Maria basil, Church in Florence, Italy

Nagpur, June 21After handball, the selection of athletics coach for RTMNU-SAI Khelo India centre has become controversial as international athlete Jyoti Chouhan who was rejected has shot off a letter to Sports Authority of India (SAI) director seeking justice to her.It may be mentioned here that a three-member panel consisting SAI official and two RTMNU representatives conducted interviews for the post of coach on March 6 thru online platform. As far as athletics is concerned three including Jyoti Chouhan, Sayali Waghmare, and Gajajan Thakare had applied for the job. Out of them Sayali Waghmare got selected.However, Jyoti Chouhan who had represented India in 30th Summer World University Games held in Italy in 2019 has alleged that although she has an international experience and three gold medals at national-level she was rejected.In a letter written to SAI director she said, “I am an international athlete and have experience of 12 years. I have been a student of SAI Bhopal for the last five years and got coaching from experienced coaches Hugo Van Den Broek, Pratibha Toppo and Surendra Paul but instead of me another girl was selected”. She also requested the SAI to consider her for the coach post as she is the most deserving candidate with a lot of experience for this job.Talking to Lokmat Times Jyoti said , “I have nothing against Sayali. But at the same time the selection panel should have considered my international experience which the selected candidate (Sayali) has not. I have more national gold medals in my kitty than her. Secondly, I have no support behind me. I have been training at Bhopal for last five years and has almost lost the contact with local athletics circle. That may be the reason behind the rejection”, said Jyoti.The athlete who won gold medals in 3000 m steeplechase in All India Inter-university Athletics Championship at Guntur in 2017, gold in half marathon at Coimbatore and half marathon gold in All India Inter-university Athletics Championship in 2015 said in this regard she also talked to the director of the department of sports and physical education of RTM Nagpur University Dr Sharad Suryavanshi. “ When I asked the reason why I was rejected he surprisingly said more than performance the importance was given to interview.”'Sayali best from coaching aspect'In this regard when contacted Dr Suaryavanshi he said, “ No doubt, Jyoti's achievements are more than Sayali but from a coaching point of view the selection panel found Sayali better. Her training methodology, educational background and positivity gave her an edge over Jyoti”.

Maria BasilFOLLOW

Maria basil, Latest News

Expressing gratitude to Italy for highlighting food security at the G-20 summit, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Tuesday said that Matera Declaration reflects the Indian concern on issues including the welfare of small and medium farm ...

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday addressed the G20 Foreign Ministers meeting here and said that international cooperation is the answer to the challenge posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

Rome, June 29 All regions of Italy has become the so-called "white zone", with the lowest level of ... ...

Rome, June 27 As coronavirus health restrictions have been dramatically eased in recent months and tourists have also ... ...

Extra time goals from Federico Chiesa and Matteo Pessina saw Italy triumph over Austria in the round of 16 match of the ongoing Euro Cup 2020 on Saturday (local time) here at the Wembley Stadium. ...

Rome, June 26 Italy's trade with countries outside the European Union (EU) significantly increased in May year-on-year, the ... ...

Aurangabad, June 22: Aurangabad’s noted educational institute Toddlers Nursery bagged two awards – ‘Outstanding Contribution in Early Years’ and ... ...

Nagpur, June 21 After handball, the selection of athletics coach for RTMNU-SAI Khelo India centre has become controversial as ... ...