Recently, Olympic-bound Haryana shotputter Inderjeet threated to pull out from TOPS scheme if he did not get 30 lakh for foreign exposure with his personal coaches duo of Shakti Singh and Pritam Singh.
The chief coach who is also a former shotputter however assured that Inderjeet would get all the help from the government.
"It's only a matter of time that he will be given the financial assistance that he needs. I don't see anything wrong if he wants to take his personal coaching staff. It's a positive decision. He can go anywhere he wants, it's his decision," he added.
"We go there to compete and not just to participate unlike in our times... We are doing quite well in major competitions."
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Bahadur also said the standard of athletics can only go up to Olympic standard if the government adopts a one village, one playground scheme.
Referring to Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana, the former Asian Games gold medallist said a village can only become "Adarsh" (ideal) if they have a good playground facilities, something that will help spotting the talents at the grassroots level.
Referring to the model adopted by China, he said: "Look at them. If a child spends eight hours in school, four hours he spends playing, running in track suits," he said appealing the government to come forward and take it up in an urgent basis.