CWG committee rejects Tejaswin Shankar's name, says Rajeev Mehta

NEW DELHI: A day after Athletics Federation of India (AFI) told the Delhi High Court that it will include Tejaswin Shankar, India's high jump national record holder, in the 2022 Commonwealth Games squad, Indian Olympics Association (IOA) secretary general Rajeev Mehta said that the high jumper's name had not been accepted by the Commonwealth Games Working (CWG) Committee. Shankar was knocking the doors of the High Court as he was not included in the list of 36 names picked by the federation for the CWG squad.

AFI's counsel submitted that one of the athletes was disqualified from the relay event which enabled Shankar to place in the contingent.

"We had sent Tejaswin's name yesterday, but we received a response yesterday (Wednesday) night from the Commonwealth Games organisers that his name was not accepted," Mehta was quoted as saying by Sportstar.

"According to the rules, only a like-for-like replacement is permissible. So if we have withdrawn an athlete in one particular event, the replacement has to be in the same event," he added. IANS

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