Delhi CWG athletics judges threaten to strike over inadequate transport arrangements
New Delhi:Judges for the Delhi Commonwealth Games athletics
competition at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium have threatened to walk out over their mismanaged transport arrangements. According to the Telegraph, officials complained
to Organizing Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi after they were kept waiting for
buses to take them to their hotels for four hours on the opening night of the
athletics programme on Wednesday. The angry mood among officials was communicated
to Kalmadi by Keith Davies, British technical director of the International Association
of Athletics Federations, and Bill Bailey, an Australian IAAF Council member.
It is believed that the Organizing Committee has been put on notice that any repeat
will lead to a strike by the judges and technical staff. An immediate walk out
was only avoided after Kalmadi gave his assurance that the situation would be
improved.
