The whole world saw the shocking events of yesterday at the Asian Games, where India’s Sarita Devi, despite being deemed as the clear winner by a majority of the viewers, was robbed of a victory. Her Korean opponent Jina Park looked battered and bruised by the end of the bout, but to the utter disbelief of everyone watching, it was Park who was raising her arms at the end, with each judge delivering a final verdict of 39-37 in her favour.
Here is the replay of the controversial semifinal from yesterday that has been the source of so much anguish for Devi and all Indian sports fans:
At the presentation ceremony today, Devi could not control her emotions and broke down into copious tears as she was presented with her medal. It was clear that she felt she deserved to stand at the top or at the very least, the second place on the podium, and not at the bronze medal position.
After dithering for a while, Devi took the medal but it was clear that she did not want to keep it. She then walked towards Park and handed the Korean the bronze medal.
In the video below, Devi speaks about the events in the medal ceremony. Her husband also talks about the lack of support for the Indian from the officials.
