Gymnastics in India

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Gymnastics in India

Gymnastics in Delhi
Country India
Governing body Gymnastics Federation of India
National team India

Gymnastics came of age in India, when at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Ashish Kumar won the first-ever medal in gymnastics for India, he also won a bronze medal.[1] However soon after the win, the President of the Gymnastics Federation of India, controversially asked Ashish's Chief Coach from the erstwhile Soviet Union, Vladimir Chertkov: "Is this all that you can deliver, a bronze?", the comment was widely reported in the press. Later the coach also revealed that "In Aug 2009, we had no equipment. Ashish trained on hard floor till Feb 2010, and then we got equipment around 20 years old." Also the Federation announced that no Indian team would travel to Rotterdam for the World Championships in October, which would mean that Indian gymnasts automatically not qualify as a team for the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "I could have got gold had equipment arrived earlier: CWG medallist Ashish". Hindustan Times. 9 October 2010. 
  2. ↑ Swamy, V Narayan (9 October 2010). "Officials ask Ashish's coach: Only a bronze?". The Times of India. 
  3. ↑ "No Worlds for India: Coach Blasts Federation". International Gymnast Magazine. 10 October 2010. 

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  • AFC Asian Cup
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