The Indian sprinter Devniba was unable to participate in the 400 -meter race in the World University’s game, when his name disappeared from the list of beginning to come to the site, despite being involved in the official admission list. The 23 -year -old athlete of Saurashtra, who had been preparing for more than a year and paid Rs 2.5 lakh to participate, recalled his opportunity due to the late change by the authorities in presenting the confirmation list.The incident surfaced through Devniiba’s Instagram post, where he shared evidence of his name in the official admission list, as well as a scripted pen writing, which hit the name of another athlete to include him. He also shared communication with Kalinga Institute of Technology about adequate participation fee.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!“I have been preparing for this program for more than a year and was in good position to see a PB and make it in a 400m final and do something special. But when the list of beginnings for Day 1 came out last evening, my name in entry disappeared from the list of 400 meters women.”
Athlete Devniba Jala in an Instagram post.
The athlete, which holds a personal best of the 53.17 seconds achieved in April, expressed his disappointment with dealing with the position of the authorities.“The team official tells me that the date and time to present is over, and we are trying. But when it is a global competition, how can a World Committee accept an entry that is scored and written with a pen?” Devaniiba questioned.“This can be very casual for the authorities, but not for me, being an athlete, who has missed entering the global competition in this way,” said Devniba.
Devniba Zala demonstrated the fees paid to represent India in the World University Games in Germany. (Instagram)
“A fee of 2.50 lakhs for representing my country, and I missed to get an entry in the last moment,” Devniba captioned her social media post.This phenomenon is not isolated, as World University Games have faced other examples of mismanagement. The Indian badminton team, who won a mixed team bronze medal in the tournament in Germany, faced similar administrative issues when six of the twelve selected shuttlers were prevented from participating due to alleged administrative laps.
