NEW DELHI: After drawing a clean in the first five rowing finals on the Asian Games in Indonesia, Indian rowers pulled out all of the stops at the final day of the competition to redeem themselves. Three medals, including one gold and two bronze, in fact make significantly better reading than none at all. But the number continues to be handiest half of the six-medal goal set by the Rowing Federation of India (RFI) for these Games. As a end result, the federation will take a choice on the future of India's international trainer Nicolae Gioga in its Asiad assessment assembly.
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Gioga used to be appointed in December 2017 in an attempt to increase India's medal depend at world competitions. But Timesofindia.com has learnt that the Romanian saved his distance from the athletes and Indian officers on the venue, even after three medals had been received on Friday.
Certain media reviews suggested Gioga had been sacked, but the RFI's secretary common, Girish Phadnis, confirmed to TimesofIndia.com that a ultimate decision had not been made but.
"There were some rumours (of sacking). Nicolae has also apparently told some sections of the press that he has been sacked, but it is not correct. It has not come from the federation. We can't sack somebody at the venue of Asian Games finals," Phadnis said from Palembang, Indonesia.
He expressed relief that India's rowing contingent used to be not going back empty-handed. It nearly was a possibility after no medals in five finals on Wednesday, but in the subsequent five, India received a gold and two bronze.
The staff of Dattu Bhokanal, Sawarn Singh, Sukhmeet Singh and Om Prakash received gold in males's quadruple sculls -- the primary ever Asian Games medal in the self-discipline and handiest the second one total for India in rowing.
The bronze medals had been received by Dushyant Chauhan in the males's lightweight single sculls event and by Bhagwan Singh and Rohit Kumar in the males's lightweight double sculls.
"This used to be an absolute silver lining to the dark clouds we had the day past. The gold has truly modified our display. Since 2010, it's our first yellow steel.
"But our goal used to be for six medals, which used to be inside of our achieve after qualifying for the finals in 10 events. So (because of that), I will say that Nicolae's position is up for assessment," Phadnis added.
He also did not appear happy with the educational strategies applied by the international trainer.
"The races (five finals) we noticed the day past do put a query mark on training," he said. "There are a lot of (other) components. We may even seek the advice of trainer Ismail Baig," Phadnis said.
Baig too expressed his reservations about Gioga in no unsure terms.
"I shouldn't have one of these news," he responded when requested concerning the reviews of Gioga's sacking.
"But I'm really not happy (with him). He doesn't concentrate to us and needs to do issues handiest his manner. We had a just right staff and may just undoubtedly have received extra medals. We ignored (medals) narrowly," Baig said talking to TimesofIndia.com.
He, on the other hand, respected the Romanian's credentials.
"He is a good trainer, has helped Romania win Olympic gold (five). We like him as a trainer, but he must remember the fact that our prerequisites are different. However, he doesn't concentrate to Indian coaches," Baig informed.
GOLD IS GOLD
Baig spoke to TimesofIndia.com in an instant after coming back from a health facility in Palembang.
"One of our female rowers has some appendix problem and has been suggested not to fly tomorrow. So she's going to keep right here for two days. We are leaving two of our coaches behind to deal with her. She is healthier now," he said.
And prior to hanging up, he expressed relief that the staff is not going back without a 'gold' in its kitty.
"Gold is gold, yaad rehta hai, hum dus bronze aur silver bhi le aate to itna yaad nahi rehta (gold is remembered more than the medals of different two colors. Even if we had received 10 bronze medals other folks wouldn't have in mind them up to they're going to have in mind the gold)," Baig said.
And then he shared what he informed the quadruple sculls staff that received the gold prior to they took to the water.
" Hamari izzat tumhare haath mein hai (our status is in your palms). And then I left it to their own confidence," Baig published.
ALSO READ: Indian rowers win 1 gold, 2 bronze
Gioga used to be appointed in December 2017 in an attempt to increase India's medal depend at world competitions. But Timesofindia.com has learnt that the Romanian saved his distance from the athletes and Indian officers on the venue, even after three medals had been received on Friday.
Certain media reviews suggested Gioga had been sacked, but the RFI's secretary common, Girish Phadnis, confirmed to TimesofIndia.com that a ultimate decision had not been made but.
"There were some rumours (of sacking). Nicolae has also apparently told some sections of the press that he has been sacked, but it is not correct. It has not come from the federation. We can't sack somebody at the venue of Asian Games finals," Phadnis said from Palembang, Indonesia.
He expressed relief that India's rowing contingent used to be not going back empty-handed. It nearly was a possibility after no medals in five finals on Wednesday, but in the subsequent five, India received a gold and two bronze.
The staff of Dattu Bhokanal, Sawarn Singh, Sukhmeet Singh and Om Prakash received gold in males's quadruple sculls -- the primary ever Asian Games medal in the self-discipline and handiest the second one total for India in rowing.
The bronze medals had been received by Dushyant Chauhan in the males's lightweight single sculls event and by Bhagwan Singh and Rohit Kumar in the males's lightweight double sculls.
"This used to be an absolute silver lining to the dark clouds we had the day past. The gold has truly modified our display. Since 2010, it's our first yellow steel.
"But our goal used to be for six medals, which used to be inside of our achieve after qualifying for the finals in 10 events. So (because of that), I will say that Nicolae's position is up for assessment," Phadnis added.
He also did not appear happy with the educational strategies applied by the international trainer.
"The races (five finals) we noticed the day past do put a query mark on training," he said. "There are a lot of (other) components. We may even seek the advice of trainer Ismail Baig," Phadnis said.
Baig too expressed his reservations about Gioga in no unsure terms.
"I shouldn't have one of these news," he responded when requested concerning the reviews of Gioga's sacking.
"But I'm really not happy (with him). He doesn't concentrate to us and needs to do issues handiest his manner. We had a just right staff and may just undoubtedly have received extra medals. We ignored (medals) narrowly," Baig said talking to TimesofIndia.com.
He, on the other hand, respected the Romanian's credentials.
"He is a good trainer, has helped Romania win Olympic gold (five). We like him as a trainer, but he must remember the fact that our prerequisites are different. However, he doesn't concentrate to Indian coaches," Baig informed.
GOLD IS GOLD
Baig spoke to TimesofIndia.com in an instant after coming back from a health facility in Palembang.
"One of our female rowers has some appendix problem and has been suggested not to fly tomorrow. So she's going to keep right here for two days. We are leaving two of our coaches behind to deal with her. She is healthier now," he said.
And prior to hanging up, he expressed relief that the staff is not going back without a 'gold' in its kitty.
"Gold is gold, yaad rehta hai, hum dus bronze aur silver bhi le aate to itna yaad nahi rehta (gold is remembered more than the medals of different two colors. Even if we had received 10 bronze medals other folks wouldn't have in mind them up to they're going to have in mind the gold)," Baig said.
And then he shared what he informed the quadruple sculls staff that received the gold prior to they took to the water.
" Hamari izzat tumhare haath mein hai (our status is in your palms). And then I left it to their own confidence," Baig published.
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