Wellington: Fiji's national Olympic committee
has encouraged its athletes to keep training for the
Commonwealth Games in October as it awaits a decision from the
Court of Abritration for Sport on its ban from the games.
Fiji Amateur Sports and Olympic Committee President Vidya
Lakhan told the Fiji Times today he expected the court's
decision on Fiji's appeal against its exclusion from the New
Delhi games within the next week.
"They were supposed to have made their ruling on March 23
and I believe the decision will be passed on to us sometime
this week or early next week," Lakhan told the newspaper.
"Right now we urge all our sporting bodies to continue
with their training and just hope for the best.”
"They need to keep up with their training because it will
be helpful if the green light is given for the trip to
India."
Fiji was suspended from the Commonwealth in September
when military ruler Commodore Frank Bainimarama, who seized
power in a 2006 coup, refused to bow to demands to hold
elections next year.
Bainimarama has indicated elections will likely be held
in 2014 as part of his "road map" for constitutional reform
aimed at ending the country's ethnic-based voting system.
Bureau Report
First Published: Saturday, March 27, 2010, 12:59