Bad news for Bangladesh as boxer Sur
Krishna Chakma could not stand in the ring in the boxing event of the 22nd
Commonwealth Games due to his physical illness.
Bangladeshi Sur Krishna, who carried the national flag in last night’s
opening ceremony of the Games, was scheduled to fight his Fiji rival Aria
Rockbuli today (Friday) in Hall 4 of the national exhibition centre in
Mustang Green, Birmingham.
He also took two days of preparation there to enter the ring and hoped to win
against his Fijian rival. But, he is unlucky as the medical authority
declared him unfit after his blood pressure was found high.
In this regard, Bangladesh team doctor Dr. Shafiqur Rahman said: “Actually,
it is his misfortune. On the morning of the event, he was diagnosed with high
blood pressure during a routine medical check-up. After resting for 15-20
minutes, he was tested again and found the same result. So, the authorities
did not allow him to play because his (Sur Krishna) pressure was high.”
Later, he was brought to the pal clinic where the attending doctors tested
him and found his pressure a bit high. An hour later, her blood pressure
started to decrease and returned to normal. But, according to the rules of
the Games, an athlete must have to pass a medical test before a certain time
which he could not do, he added.
Terming it as bad luck Sur Krishna, who won the title in the country’s only
professional boxing, said no nervousness worked in me. It may be due to a
lack of good sleep last night.
