Video games Village and are available again along with her belongings. Her sister was caught for impersonation and was taken to a police station to document her assertion,” stated the supply.
The state of affairs worsened when Antim’s private help workers, Vikas and Bhagat, allegedly traveled in a cab whereas inebriated and refused to pay the fare, prompting the driving force to name the police.
“We’ve got left to combat hearth,” fumed an IOA official.
When contacted, Vikas flatly refused their involvement in such an incident.
“Who advised you this? Antim and her sister are sitting proper earlier than me,” stated Vikas.
Antim handed over the accreditation to her youthful sister to gather her private belongings from the Video games Village however she was caught by safety whereas exiting.
The episode occurred after Antim was eradicated from the Paris Olympics within the ladies’s 53kg wrestling occasion. After being defeated in her opening bout, Antim returned to her resort, the place her designated coach Bhagat Singh and her precise coach Vikas have been current.
Antim requested her sister to gather her belongings from the Video games Village. Though her sister managed to enter, she was caught by the safety whereas leaving.
Antim’s sister was then taken to a neighborhood police station to document her assertion.
Antim, a 19-year-old junior world champion, was additionally summoned for a press release.
“The Indian Olympic Affiliation has determined to fly wrestler Antim and her help workers again after a disciplinary breach was dropped at IOA’s discover by the French authorities,” an IOA assertion stated.
Whereas IOA didn’t share what the disciplinary breach was, a supply shared the main points with information company PTI.
“As an alternative of heading to the Video games Village, she reached the resort the place her coach Bhagat Singh and sparring associate Vikas, who is definitely her coach, have been staying. Antim requested her sister to go to the Video games Village and are available again along with her belongings. Her sister was caught for impersonation and was taken to a police station to document her assertion,” stated the supply.
The state of affairs worsened when Antim’s private help workers, Vikas and Bhagat, allegedly traveled in a cab whereas inebriated and refused to pay the fare, prompting the driving force to name the police.
“We’ve got left to combat hearth,” fumed an IOA official.
When contacted, Vikas flatly refused their involvement in such an incident.
“Who advised you this? Antim and her sister are sitting proper earlier than me,” stated Vikas.
