Dimapur, April 8 (EMN): The Nagaland Taekwondo Association (NTA) has wished luck to Heutingyi Zeliang who will represent India at the World Junior Taekwondo Championship scheduled for April 9 to 13th at Hammamet in Tunisia.
“To put the record straight, the NTA clarifies that Heutingyi – currently under training in at Army Boys Company Ranikhet, Uttarakhand – represents Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) and his selection to the India team came through Taekwondo Federation of India (TFI),” stated a press release from the NTA on Sunday.
Normally, the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and the TFI would bear the expenses of the players. However the ministry has stopped its grant-in-aid to the federation pending a course, the NTA informed.
Thus the TFI has asked the players to bear their own expenses this time, it stated. After learning about Heutingyi’s financial difficulties, the NTA stated, its president Pele Khezhie ‘stepped in to sponsor’ him for the World Junior Taekwondo Championship. Many other well-wishers have offered help to the player enabling him to participate in the championship, it informed.
