New Delhi: Danish shuttler Mia Blichfeldt has slammed the taking part in circumstances on the $950,000 India Open being held on the Indira Gandhi Sports activities Advanced after falling ailing throughout her keep within the nationwide capital the previous week.
Mia Blichfeldt took to Instagram to boost the problems on the ongoing Indian Open. (BAI)
“Finally home after a long and stressful week in India. It’s two years in a row now that I get sick during India Open. It’s really hard to accept that many weeks of work and preparation get wasted because of bad conditions,” the world No.23 stated in an Instagram submit on Saturday, tagging the Badminton World Federation (BWF).
“It’s not fair to anyone that we have to train and play in smog, birds shitting on the courts and dirt everywhere. These conditions are unhealthy and unacceptable. I’m happy that I managed to go on court and win my first round and still play a good match in second round, but I’m far from satisfied.”
The 27-year-old was vomitting all evening as a result of a abdomen bug earlier than she gained her first spherical of the Tremendous 750 event in opposition to compatriot Julie Dawall Jokobsen on Wednesday. She misplaced to China’s Wang Zhi Yi within the second spherical on Thursday.
“That night was terrible. The only sleep I got was in the morning because I kept throwing up all night. I’m really tired now and my body is really dead. It’s not so nice for me. I wish I could have gone to court at 100 percent,” Blichfeldt had instructed BWF after her first spherical.
“It happened Tuesday evening. It took a lot of mental work (to get on court). It’s really frustrating when you’ve been training to come to these tournaments and then this is one of the things that stops you from performing.”
French shuttler Thom Gicquel additionally complained concerning the air pollution ranges within the nationwide capital. “The playing hall is pretty nice. But the weather is pretty cold here in Delhi and the pollution is really high right now, so it’s not easy to play, not the best conditions to play in,” he stated.
The India Open is going down on the 5,000-seater KD Jadhav Indoor Stadium within the IG Sports activities complicated which additionally homes the principle 15,000-seater Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium and the three,000-seater velodrome. All three constructions are the properties of the Sports activities Authority of India (SAI).
Because the organiser of the nation’s prime badminton occasion, Badminton Affiliation of India (BAI) stated: “As the host and staging authority for the Yonex Sunrise India Open, the Badminton Association of India gains access to the stadium and its infrastructure only four days before the event, which poses significant logistical challenges. We are already in discussions with the BWF to explore alternative venues and are actively evaluating the infrastructure options.”
The grievance doesn’t bode effectively for India contemplating that it is because of host the World Junior Championships this yr (in Guwahati from October 6-11) and the BWF World Championships subsequent yr.