new delhi known as much for his noholdsbarred approach as for his openguard style former india boxer akhil kumar feels the responsibility of sports personalities goes beyond donations and social media campaigns as india fights the coronavirus pandemiccurrently in a 21day nationwide lockdown india is making every possible effort to guard itself from stage 3 of the covid19 virus that has derailed the world playing their part in that are current and former players who are trying to educate people about the safety measures and coming forward to donate money to the relief fund for healthcare and those affectedhowever akhil feels its not enoughthrough you timesofindiacom i would like to make this appeal to all the celebrities especially sports persons that we need to do more than just put videos about washing hands on social media lets get out of our homes wear protective gear and spread awareness at the ground level said the 2006 commonwealth games gold medallist even donating money is not enough its okay to help but there is more of a need to step out and make people understand the importance of safety measures for example distributing hand sanitizers countrywide may help more than crores in donations akhil addedthe medical emergency has also rendered many especially in the economically lower sections of society struggling for food and other essential supplies as their daily wages have taken a hit on friday akhil who works as an acp in haryana police came out to serve food and other essentials to the needy trying to set an example the worldwide effect of coronavirus which originated from the wuhan city of china last december has also brought the sports world to a halt including postponement of the tokyo olympics to sometime in 2021akhil felt that should least bother the world because sports or anything else for that matter isnt as important at the momentwhy did olympics begin he asked so that people connect understand each other their cultures now when the whole world is facing a lifeanddeath situation everyone needs to fight togetherthe foremost thing if theres no life there can be nothing khel to chalte rahenge sports can happen later we know that life has to end some day but it shouldnt end this wayakhil who represented india in the 2004 and 2008 olympics came close to winning a medal in beijing where he lost in the quarterfinals so he knows what the olympics mean in his words brahmaand ke khel games of the universe but this he believes is not the time for iti used to play open guard what was the reason so that people identify me that this is akhil kumar and he plays like this i lost in beijing 2008 no problem but people still remember akhil aise khelta tha thats how akhil used to playso thats my message olympics will take care of itself its not important at the moment if we dont safeguard our country then who will play and for whom