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World Championships: Leading Indian judokas allege favouritism in Choice

NEW DELHI: Major Indian judo players also have alleged favouritism from the Judo Federation of India (JFI) at the choice of a two-member group for the next month’s World Championships, where a lone Asian Arabian berth for the forthcoming Olympic Games is available. “I have been intentionally excluded in the World Championships, that’s the final Olympic qualification event. It’s unfair to the part of the JFI to pick two players up and shed others with no legitimate reason. Our attempts to reach from this federation has proved useless,” a participant that has been dropped by the group told IANS. The majority of players within their own communicating to Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Monday have asked SAI to intervene to figure out the problem. “We’re awaiting the reply,” said the participant. India’s five major judokas Vijay Yadav (men’s 60 kg), Jasleen Singh Saini (men’s 66kg), Avtar Singh (men’s 100kg), Sushila Devi (women’s 48 kg), and also Tulika Mann (women’s 78kg) were chosen annually in preparation for the Tokyo Olympics. There’s a significant difference in rank factors, stated a participant. “Saini has roughly 920 while Singh has 724. One triumph from the World Championships will bring 200 points. Based upon the pulls, everyone can enhance their position. Because there’s one continental quota location, the participant with highest points will be qualified to make a ticket into the Olympics,” said the participant. Sushila using 989 points would be the best rated Indian judoka. Yadav is fourth using 673 and Tulika is with 446 points. JFI’s assistant secretary CS Rajan verified that just Saini and Sushila were chosen for its Budapest World Championship. “It’s the conclusion of this JFI’s committee. I can not comment the other three were lost,” he explained. Ten months ago, that the JFI in coordination with all the SAI chosen five judokas Yadav, Saini, Singh, Sushila, and Tulika to the Hungarian Grand Prix in October and also for other international contests. “The investment and attempts by the authorities would serve no point if gamers do not get a opportunity to compete at the World Championships,” said an official familiar with this evolution. Back in February, JFI secretary overall Manmohan Jaiswal was suspended because of internal political while interim secretary overall Venkat Namishetty was not able to clarify on what basis JFI chosen the group for World match. “I really don’t understand how many gamers were last year in preparation for the Olympic Games because I took on the office from February this year. But we’re sending just two players to the world match,” was all he said. Last month, a 16-member judo group was pulled from Asian Oceania Olympic qualifier championship in Bishkek as just two players had tested positive for Covid-19 from the pre-event testing. The World Championships will take place from June 6 to 13 at Budapest, Hungary.

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