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Gymnastics, three other federations stay derecognised
The Gymnastics Federation of India and Rowing Federation of India were denied recognition once again.
New Delhi: In a major setback for Indian gymnasts yet again, the sports ministry has rejected the Gymnastics Federation of India’s (GFI) appeal to grant recognition on the ground that it violated the National Sports Development Code, when fresh elections of the GFI office bearers were conducted on November 5 last year.
The ministry granted recognition to 54 sports federations till September. But it continued to leave out Paralympic Committee of India, the Rowing Federation of India, the Gymnastics Federation of India and the Sushil Kumar-led School Games Federation of India.
In Patiala, top weightlifters including Mirabai Chanu urged minister Kiren Rijiju to allow them to train as they are in a secured environment at the National Institute of Sports since the start of lockdown. Rijiju said the govt was looking to give the go ahead as soon as the restrictions were lifted on May 17. The Minister interacted with nine lifters - Chanu, Jeremy Lalrinnunga, Rakhi Halder, Ajay Singh, Gurdeep Singh, Satish Shivalingam, Sneha Soren, Achinta Sheuli and Raja Muthupandi - and chief coach Vijay Sharma.
