Indian triple jumper Rakesh Babu and race walker Irfan Kolothum Thodi have been banned from the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and ordered to return home after breaches of the 'no-needles' policy, the Commonwealth Games Federation said on Friday.
The Indian contingent at the Commonwealth Games will appeal against the Commonwealth Games Federation court's decision to oust two of the country's athletes for violating the no needle policy in the Gold Coast.
Indian athletes will be in action in various disciplines at the 2012 Olympics on Friday. Check out their schedule.
Check out India's schedule on Day 4 of the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, on Sunday.
India's K T Irfan finished fifth, while Ganapathi Krishnan was disqualified from the men's 20km race walk of the 17th Asian Games in Incheon on Sunday.
Following is the schedule of the Indian contingent on the 11th day of the Asian Games in Jakarta on Wednesday.
'For years we train for the Olympics and when we are this close, how can we stop training?'
Four 20km race walkers -- two men and two women -- have already been named from the separate national championships held in New Delhi in February.
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