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accuses SAI of poor standards  PTI Jul 8, 2011, 04.54pm IST  NEW
DELHI: A couple of days afterbeing sacked, Ukraine based India's
athletics coach Yuri Ogorodnik on Fridayaccused Sports Authority
of India (SAI) for the poor standards at NISPatiala.  Blog:
Sports:Real dope on doping  "We don't have a doctor. We do not
have foodor good supplements. We don't have good places. The
temperature soars to 40-45degrees," Yuri, who was given the
marching orders after six out of the eightathletes he coached
flunked the dope test, said.  The beleagueredcoach claimed
innocence, saying that he never gave any anabolic steroid to
hiswards and said that the food supplements consumed by the
athletes might havebeen contaminated.  "When we request they
(SAI) give us only vitaminsand proteins because they don't have
money. But for Olympics you need modernfood supplements which
are very costly. Here you get only rice and spicy foodwhich is
not good for the athletes. The sup