Sportstar·India·Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 05:10 PM

Adille Sumariwalla on Jyothi, Praveen injuries: Someone has to be answerable, there will be an enquiry

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AFI spokesperson and former president Adille Sumariwalla flagged a lack of transparency in injury claims as athletes train abroad after skipping a national selection series ahead of the Asian Games. | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy

The Athletics Federation of India has taken a dim view of the absence of hurdler Jyothi Yarraji and triple jumper Praveen Chhitravel from their respective competition here on Saturday. While Jyothi did not start, Chitravel turned up, only for a foul on his first jump before retiring with both claiming injuries.

“Someone has to be answerable and there will be an enquiry into what exactly went wrong. We will definitely look into all the details and then take whatever action might be needed. The coaches had repeatedly assured us that they were doing absolutely fine in training and as late as this morning, both the athletes and their coaches had confirmed that they would be participating. Now they are claiming there was pain during warm-up or hamstring injury. This is unacceptable,” AFI spokesperson and former president Adille Sumariwalla told Sportstar.

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Interestingly, both Jyothi and Praveen, along with high jumper Sarvesh Kushare, had skipped the mandatory Indian Athletics Final Series in New Delhi just before departure for the Asian Games and had been training at the Tsukuba University for acclimatisation. Battling injuries and niggles, they had submitted medical certificates declaring them fit to play before being cleared at the last minute for competition.

Published on Sep 26, 2026

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