Nalind Bartra, president of the Indian Olympic Association, on Friday supported the Indian Hockey Association’s withdrawal from the Commonwealth Games next year to ensure more attention to the decision of the Asian Games, saying that “difficult decisions” must be made for larger goals and even sent to the second team. .
The Indian Hockey Association’s decision to withdraw from the Birmingham Commonwealth Games was praised by the President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Nalind Bartra. Bartra, who also serves as the chairman of the International Hockey Federation (FIH), said on Friday that “difficult decisions” must be made for larger goals, and that even sending a second-tier team is not feasible. “You will reach the top in CWG and go home to rest for 15 days.
When you come back, you have to go to China, and you have not played for a month, and then you want India to win,” Batra said in Maharashtra In an event organized by Namdev Shirgaonkar, Secretary General of the Laban Olympic Association and the Goa Olympic Association.
The Indian Hockey Association announced its withdrawal from the Olympics on Tuesday, saying that there is only a 32-day window between the Birmingham Games (July 28 to August 8) and the Hangzhou Asian Games (September 10 to 25). HI expressed its unwillingness to risk sending its players to the UK, which is one of the countries most affected by the coronavirus pandemic. “These are some difficult decisions you have to make.
I will be blamed and become unpopular among players, because a gold medal (at the CWG) can bring you 5 million rupees. (But) I have to accept more The important decision is to qualify for the Olympics,” he explained. “If you want to send team B, we don’t have team B right now. You can’t send players with poor physical fitness,” he added.
News Source : India Today
