The Indian athletics contingent's middle and long distance coach Nikolai Snesarev was detained and then subsequently released by police in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday after a doctor complained of misbehaviour, according to a report from PTI.
According to the report, Snesarev, who is from Belarus, was involved in an incident with a female doctor at at the Games Village polyclinic where Indian runner OP Jaisha was brought after she had finished running her marathon earlier in the day.
"Due to hot weather conditions during the marathon race, Jaisha felt severe exhaustion and she nearly collapsed after finishing the race at 89th place. She was taken to the polyclinic at the Games Village and Snesarev was very worried as he thought there was no sign of pulse on Jaisha's body," the source said.
The source added that when the doctor refused to allow more than one person to accompany Jaisha, Snesarev got agitated and pushed the doctor aside, after which she lodged a complaint with the police. Subsequently, Sensarev was taken to a local police station and was only released in the evening after the intervention of the Indian Embassy in Brazil.
The secretary of the Athletics Federation of India CK Valson confirmed the incident but insisted that the matter had been sorted out.
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