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India’s Saina Nehwal on Tuesday lashed out at Badminton World Federation for denying the athletes, amongst different issues, entry to trainers and physios forward of the upcoming tournaments in Thailand and urged BWF to handle the problems on the earliest.
In a collection of tweets, Olympic bronze-medallist Saina expressed her displeasure on the restrictions imposed by BWF as a part of its COVID-19 protocols for the bio-security bubble.
“The physios and trainers cannot meet us during the entire tour after all (al) of us have tested negative? @bwfmedia @bwf_ac. 4 weeks of this how is it possible to maintain ourselves. We want to play the tournament in good condition. Please sort this @bwfmedia,” Saina tweeted.
The physios and trainers can’t meet us throughout the complete tour in any case of us have examined detrimental ? @bwfmedia @bwf_ac 4 weeks of this 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️ how is it doable to take care of ourselves . We need to play the match in good situation. Please kind this @bwfmedia .— Saina Nehwal (@NSaina) January 5, 2021
With March being the deadline for Tokyo Olympics qualification, Saina is anxious that the shortage of correct coaching would possibly have an effect on her efficiency.
The former world primary stated she tried contacting the BWF, however to no avail.
“Practice only for an hour everyday for the entire team? Gym timings the same … considering March being the important Olympic qualification period this is not good enough to be in good shape.”
Practice just for an hour on a regular basis for the complete workforce ? Gym timings the identical … contemplating March being the essential Olympic qualification interval this isn’t ok to be in good condition . @bwfmedia— Saina Nehwal (@NSaina) January 5, 2021
An Indian contingent is at present within the Thai capital to participate within the BWF World Tour Finals and two Super 1000 occasions, the place the world’s finest gamers return following an extended break led to by the pandemic.
In one other tweet, Saina wrote, “No Time for heat ups / taping / cool downs / stretches..we’re speaking about the most effective gamers on this planet competing is not it?
No Time for heat ups / taping / cool downs / stretches..we’re speaking about the most effective gamers on this planet competing isn’t it ? We’ve spent some huge cash getting the physios and trainers together with us . If they’ll’t assist us then why was this not advised earlier than ? @bwfmedia— Saina Nehwal (@NSaina) January 5, 2021
Tried contacting @bwfmedia however no reply .. so had to do that ..— Saina Nehwal (@NSaina) January 5, 2021
“We’ve spent a lot of money getting the physios and trainers along with us . If they can’t help us then why was this not told before?”Â
