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We've all read the horror stories about the upcoming
Commonwealth Games village.... but this story takes the
cake....
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AAP
Weary after a long journey from your home country to the
Commonwealth Games Village in Delhi?
Check your sleeping quarters before you slumber.
A collapsing bed proved the final insult for an Indian
athlete.
After travelling from his training base in Patiala, 56kg class
boxer Akhil Kumar entered to find his room in a filthy state - as
so many have.
Exasperated at a four hour wait to get to a room in such
disrepair, Akhil sought solace in sleep, but was in for the rudest
of shocks.
"We reached (the Village) late in the afternoon to collect our
accreditation cards. But when I sat down on my bed to take rest, it
collapsed," Akhil told the Times of India newspaper.
"I checked the bed and part of it had no plywood on it. It was
disappointing after enduring a long journey.
"The athletes are at least entitled to a decent place to rest.
Even the toilets are not very clean. I have told our coach about
this."
Kumar's complaint was far from isolated.
His teammate, the 81kg class boxer Dinesh Kumar, reported on the
state of his room in detail, confirming the unsightly state many
rooms were in even as Games president Mike Fennell made an
inspection of the precinct.
"There were stains in some corners of the room. The bathroom was
filthy. Some of the fittings weren't working. The bed was dirty,"
said Dinesh.
"After looking at the condition of the room, we went down to the
auditorium to complain to officials.
"They then sent workers up with buckets and broomsticks to clean
the rooms.
"This is so annoying I can't describe it.
"We were dying to stretch our backs and hit the bed but it was
too dirty. So we were made to stand again for a few more hours
before the clean-up."
AAP
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56kg fella (lighter than myself, by the way), the bed can
collapse already..... *facepalm*
