NEW DELHI: With lower than two weeks to move for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) is still grappling with getting the visas taken care of for athletes, coaches and toughen team of workers, who are a part of the Indian contingent for the April Four-15 multisport tournament.
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According to the record of athletes and officials ready by way of the IOA and in possession of TOI, there are still 109 visa programs of the travelling part which might be but to be “authorized”. These include the names of one of the top athletes like double Olympic medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar, ladies wrestlers Babita Kumari, Vinesh Phogat and Pooja Dhanda, men’s hockey participant Lalit Upadhyay, ladies’s hockey team participant Savita, badminton singles specialist Ruthvika Shivani Gadde, cager Amritpal Singh and shot-putter Tajinder Pal Singh Toor, amongst others.
In the case of taking pictures contingent, virtually everybody of the taking part shooter is looking ahead to his/her visa. Some of the names include Chain Singh, Jitu Rai, Sanjeev Rajput, Gagan Narang, Deepak Kumar, Anish Bhanwala, Neeraj Kumar, Mohd Ashab in men’s tournament and Anjum Moudgil, Tejaswini Sawant, Heena Sidhu, Seema Tomar, Mehuli Ghosh, Manu Bhakera and Shreyasi Singh in ladies’s category.
Talking in regards to the coaching team of workers, hockey team's analytical coach Christopher Nicholas, ladies's coach David Ian John, boxing men’s international coach Santiago Daniel Nieva and women’s coach Raffaele Bergamasco (ladies), basketball team’s head coach Zoran Visic and women’s team coach Rajinder Singh are still looking ahead to their visas. The record also comprises the names all of the 5 taking pictures international coaches whose visa application is pending). The overall contingent dimension is 328 (222 athletes and 106 officials).
The contingent is still not finalised by way of the sports ministry as minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore used to be in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
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According to the record of athletes and officials ready by way of the IOA and in possession of TOI, there are still 109 visa programs of the travelling part which might be but to be “authorized”. These include the names of one of the top athletes like double Olympic medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar, ladies wrestlers Babita Kumari, Vinesh Phogat and Pooja Dhanda, men’s hockey participant Lalit Upadhyay, ladies’s hockey team participant Savita, badminton singles specialist Ruthvika Shivani Gadde, cager Amritpal Singh and shot-putter Tajinder Pal Singh Toor, amongst others.
In the case of taking pictures contingent, virtually everybody of the taking part shooter is looking ahead to his/her visa. Some of the names include Chain Singh, Jitu Rai, Sanjeev Rajput, Gagan Narang, Deepak Kumar, Anish Bhanwala, Neeraj Kumar, Mohd Ashab in men’s tournament and Anjum Moudgil, Tejaswini Sawant, Heena Sidhu, Seema Tomar, Mehuli Ghosh, Manu Bhakera and Shreyasi Singh in ladies’s category.
Talking in regards to the coaching team of workers, hockey team's analytical coach Christopher Nicholas, ladies's coach David Ian John, boxing men’s international coach Santiago Daniel Nieva and women’s coach Raffaele Bergamasco (ladies), basketball team’s head coach Zoran Visic and women’s team coach Rajinder Singh are still looking ahead to their visas. The record also comprises the names all of the 5 taking pictures international coaches whose visa application is pending). The overall contingent dimension is 328 (222 athletes and 106 officials).
The contingent is still not finalised by way of the sports ministry as minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore used to be in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
India's CWG-bound wrestlers and shooters made to wait for visas
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