<p class="title">There was no disgruntled coach to lock him out as shown in the blockbuster hindi film Dangal but Mahavir Phogat still missed watching daughter Babita Phogat's silver-winning effort at the Commonwealth Games on Thursday after he could not lay his hands on tickets to get inside the venue.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The legendary coach, whose life story has achieved cult status owing to the success of Dangal, was here to watch defending gold-medallist Babita compete in the 53kg category. However, he could only wait outside as his daughter grappled inside the Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"My father came for the first time to watch my bout and I am sad that he has been here since morning but could not get tickets. An athlete is entitled to two tickets but we have not been given those. I tried so much, but he had to sit outside. He couldn't watch it here and he couldn't watch it on TV either," an anguished Babita said, her voice choking.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mahavir finally managed to make it inside when the Australian wrestling team came to Babita's aid and offered two tickets to her.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"He managed to come inside after I asked the Australian team for a couple of passes. They helped me get him into the arena. I had requested everyone, whether it's the IOA or chef-de-mission, I was requesting till 10 pm yesterday (Wednesday) even though I had bouts today and I had to rest," Babita said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It makes you feel bad. I spoke to everyone, including chef-de-mission," he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chef-de-mission Vikram Sisodia said the tickets marked for wrestlers had been given to their coach Rajeev Tomar and it was upto him to distribute.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We give what we get from Commonwealth Games Federation to respective coaches. We gave five tickets for wrestling, we gave those to Mr Tomar, I don't know why she didn't get a ticket. Maybe the demand was too high," he told PTI.</p>.<p class="bodytext">When asked whether all athletes should be treated at par when it comes to handing out accreditations to their parents, Babita said: "It was the first time my father came this far to see me fight. I feel sad, he kept waiting.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I don't care if he got accreditation or not, for me it was just a matter of tickets, that's all. At least he could have watched," she added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"But if one athlete's parent gets accreditation, others should also get, why should just one athlete get that."</p>
<p class="title">There was no disgruntled coach to lock him out as shown in the blockbuster hindi film Dangal but Mahavir Phogat still missed watching daughter Babita Phogat's silver-winning effort at the Commonwealth Games on Thursday after he could not lay his hands on tickets to get inside the venue.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The legendary coach, whose life story has achieved cult status owing to the success of Dangal, was here to watch defending gold-medallist Babita compete in the 53kg category. However, he could only wait outside as his daughter grappled inside the Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"My father came for the first time to watch my bout and I am sad that he has been here since morning but could not get tickets. An athlete is entitled to two tickets but we have not been given those. I tried so much, but he had to sit outside. He couldn't watch it here and he couldn't watch it on TV either," an anguished Babita said, her voice choking.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mahavir finally managed to make it inside when the Australian wrestling team came to Babita's aid and offered two tickets to her.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"He managed to come inside after I asked the Australian team for a couple of passes. They helped me get him into the arena. I had requested everyone, whether it's the IOA or chef-de-mission, I was requesting till 10 pm yesterday (Wednesday) even though I had bouts today and I had to rest," Babita said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It makes you feel bad. I spoke to everyone, including chef-de-mission," he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chef-de-mission Vikram Sisodia said the tickets marked for wrestlers had been given to their coach Rajeev Tomar and it was upto him to distribute.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We give what we get from Commonwealth Games Federation to respective coaches. We gave five tickets for wrestling, we gave those to Mr Tomar, I don't know why she didn't get a ticket. Maybe the demand was too high," he told PTI.</p>.<p class="bodytext">When asked whether all athletes should be treated at par when it comes to handing out accreditations to their parents, Babita said: "It was the first time my father came this far to see me fight. I feel sad, he kept waiting.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I don't care if he got accreditation or not, for me it was just a matter of tickets, that's all. At least he could have watched," she added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"But if one athlete's parent gets accreditation, others should also get, why should just one athlete get that."</p>