WFI double standard: Wrestling body shares dais with Greco-Roman hero Sandeep Yadav; refuses to welcome him
This bizarre and perhaps atrocious comment comes from the Wrestling Federation of India who shirked its responsibility to receive and welcome Sandeep Yadav, who returned home from Budapest on Tuesday after enacting history by becoming the first Indian to win a world championship medal in Greco Roman category.
"I had no information as to when he was coming back and even if I knew I couldn't have made it as I was travelling. This is a non-issue for us. WFI provide sportsperson facilities and training. We are not concerned about receiving or welcoming them. Why do they need to be received in any case?" said WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in an exclusive interview to Headlines Today.
The WFI took pride, shared the dais and limelight of the media and took the opportunity to announce cash prize for the trio: Amit Kumar, Bajrang Poonia and Sandeep Yadav yet the federation felt that they had no responsibility to receive the Greco Roman hero, who returned to see no one turning up at the IGI airport.
A serious disagreement came from WFI president G S Mandher who admitted that this has been a lapse. "Yes, I admit that we should have been there. We are really sorry for that."
Sandeep had told Headlines Today on Tuesday that he felt bad in seeing no one turning up as he had expected that he would be given a similar rousing welcome accorded to Amit Kumar and Bajrang Poonia last week.
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