Record-breaking pole vaulters left to transport their poles on e-rickshaw after Federation Cup Athletics meet
New Delhi, May 25 -- Indian athletes Dev Kumar Meena and Kuldeep Kumar endured a tough time following their record-breaking feats at the Federation Cup Athletics tournament in Ranchi on Sunday.
According to a video shared by a journalist from The New Indian Express, both athletes were forced to arrange their own travel in a small e-rickshaw following the event. In the video, the two of them can be seen manually transporting their five-metre-long fibreglass poles on the back of the e-rickshaw.
Transporting pole-vaulting equipment is not easy, as they are heavy and fragile. Several social media users were quick to call out the systematic failure when it comes to the welfare of athletes.
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