Commonwealth gold medalist Sanjita Chanu to acquire Arjuna Award calls for reparations from IWF

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The Intercontinental Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has to do much better than just the e mail that they despatched to inform Sanjita Chanu that she has been cleared of doping expenses, the 2018 Commonwealth Game titles gold medallist claimed.

Sanjita Chanu demands IWF for reparations

“I was educated on June 10 through an e mail that the IWF is dropping the expenses against me. I normally understood I did almost nothing wrong, this was their miscalculation. And now that my prospects of qualifying for the Olympics is over, they have despatched me this e mail expressing every little thing is wonderful. I sent a mail inquiring them these queries and I am but to get responses on this,” she informed IANS on Thursday.

Sanjita Chanu received her second Commonwealth Video games gold medal on April 6, 2018.Robert Cianflone/Getty Photographs

Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWLF) Secretary General Sahdev Yadav verified that Chanu is established to win the Arjuna Award that she was meant to gain in 2018 but she states her chances of qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics has been sabotaged owing the IWF’s callous managing of the make any difference. The 26-calendar year-aged experienced analyzed favourable for a banned compound in May well 2018.

“I have faced humiliation for the reason that of this and the previous two several years have been a continual mental struggle. I did not enjoy any competitions. So now they have to think about what they will do for the two years of my job that they have wrecked,” she claimed.

“There is no likelihood for me now to qualify for the Olympics. That is why I want to know why they did this to me. I did not come to feel like going through anyone or speaking to any one. I didn’t do everything incorrect and even now I was currently being humiliated.

“Two a long time is a really lengthy time in a lifter’s job. Each and every sportsperson dreams of taking part in the Olympics and winning a medal for the nation. That is the major dream and that has been ruined by the international federation.”

Chanu explained that she needs to now take part in any level of competition that would come her way but she isn’t going to know how she will put together for them. “I have stayed away a tiny bit from lifting these previous two several years and now with the lockdown I will not know how I will prepare myself. I never truly have any products at residence. Hopefully anything arrives up,” she said.