Student athletes move High Court to halt sports trials amid Delhi's horrible pollution
The core of the students' argument rests on the conflict between physical advancement and fundamental health rights. Zoya Trehan Sahni explained that while many schools enforce rules against outdoor activity when the Air Quality Index (AQI) exceeds 200, this precaution is completely ignored by administrators running national-level sporting events. Athletes face a difficult choice: risk long-term health in the smog to secure a competitive edge, or sit out the trials and essentially "waste a full year of playing at different levels of that sport."
The core of the students' argument rests on the conflict between physical advancement and fundamental health rights. Zoya Trehan Sahni explained that while many schools enforce rules against outdoor activity when the Air Quality Index (AQI) exceeds 200, this precaution is completely ignored by administrators running national-level sporting events. Athletes face a difficult choice: risk long-term health in the smog to secure a competitive edge, or sit out the trials and essentially "waste a full year of playing at different levels of that sport."
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