Wed, Sep 29 10 12:33 PM
Amit Kumar Das New Delhi, Sep 29 (PTI) India''s top doubles player Jwala Gutta is saddened by the negative publicity surrounding the Commonwealth Games and feels this will put additional pressure on the athletes to deliver during the October 3-14 Delhi event here. A seven-time national doubles champion, Jwala said there are things which should have been better taken care of but the media should also have been a bit "more responsible" while reporting about the event, the build-up to which has been marred by allegations of corruption and shoddy construction work. "I feel very sad by the way things have happened in the build up to the Games. There has been so much negative publicity which may have been avoided. Well, the stadiums could have been finished earlier but then the Indian government have done so much and such reports would only put pressure on the athletes," Jwala told PTI. "I have not seen the village but my friends who are already there have told me that it is beautiful and really top class. There are issues with all big events but the foreign athletes form an opinion reading the reports which come out and I feel the media could have been a little more responsible," she said. Jwala, who will partner V Diju and Ashwini Ponnappa in the mixed and women''s doubles respectively in the Commonwealth Games, said the Indian team is in the best form and should win at least four golds in the event. "This is my third commonwealth Games and I can tell you we are in the best shape and probably this is the best team we have in years. The Indian government has supported us very much and this is the best chance we can have to win medals and I feel India should win at least four golds," she said. MORE PTI ATK PM
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