CWG 2018 | CGF reveals that India has not appealed against ‘no needle’ controversy
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) chief executive David Grevemberg has revealed that he has not received any appeal for the suspension of race walker K T Irfan and triple jumper V Rakesh Babu. He also said that such an appeal would go through the Court of Arbitration and the Court of Sport.
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There has been no challenge against the suspension of the Indian athletes despite the Indian contingent's claims of pushing for an appeal. Hence, addressing the media in his daily briefing,
“I have not received an appeal, and such an appeal would go through the Court of Arbitration, Court of Sport. Regardless of the needle, there is a
An Indian official revealed that they have not appealed and they need a proper legal opinion before going ahead. “The recommendation is for an appeal but we have to seek proper legal opinion before going ahead with it. It can't be rushed otherwise it will fall apart,” the official said.
Irfan and Babu were done with their CWG campaign before they were asked to leave Games which is being held in Gold Coast. Irfan finished 13th in the 20km race walk while Babu injured his knee during the triple jump qualifiers and hence was ruled out of the finals.
