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[caption id="attachment_12457" align="alignnone" width="580"] Salman Khan disrupts Olympics training. image Source: File Pic[/caption] Internet Desk: With less than 100 days to go for the 2016 Rio Olympics, infrastructural lapses have overshadowed the country’s athletic landscape. The focal point of the issue seems to be Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi, which has often acted as a cradle for the sport in India. In an unfortunate incident yesterday, four athletes preparing for the 2016 Rio Olympics were asked ‘not to disturb proceedings’ of a Bollywood film shooting. Ironically, the film, ‘Sultan,’ involves India’s Olympic goodwill ambassador, Salman Khan, whose selection has created quite a social media stir. The stadium was marred in controversy three days back, after power shortage cost India a potential Olympic qualification berth. Now, the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) will be hosting the Federation Cup, which involves most of the Rio qualified athletes. Upon asking, the athletes said that they do not want to get into any controversy and don’t want to be named. Meanwhile,  Indian tennis sensation Saina Nehwal supported the decision of selecting Salman Khan as the Goodwill ambassador for Rio Olympics 2016. She tweeted, "Perfect brand ambassador for the Rio Olympics. Good to see him encouraging sports."  

Perfect brand ambassador of Indian contingent for Rio Olympics .Good to see him encouraging sports @BeingSalmanKhan pic.twitter.com/OjrXjnaIhB

— Saina Nehwal (@NSaina) April 27, 2016