National camp for elite athletes to continue at SAI centres

Around 10 athletes test positive for COVID-19 at SAI (Bengaluru)

Around 10 athletes have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Sports Authority of India (SAI)’s Bengaluru centre and some of them have been hit for the second time. And despite SAI putting out a release on Monday that it is closing down 67 training centres across the country, it will not affect the elite athletes who are preparing at national camps for this year’s majors including the Asian Games, Commonwealth Games and World Championships.

“SAI has different schemes like STC, NCOE, National camps, academic institutions and only the STC training centres have been asked to close down. And if there students studying in classes 10, 11 or 12, and if they have their exams scheduled, we have a provision to allow them to stay,” G. Kishore, director, SAI-LNCPE Centre in Thiruvananthapuram, told The Hindu on Monday.