Instead of the regular athletes Village, the three-member team checked into a special Rowing Village at the Royal Holloway.
The Indian rowing team arrived in the British capital for next week’s Olympics but instead of the regular athletes Village, the three-member team checked into a special Rowing Village at the Royal Holloway.
The Rowing Village is over 60 miles from the Olympic Games Village at Stratford. The Royal Holloway is a constituent College of the University of London and was founded in 1879.
It was earlier a Women’s College and was officially opened by Queen Victoria in 1886. The rowers have expressed unhappiness over their accommodation, saying it doesn’t feel like Olympics. “The Olympic Rowers (men and women) participating in London Olympics are staying in the Hostel accommodation of Royal Holloway College and the ambiance is wonderful,” said the Indian contingent’s deputy chef-de-mission Brig PK Muralidhar Raja. “Although coach Ismail Baig and his team are happy with the arrangements being provided, they still have a crib that they do not get the feeling or atmosphere as prevalent in an Olympic Games Village. Ismail feels that this resembles a normal World Championship only. So he is planning to bring his three wards to come and see the Olympic Games Village so that they are relaxed and enjoy themselves before participation in the Rowing events at Rowing village,” Raja added.
The Indian Team comprises Swarn Singh Virk in the Single Sculls and Sandeep Kumar and Manjeet Singh in the Lightweight Double Sculls.
At the Games Village at Stratford, shooter Joydeep Karmarkar joined his compatriots Abhinav Bindra, Manavjit Sandhu and Ronjan Sodhi on Tuesday. “They have all settled down well and they are awaiting for their additional guns and equipment which are expected in the next two days,” Raja said.
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