‘Can understand Sarita’s emotions’

After reinstating L Sarita Devi’s medal following an apology from her and the IOA, the Olympic Council of Asia today said the boxer’s disappointment on losing a controversial Asiad semifinal was understandable but her emotional outburst at the presentation ceremony was uncalled for. ‘The main objective of the OCA in staging the Asian Games is to provide a fair platform for the athletes to showcase their skills. Sometimes technical errors do happen in sports. Boxing has had plenty of issues with officiating and the new rules were set to weed out errors,’ OCA president Sheikh Al-Fahad Al-Sabah said at the final media briefing of the Games on Saturday. ‘I can understand her emotions from losing the match.