Laishram Sarita Devi burst out in emotions in the presence of thousands of people and wordly countries. Real tears from a real fighter. This was mere helpness not of a woman, but of a nation. A deep feeling of humilty, poverty and irresponsibity of the nation and its sports council is evident here. If Laishram Sarita Devi was born in any other nation, she would not have faced this problem because their countries and officials would be there to support her.
Fighters train their whole lives to never make an emotional decision, to always stay calm and rational. They have to; otherwise they lose—best case scenario—or far worse. She holded on to her best. And at last, ended up in emotions. We cant trail her as a very emotional person mainly because she came up to this heights after so much sufferings. Sarita Devi was born in a poor agricultural family as the sixth of seven siblings. She used to spend her time helping her parents in collecting firewood and in the fields, which helped her build the stamina she has today.[3] Sarita completed her high school in Waithou Mapal High School till the eighth standard and then went to Bal Baidya Mandir, Thoubal to complete her matriculation. She then went to an open-school to complete her twelfth standard to cope with the busy boxing schedule. So failure or negative sides of life is never new to her.
Its not the matter of victory or medal,but a clear-cut case of denial of justice. Without the country's support, she managed to borrow the appeal amount from a journalist and go for the appeal. This shows the under-developed state and suppression
For those that don’t know what happened, she refused to accept her medal while standing on the bronze podium, then she took it in her hand, and during the Chinese Anthem (the gold went to Chinese fighter, Junhau Yin), walked over to Park and put it around her neck. Later, after the medal had been thrust back upon her, she left it on a table when leaving from the prize ceremony.
Before the ceremony, she had appealed the decision. The IOA (Indian Olympic Association, a group of bureaucrats that are supposed to understand sports and look after our elite when on international tours, among other things) did not support her in the slightest. She borrowed money from a kind Indian journalist and put in whatever she had (the appeal costs $500, if you can believe that) and appealed. I have absolutely no idea what the appeal process is even about, because the appellate board then informed her that they could not reverse the judges’ decision. And they kept the $500 too!
That many of the events were fixed to give the hosts South Korea an advantage is obvious, so let’s get that out of the way first. If this incident wasn’t enough, Tugstsogt Nyambayar of Mongolia also got cheated out of his victory against South Korean Ham Sang-Myeong in the men’s bantamweight division and Devendro Singh Laishram beat the living daylights out of (again) South Korea's Shin Jong-Hun—to a point where it looked like Jong-Hun was about to concede defeat in the 4th round when the bell rang (Laishram had controlled all 4 rounds with panache) but was still handed a loss by the (not so) subtle judges.
Devendro Laishram took it lying down because Rajiv Mehta, the IOA General Secretary, again did absolutely nothing.
Shame on us as a nation for allowing nonsensical organizations such as the current IOA to represent us on the international stage, or even just exist!
Raise up nation. Do something for her. Rather than mere publicity stunts like Clean India or Make in India, make some progress for the unprivileged and the people who represents our country.
Fighters train their whole lives to never make an emotional decision, to always stay calm and rational. They have to; otherwise they lose—best case scenario—or far worse. She holded on to her best. And at last, ended up in emotions. We cant trail her as a very emotional person mainly because she came up to this heights after so much sufferings. Sarita Devi was born in a poor agricultural family as the sixth of seven siblings. She used to spend her time helping her parents in collecting firewood and in the fields, which helped her build the stamina she has today.[3] Sarita completed her high school in Waithou Mapal High School till the eighth standard and then went to Bal Baidya Mandir, Thoubal to complete her matriculation. She then went to an open-school to complete her twelfth standard to cope with the busy boxing schedule. So failure or negative sides of life is never new to her.
Its not the matter of victory or medal,but a clear-cut case of denial of justice. Without the country's support, she managed to borrow the appeal amount from a journalist and go for the appeal. This shows the under-developed state and suppression
For those that don’t know what happened, she refused to accept her medal while standing on the bronze podium, then she took it in her hand, and during the Chinese Anthem (the gold went to Chinese fighter, Junhau Yin), walked over to Park and put it around her neck. Later, after the medal had been thrust back upon her, she left it on a table when leaving from the prize ceremony.
Before the ceremony, she had appealed the decision. The IOA (Indian Olympic Association, a group of bureaucrats that are supposed to understand sports and look after our elite when on international tours, among other things) did not support her in the slightest. She borrowed money from a kind Indian journalist and put in whatever she had (the appeal costs $500, if you can believe that) and appealed. I have absolutely no idea what the appeal process is even about, because the appellate board then informed her that they could not reverse the judges’ decision. And they kept the $500 too!
That many of the events were fixed to give the hosts South Korea an advantage is obvious, so let’s get that out of the way first. If this incident wasn’t enough, Tugstsogt Nyambayar of Mongolia also got cheated out of his victory against South Korean Ham Sang-Myeong in the men’s bantamweight division and Devendro Singh Laishram beat the living daylights out of (again) South Korea's Shin Jong-Hun—to a point where it looked like Jong-Hun was about to concede defeat in the 4th round when the bell rang (Laishram had controlled all 4 rounds with panache) but was still handed a loss by the (not so) subtle judges.
Devendro Laishram took it lying down because Rajiv Mehta, the IOA General Secretary, again did absolutely nothing.
Shame on us as a nation for allowing nonsensical organizations such as the current IOA to represent us on the international stage, or even just exist!
Raise up nation. Do something for her. Rather than mere publicity stunts like Clean India or Make in India, make some progress for the unprivileged and the people who represents our country.
Well said...Shame on our sports authority and Olympic association
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