Her first battle was won when the administrators acknowledged her complaints of "inappropriate behaviour" by the chief coach and now she is gearing up for another -- the Asian Track Championships.

Now that the accused RK Sharma has been sacked, the cyclist, still coming to terms with the harrowing experience during a foreign exposure trip to Slovenia, is looking to find succour at the Asian Track Cycling Championships, beginning Saturday.

The Indian sports community was rocked by the allegations by the cyclist earlier this month.

She had reportedly feared for her life due to the alleged harassment during the Slovenia trip, where she was the only female in the Indian contingent. The coach had reportedly made inappropriate advances that had made her uncomfortable.

Following her complaint, she was immediately flown back to the country, while the coach was sacked and is now facing a detailed investigation. She has also filed an FIR against him.

But the Asian Track Championships -- an Olympic-ranking point event -- has her full focus now.

"I am expecting a medal and my total focus (mentally) is on the competition," she said, reluctant to speak about the controversy.

"My performance has been good recently and I came first in the trials also. But there was no (international) competition for the past two years because of COVID-19," she told PTI.

"We had a month-long camp in Slovenia (in the run up to the Asian Track Championships). I have trained well and here I have events in...

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