Here is the list of Indian athletes who were not allowed by China to appear at the 2023 Asian Games along with the age and biography of Mepung Lamgu
Three Indian martial arts participants were stranded at home and unable to travel to the Asian Games in Hangzhou due to a long-standing border conflict, which also sparked a diplomatic spat between India and China on Friday.
Anurag Thakur, the union sports minister, postponed his trip to China as a result of India’s’strong’ protest to China on Friday over the exclusion of three wushu players from Arunachal Pradesh from flying to Hangzhou for the Asian Games.
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The three Indian athletes are from Arunachal Pradesh. One of them had obtained the accreditation, and two others were awaiting it, but when the team departed for China on Wednesday, September 20, they were not permitted to board the aeroplane because there was not the required clearance for boarding.
India’s Union sports minister, Anurag Thakur, cancelled his trip in protest after discovering that the three athletes had been turned away from China.
Who are the three Wushu players denied entry to the Asian Games 2023?
Entry into China has been refused by three Indian wushu players, Nyeman Wangsu, Onilu Tega, and Mepung Lamgu. The remaining members of the Indian Wushu team; 7 players and staff; flew to Hong Kong and then took a flight to Hangzhou, China.
Who is Nyeman Wangsu?
The 23-year-old Wangsu was a member of the group that competed in the inaugural Khelo India Women’s Senior National Wushu League earlier this year. Notably, Wangsu won the gold medal in the Changquan style of Taolu (a predetermined Wushu performance).
Who is Onilu Tega?
Onilu Tega, who was scheduled to compete in the 52 KG division at the Asian Games in China, gained notoriety in October 2022 when she defeated Manisha Bhati and advanced to the quarterfinals of the National Games in Gujarat.
Who is Mepung Lamgu
23 year old Mepung Lamgu from Arunachal Pradesh won gold in the Taijiquan and Taijijian all-around events at the National Games in Gujarat last year. During the seven-day International Wushu Championship held in Moscow in February 2022, Lamgu also won gold in Taijiquan.
Indian wushu player Lamgu, who failed to make it to the Asian Games because of diplomatic issues with China, on Saturday said she is “alright”, providing relief to her family members in Arunachal Pradesh. “I am alright and currently in SAI Hostel,” wrote Lamgu on her newly-opened social media account ‘X’, a day after her brother in Arunachal Pradesh told PTI that she had gone incommunicado after being denied visa to travel to China.