August 20, 2013 9:02 PM

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3 more Indian Athletes disqualified from Youth Asian Games

In yet another embarassing goof-up, three Indian weightlifters were disqualified today from the second Youth Asian Games in Nanjing because of overage. The new development comes barely a couple of days after 18 track and field athletes were disqualified from the Games for the same reasons, prompting the Sports Ministry to launch an inquiry into the incident. The weightlifters whose entires were rejected by the Nanjing Games organisers today were – Chandrika Tarafdar (Women's 48kg), Jyoti Mal (women's 53kg) and Akshay Bhagwan (Men's 62kg). Indians are participating in the multi-sporting event as independent Olympic athletes because the Indian Olympic Association is serving a ban imposed by the International Olympic Committee. The Indians are the only athletes, other than the one from Myanmar, who have been been disqualified for overageissue.Meanwhile, India added a silver and a bronze to take their medal tally to Six in the Asian Youth Games in Nanjing. Overall, India have won one gold, one silver and four bronze to occupy 11th spot in the medal tally.

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