Court pulls up IOA, min over Winter Oly team

IN a huge setback to the Winter Olympic Games team that was selected to represent India at Milano Cortina, the Delhi High Court has ruled that omission of one player was “arbitrary and unfair”.

- INDRANEEL DAS @Chennai

The HC made strong statement in its order on Friday while directing all stakeholders — the Indian Olympic Association, the ad-hoc committee and the sports ministry — to make all efforts to take Manjeet to the Winter Olympics starting from February 6. As reported by this newspaper, two athletes were picked for Winter Olympics and yet the matter landed up in court.

Of the two athletes whose names were sent by the IOA, Arif Mohammad Khan qualified through ranking while Stanzin Lundup was selected on the basis of his World Championships performance last year. Manjeet h