Indian boxer L Sarita Devi has been suspended by the International Boxing Association [AIBA] for declining to take Asian Games bronze medal at the podium following her controversial semi-final loss at Incheon. AIBA opined that Sarita Devi's protest is pre-planned and so it banned coaches Gurbaksh Sandhu, Sagar Dhayal and Blax Iglesias Fernandes, and India's chef de mission Adile Sumariwala from its events until further notice.

Sarita apologised over this incident and presented the international body a written apology but despite that, AIBA has barred her. Sarita Devi refused to bend down to let the bronze medal be placed over her neck and took the medal in hand, placed it over the semi-final winner.

(AW: Vamshi)