Bangalore: The star runner of Delhi CWG and China’s Gwang-Zhou Asian Games, Ashwini C.S Akkunje, who was hurt by P.T Usha’s remarks made after failing in dope tests A and B, has retaliated in Bangalore against the onslaught of adverse criticism, not for losing a medal but for doubting her earlier achievements, in the context of the dope tests failures alone.
Whereas Tennis star Sania Mirza has said in Indore on July 13 that the dope test does not make an athlete a criminal, she added that people should with hold criticism until the fallen athletes are proved to have taken forbidden steroids/drugs in their food supplements, knowingly or forcibly. Akkunje while defending herself against P.T. usha’s Suspiciaons about her, went overboard to suggest that probably P.T.Usha was jealous of her(Akkunje’s) achievements, and afraid that the young athlete may win more gold medals than her(Usha). Why while Usha’s gold medals could be counted as so many in Asian Games, Akkunje still had a bright future to bring home more medals from Kobe(Japan), Korea and London Olympics (2012) but that rosy future had been vitiated now.
As yet, P.T.Usha remains supreme and Akkunje has to strive hard now like Eklavya in archery, and go beyond Usha’s prowess, after serving a two-year ban, Gracefully. The supplementary foods wee suggested by Akkunje’s Ukrainian coach Yury, whom she has defended as innocent. He is returning home under a cloud as other athletes are also involved.
It has to be proved, a Sania Mirza has done well to state on Wednesday(July 13), that Akkunje was deceived by someone who is it? In Patiala or Delhi, to take food supplements secretly polluted by banned drugs. She has admitted in Delhi that she herself bought the food, ate it, and failed in the dope test and was suspended. She may even lose her job in Corporation Bank Ho as a probationary officer at present (in Mangalore).
She was a Railway employee earlier. There is no benefit of doubt and no acquittal in this scandal.