"Couldn't even have breakfast": Absurd situation ahead of AG... Indian track and field team waits 4 hours, training bus never arrives

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Just before the opening of the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, further disturbances emerged regarding the accommodation and transportation of the Indian delegation.

Indian media outlet Times of India reported on the 16th that "the Indian track and field team, which arrived in Japan ahead of the Asian Games, endured a very difficult time."

According to reports, the Indian track and field team arrived at their hotel around 10 a.m. local time last Sunday.

However, they could not enter their rooms immediately. The delegation had to wait more than four hours just to check in.

The accommodation conditions were also inconvenient. It was reported that the Indian men's and women's track and field teams and coaching staff were staying at three separate hotels.

The distance between the lodging and training facilities also posed a problem. The media explained that "the hotels where the athletes stayed are more than an hour away from the training facilities in Tsukuba."

Then, on the following day, an even more absurd incident occurred.

The men's team attempted to have breakfast but were told by the hotel management that breakfast had not been reserved for them.

A relevant source told the media, "None of the male athletes received breakfast at the hotel," and added, "Hotel staff stated they had not received any notification to provide breakfast to the athletes."

The source further emphasized, "Many athletes could not eat anything that morning."

Some athletes had to go out on their own to find food.

Regarding this, the source pointed out, "While some athletes managed to find something to eat by going outside, this demonstrates the inadequate preparation of officials dispatched by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI)."

However, the problems did not end there.

On the same evening, another disruption occurred during the process of traveling to the training venue. The designated bus scheduled to take the athletes to the training site failed to appear at the agreed time.

The source explained, "The athletes faced yet another problem on Monday evening," noting that "the designated bus arranged to pick up the athletes for training did not arrive."

From the moment they arrived in Japan, the Indian team encountered a series of unexpected issues, including delayed check-ins, missed breakfasts, and the non-arrival of the training bus. Even before the official opening of the Asian Games, disturbances have continued regarding the operation and support of the delegation.

Meanwhile, the Indian track and field team participating in this tournament consists of a total of 77 members. Earlier, Indian media outlet Rediff reported that "the team is composed of 34 men and 43 women, with a balanced mix of experienced international competitors and promising young athletes."

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