Punia, a four-time Commonwealth Games medalist, who qualified for her fourth olympics with a throw of 63.72 meters on the final day of National Interstate Championship Wrote on Tuesday in Patiala Exercise The Federation of India (AFI) raised concerns about the improvement in Kaur’s performance and demanded a trial on her.
Responding to the demands of the Asian Games gold medalist, the youth of Punjab’s Sri Muktsar Sahib told TOI, “I am mentally disturbed. There is no such rule (in regional events) and players who have qualified for the Olympics are tested for dope-related offenses every 15 days. My focus is only on my training and winning a medal in Tokyo.”
The 25-year-old further alleged that 37-year-old Seema could not bear her defeat in the Federation Cup in March when Kamalpreet sealed her Olympic berth by breaking Krishna Poonia’s 2012 national record of 64.76m with a single throw. 65.06 m
The athlete from Punjab outperformed second-placed Seema with a distance of 62.64 metres.
“One player goes up and another tries to push him into the niche lane (when a player ranks up and performs better, others try to drag him down). It’s the same here. AFI gets it on a regular basis. But such cases do happen, and they are supporting me to keep my focus on training,” said Kamalpreet, who broke his own national record with a throw of 66.59m during the Indian Grand Prix 4 in Patiala on June 21. made better.
“I have worked hard, sacrificed a lot to qualify for Tokyo. Such complaints do not matter to me. I am trying to keep myself mentally strong and will not get distracted by such things.”
Before two big throws this year, Kamalpreet’s best was 61.04m which he recorded in 2018. His best in 2019 was 60.5m.
The AFI on Wednesday said its complaints committee will look into the matter, but Punia’s demand is unlikely to affect Kamalpreet’s prospects as the current World Athletics rules on women’s eligibility rules are very clear that they do not apply to field events.
World Athletics clearly distinguishes sex development (DSD) as the 400 m, 400 m hurdles, 800 m, 1500 m, one mile run and all other track events at distances between 400 m and one mile (inclusive). Defines ‘restricted events’ for athletes who run alone or as part of a relay event or combined event. discus throw The event does not fall under that category.
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