Dope-tainted weightlifter Pratima Kumari, who had accused two coaches for conspiring and victimising her, on Wednesday said terminatiun of their services by the government would not help remove the blot on her career.
The 28-year-old also said she wanted to meet Sports Minister Sunil Dutt and apprise him of her plight but that repeated attempts to contact him had gone in vain.
"They have terminated the services of the two coaches but that's not going to remove the blot on my 10-year career," Pratima said on Wednesday.
Pratima was thrown out of the Olympics after testing positive for anabolic steroid testosterone before the start of the Games.
"Now (Leonid) Taranenko will go back to Belarus and (Pal Singh) Sandhu will sit at home, but what do I do?" she asked.
"I want to meet the Sports Minister and tell him my plight. I have sent him a fax and am trying everyday to contact him for an appointment, but all in vain," the disgraced lifter said.
"If he won't meet me, I will go to the President and the Prime Minister," she added.
{{/usCountry}}"If he won't meet me, I will go to the President and the Prime Minister," she added.
{{/usCountry}}Pratima has accused the coaches for administering her injections during a pre-Games training stint in Belarus which, she suspected, contained the banned substances.
Asked how was it that she cleared the drug test done by Sports Authority of India in Delhi before her departure to Athens, she said may be her sample was not tested at all by the SAI.