TNOA felicitates Asian Games medal-winners

Of the 15 athletes, only squash players Joshna Chinappa, Sunayna Kuruvilla and Harinder Pal Sandhu turned up.

N.Ramachandran , President, Tamil Nadu State Olympic Association felicitating squash players Joshna Chinappa, Harinder Pal Sandhu and Sunayna Kuruvilla.

The Tamil Nadu State Olympic Association (TNOA) felicitated the State’s 2018 Asian Games medal-winners at the Nehru stadium on Sunday.

Of the 15 athletes, only squash players Joshna Chinappa, Sunayna Kuruvilla and Harinder Pal Sandhu turned up.

For, some were busy with competitions and some were to attend the felicitation function organised by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) in Delhi on the same day (Sunday), according to the TNOA general secretary J.M. Fernando.

He added that the TNOA didn’t have enough time to reschedule its function after getting to know the IOA was holding its felicitation on the same day.

The three players were presented a gold coin each by the TNOA president N. Ramachandran.