After Tokyo excessive, a crashed laptop & pink tape delay wage and prize for girls’s hockey coach

Three months after the Indian ladies’s hockey staff showcased their best-ever Olympics outing, the person credited with the transformation, Dutch coach Sjoerd Marijne, continues to be ready for the final instalment of his wage and money incentives. The cause for the delay: a crashed laptop and bureaucratic red-tape.
India, below Marijne, secured a historic fourth place at Tokyo 2020, a outstanding turnaround for a staff that had completed final at Rio in 2016. Though they didn’t make it to the rostrum this time, their efficiency, together with the boys’s bronze medal, received Indian hockey unprecedented nationwide focus and sparked hope for the game’s revival within the nation.
Post-Tokyo, the gamers, together with the teaching workers, had been promised money awards and incentives. But since Marijne’s tenure ended after the Olympics, he returned residence after a really transient go to to India.
Now, chatting with The Indian Express, Marijne mentioned he’s but to obtain his “final salary” from the Sports Authority of India (SAI) and a reward of Rs 25 lakh introduced by the UP authorities. “I am yet to receive the prize money from the UP government and the dues that are pending with SAI. However, I am in constant touch with them and I am confident it will be settled soon,” he mentioned.

While Marijne didn’t elaborate, a supply mentioned that one of many explanation why his “full and final” wage has been withheld is that he hasn’t but returned his official laptop computer, which had “crashed” in the midst of the Olympics.

When contacted, SAI mentioned they’ve withheld six days’ wage, amounting to $1,800, which might be launched after Marijne returns “official possessions”.
“The salary is already under process and will be released the moment official possessions given to Sjoerd Marjne as chief coach of the women’s team are submitted to SAI by him, which is part of the administrative procedure required for the full and final settlement,” SAI, who make use of coaches for all groups, mentioned in a press release.
According to the contract, SAI mentioned, they’d “recognise” the coach’s contribution in main tournaments, together with the World Cup the place India reached the quarterfinals, the Asian Games the place they received a silver medal, and the Olympics. But, a “performance bonus was not part of the contract”, it mentioned.

After reaching Tokyo as rank outsiders, the ladies’s staff went on to beat former Olympics gold medallists Australia within the quarterfinals. On their return residence, the staff was felicitated by UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, with a money prize of Rs 50 lakh introduced for every participant. Coach Marijne was entitled to obtain Rs 25 lakh whereas the help workers received Rs 10 lakh.
The gamers and a few members of the help workers, who had been current on the grand perform in Lucknow on August 19, acquired their prize instantly. However, Marijne was unable to attend the occasion as he had moved on to his subsequent task with Dutch membership Tilburg.

The UP authorities’s sports activities director RP Singh, a former worldwide hockey participant, mentioned the quantity hadn’t been disbursed but as a result of they had been ready for the coach’s checking account particulars.
“The money has been sanctioned by the government. When our government spent Rs 42 crore on this, why would we not give Rs 25 lakh?” Singh mentioned.

“The delay is because we wanted to make sure we get the correct bank details so the money goes to the right person. We have all the details now and we will transfer the amount immediately after Diwali.”