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Sakshi Malik: Let's not boycott, but unfair to drop shooting from CWG
Updated On: 31 July, 2019 08:33 AM IST | | PTI
"Mentally also you have to be very strong. No matter how physically strong you are, until your mind works properly, it is not possible to do well in any sports. And since it is a contact sport, it becomes even more important to be mentally alert."

Sakshi Malik
Noida: Olympic medal-winning wrestler Sakshi Malik does not endorse the Indian Olympic Association's call for a boycott of the 2022 Commonwealth Games but at the same time feels that dropping shooting from the event's roster is "wrong on the athletes."
The Indian Olympic Association last week proposed boycott of the 2022 Birmingham CWG for dropping shooting from the roster, and sought the government's approval. "Let's not say that we will boycott but I just hope that shooting is included and all of us going to Birmingham," Sakshi told PTI on the sidelines of the launch of Asics sportswear here. At the same time, Sakshi backed the IOA's aggressive push to get shooting on the Games' roster. "Whatever decision IOA is planning to take is right because whichever sport is taken out, it is wrong on those athletes. And our shooters bring a lot of medals and I see it as an entire Indian contingent and even if one discipline is affected, it is unfair," Sakshi said.
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