Olympic trials8230; and errors

A poor performance by Chaya Devi saw her bow out of the race, and the fight for the solitary berth is now between Monica 69kg and Shailaja 75kg, who have been called for a re-trial. IWF vice-president CBR Prasad alleged that 8220;Sunday8217;s trials were totally 8216;unfair8217;,8221; saying the officials had favoured Pujari despite the fact that she violated the rules.

8220;She had taped her knee with a bandage whose width was more than that allowed. It8217;s illegal as it helps participants during the lift.

8220;This was completely overlooked,8221; Prasad said from Hyderabad.

8220;For that matter, the IWF shouldn8217;t even have allowed Shailaja to participate as she has twice failed dope tests at the international level.8221;

But IWF secretary BR Gulati denied that a re-trial was scheduled to help Pujari make the grade, saying that it was an in-house decision to have another assessment of the lifters. 8220;We need to assess the performance of the lifters bound for Beijing properly before sending any entry, that8217;s all,8221; he first said.

But when asked what was the need to assess the performances again, that too within such a short time-span, he refused to comment.

But he did admit that two lifters had been shortlisted as results of the SAI dope test were still awaited. 8220;If any lifter fails the dope test, there should be a stand-by. Also, in case a lifter gets injured, we will have a replacement,8221; he added.

The last date for sending the participant8217;s particulars for Beijing is July 23.

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