Commonwealth Games shooting gold medallist Nur Ayuni Farhana Abdul Halim has been given a late reprieve to compete after her missing competition jacket was found and sent to her in Scotland.
Malaysian Ayuni, who won gold with Nur Suryani Taibi in the 10 metre air rifle pairs in New Delhi four years ago, had been scratched from the 10 metre air rifle and 50m rifle prone events after the garment was lost en route and failed to arrive before Monday’s registration for competition.
A borrowed jacket did not fit and Ayuni said a new one would take two months to get used to. The luggage containing her tailored jacket was thought to be in London but was finally located in Kuala Lumpur airport’s Lost and Found and flown to Scotland yesterday ahead of Friday’s start of the shooting competition.
Malaysian team manager Musa Omar said an appeal to Games organisers had failed but they discovered a loophole where changes to the line-up could be lodged before Thursday’s pre-tournament technical meeting.
Indian shuttler Kashyap hopes to be on song in Glasgow
Shuttler Parupalli Kashyap has his sights set on one of Glasgow’s many karaoke bars should he win gold for India at the Commonwealth Games.
The 27-year-old, who competes in the men’s singles and mixed team badminton events, says he plans to celebrate by crooning if he can hit the right notes on the court. “If I win gold I will be in the mood to sing. Whenever I get a chance, I like to sing. I love singing,” the second seed explained.
“I like all the Bollywood music but I enjoy a lot of English music too. There is no particular first choice. If I can I will look for a karaoke bar in Glasgow after the Games.”
Despite recently dislocating his left shoulder, Kashyap believes he has enough to beat Malaysian medal favourite Chong Wei Feng and the rest of the field in the single draw.
“I have a tough draw but I expect to be in the final and win this time,” he said.
