Athletes up in arms over damaged track

Jalandhar | Tuesday | 10th December, 2019

Summary:

These were the messages that were written on placards that athletes were holding during a protest at Sports College here today. City-based athletes who won silver medals in the South Asian Games and other athletes, who are injured due to the damaged track, protested at Sports College today as they said they had been practicing on a 24-year-old damaged athletics track. Tanya Chaudhary (23), an athlete who got injured last year, said she got injured due to the track. She has already won a gold in the Federation Cup, has participated in the Asian Championship too and has won medals in the inter-university games also. The track, as per professional players, was no longer fit for players to run on..