New Delhi: Sushila Devi, who will be India’s lone Judo representative at the Tokyo Olympics, will be fine-tuning her preparation in a final training camp in New Delhi from July 9 along with two sparring partners, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) informed.
SAI has made arrangements for Sushila (48kg) at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and will be assisted by two sparring partners — her teammates in Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) — a physiotherapist and a masseuse, all of whom have put themselves in isolation at the new hostel at the JLN complex.
2014 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Mongjam Kabita Devi (48kg) and 2018 National champion Ningthoujam Sarda Devi (52kg) will be the sparring partners. They will also get their second dose of COVID-19 vaccination during their stay in the capital.
The Indian government is making sure that all the Tokyo Olympics-bound athletes get the best possible training and assistance before the Games to be on track. A total of 115 athletes will be representing India at the Tokyo Olympics — the most in history.
The final camp is being set up at the Table Tennis hall inside the new hostel, where mats will be placed. Sushila Devi, along with her coach Jiwan Sharma, will leave for Tokyo from the national capital.
Sushila’s event is on July 24. Ranked 46 in the women’s 48kg class, Sushila is now at the Chateau Gontier in France, completing a month-long training camp, sanctioned by the Mission Olympic Cell last month. A 2014 Commonwealth Games silver medallist, she went to France after competing at the World Judo Championship in Budapest in June
