Sports Ministry felicitates Olympic medal winners - NewsX

2019-03-01 2

A felicitation function to honour India's Olympics heroes here today was marred by utter chaos due to mismanagement by the Sports Ministry with a large number of fans turning it into near-stampede like situation. Wrestlers Sushil Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt, shooters Vijay Kumar and Gagan Narang, shuttler Saina Nehwal and boxer M C Mary Kom were handed cash awards by the government for winning medals in the just-concluded London Olympics in a function held at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium. But the function held at an open area outside the hockey stadium turned into a complete chaos by pushing and shoving by the hundreds of fans, mainly school children, who turned up and tried to reach the dais to have a glimpse of their heroes.

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