CWG 2022: To fulfill Lovlina's wish, team doctor's accreditation cancelled and head coach moved to hotel

28.07.2022 - 07:19 timesofindia.indiatimes.com

To accommodate Lovlina's unjust demand to allow her personal coach, Sandhya Gurung, to stay with her at the Games Village, an accredited official team doctor's village card was cancelled, the women's team's head coach was moved to a far-away hotel accommodating the 'extra team officials' (ETO) with no full-time access to his boxers and an assistant coach and a physio were forced to share a common room.

Not only this, for the eight member men's boxing team, just one coach - head coach Narendra Rana - and physio Subhash Rajpat Pal will be available round-the-clock at the village.

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In contrast, for the four-member women's team, it will have the services of two coaches from the Northeast - Pranamika Borah and Gurung - and physio Reena Singh at the village.

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