Asian games: Srabani to participate in 2 events
Bhubaneswar: Odisha sprinter Srabani Nanda earlier got selected in the women 200 meter individual race event, on the final trail of 4X100 relay team at Patiala on Monday Sarbani Nanda (Odisha), Asha Roy (West Bengal), Merlin K Joseph (RSPB), Sini S (Karnataka), Shantini V (Kerala) and HM Jyothi (Karnataka) qualified for the Asian Games to be held at Incheon by clocking 45.27 seconds. The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) on Tuesday cleared the women’s 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams to travel with the rest of the Indian athletes to Incheon for the Asian Games. The athletics squad will leave for Korea on Sunday. The AFI, which had selected 56 athletes for the Asiad last month, had asked some athletes to go through fitness trials. In the trials, the women 4x100m team clocked 45.27 and the 4x400m team did a 3:29.93. Srabani got selected on the basis of her performance in the Federation Cup National Athletics Championships.
DSBM lift Inter-College TT titles
Bhubaneswar: DAV School of Business Management (DSBM) , Unit-8 men team emerged champion by defeating Regional Institute of Education in the final of the Inter-College Table Tennis Tournament at ASBM College campus here on September 15. DSBM team comprises of Ankit Agarwal, Ojha Kirti Bidhijit, Joydeep Dutta and Rakesh Sahu bagged the champion’s trophy. The student of DSBM felicitated by Utkal University Sports Council director JK Parida. Ankit Agarwal and Ojha Kirti Bidhijit have been selected for Inter University Table Tennis Tournament. The management and staff member congratulated the team for their achievement.
SAI to fight for Dutee in Court of Arbitration
Bhubaneswar: The 18-year-old sprinter Dutee Chand , who was dropped from the last Commonwealth Games , as she had tested for excess androgen that made her ineligible to compete in the women’s category, recently started training in Patiala. Dutee is the 100m junior national champion, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) is in the process of consulting lawyers ahead of filing a motion in the Court of Arbitration in Sports (CAS) in lausanne, Switzerland. The motion will try and get overturned the 2011 guidelines of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) that regulate the eligibility of women with hyper androgenism by advising them hormone therapy and, in some cases, surgery.
The motion, if successful, will be a landmark case, challenging the prevalent practice of “bringing the testosterone levels within permissible limits”.
Dutee has refused to undergo hormone therapy or any surgical intervention, saying she always competed the way she was and would not like to change that. “I won’t undergo surgery or any other procedure. At every level of my life junior, sub-junior or Under-20 I have competed the way I am. I’ve been told the hormonal issue with me is natural so that’s why we have decided this,” said Dutee.
SAI has taken upon itself to ensure that the young athlete gets back on track soon. “The Sports Minister has given the assurance to Parliament that we will support the girl to an extent. We are trying our best to see that she is taken back,” SAI Director General Jiji Thomson said. Before Dutee came to the decision of avoiding medical intervention, she was made aware of the consequences of the therapy by Dr Payoshini Mitra, a researcher and activist dealing with gender issues in sport. Before approaching CAS, Dutee has to file an appeal with the Athletics Federation of India. “We need some more clarifications before we approach the CAS. Our lawyers said that before going to the CAS, Dutee needs to appeal against this order of the AFI,” Dr Mitra said.
Bajrangbali, Unit-6 match draw
Bhubaneswar: The inaugural match between Bajrangbali Club and Unit-6 Athletic Association ended in 2-2 goals draw in the league round match of the 11th Gati Krushna Memorial Div-A Football league at Unit-1 High School Play Ground here on Wednesday.
Antu Murmu of Bajrangabali Club netted a goal in the seventh minute. But the Unit-6 equalised the score through the goal by Rajendra Barik in the 13th minute. Once again Bajrangabali got the lead in the 17th minute by Santosh Nayak. The nail biting match ended in draw as Prakash Nayak netted a goal in 31st minute.
Sekhawat Khan, Susanta Kumar Mishra, Pradipta Kumar Nayak and Durga Acharya were officiated the match as referees. In the league match, Friends and Friends would meet Commisionerate of Police on Thursday.