Boxing coaches and Chef de Mission for India provisionally suspended by AIBA following Devi scandal
On October 1, 2014, after the 57-60 kg semi-finals for Women’s Boxing at the 17th Asian Games1 in Incheon, Sarita Devi rejected her medal and attempted to present it to the silver medalist, South Korea’s Park Ji-Na. Through this action, Devi was protesting that she deserved the medal and had won the fight, though the judges unanimously ruled in Ji-Na’s favor.2
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Manali Kulkarni
Manali is an attorney in the US. She was the COO at LawInSport and continues to be an executive contributor of the editorial board for LawInSport. She holds an LLM in Sports Law from Nottingham Law School (Nottingham Trent University). She has been a strategy and legal consultant for organizations such as the World Players Association, and previously interned with the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
Manali previously researched on sports and society in India, specifically focusing on the influence of sport on the gender divide in India. She joined LawInSport in September 2013 as a research assistant providing updates on Indian sports law.
