Steffi Cardoso could not go beyond fifth place as her best throw was 12.71 compared to her rivals from Brasil and Portugal who lead by more than a metre. Progressively her throws deteriorated as the events progressed.
A lot was expected from this Goan athlete but one could she lacked power and speed in her throws. What is worse is the time spent on shopping by officials and athletes rather than concentrate on the events. For the Goa team, sports is secondary. I have seen all this with my own eyes. Sri Lanka won 3 golds with 11 athletes. There was an other incident in the pit area. Three Goan officials ventured into a no go zone where Steffi was performing and were told off by the pit officials. One could see that the officials are ignorant or wanted to show their typical bharati dadagiri style. Sheepishly they went back to the stands. One official event went beyond disgrace by not standing when the Portuguese national anthem was being played during the medal award ceremony. Shame for Goa. This is how we are supposed to behave. BC Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
