New Delhi(Agencies):The
Sports Authority of India (SAI) has taken different approaches to sanctioning
national camps. It has given the all-clear for the restart of the national camp
of the men’s and women’s hockey teams from August 4, but has only extended the
ongoing national camp for the Olympics-bound athletes in Patiala and Bengaluru.
The Athletics Federation of
India (AFI) had sent a proposal last week, seeking permission to start training
for the Asian Championships, Asian Relay, World Relay and 2020 Asian and
Commonwealth athletics, and the Olympics.
The proposal included a list
of over 140 athletes, who were to be based in different centres, including
Patiala, Thiruvananthapuram, Bengaluru and PT Usha School in Kozhikode district.
Thirty coaches were to oversee the training. However, SAI has only extended the
athletics camp till September 30 for athletes already residing in Patiala and
in Bengaluru.
SAI has cleared the hockey
camp, for men’s squad of 33 players and eight support staff, and women’s squad
with 24 players and seven staff, from August 4. The teams will have to serve a
14-day quarantine in the Bengaluru SAI campus, as per the state government
norms.
List of instructions
Members of both teams have
been told to book air tickets with Air India and to notify SAI about their
travel schedule. SAI is in the process of coming up with a document of
instructions for the players after they reach the facility.
The teams will directly head
to their respective hostels, where their medical examination would be done. The
plan is to conduct Rapid Antigen Covid tests on arrival. Quarantine will be
mandatory irrespective of the test results. The campers will not be allowed to
order food from outside. SAI will provide sanitisation, refreshments and
hygiene kits in all the rooms.
No word on shooting camp
Meanwhile, the National Rifle
Association of India (NRAI) is yet to send a proposal to start its camp for the
core group for the Tokyo Olympics. NRAI had decided to restart training on
August 1, but it is yet to approach SAI with a plan. It is understood that NRAI
president Raninder Singh may decide on a fresh date to start training, possibly
from the second week of August.
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