new delhi the sports ministry has approved financial assistance of rs 2 lakh for double asian games goldmedallist woman kabaddi player v tejaswini bai who recently battled covid19 and lost her husband to the dreaded infectionthe assistance has been sanctioned under the new joint initiative with the indian olympic association to support former athletes and coaches during the pandemicthe financial assistance has been sanctioned from the pandit deendayal upadhyay national welfare fund for sportspersonstejaswini and her husband contracted covid19 on may 1 while she is on the path to recovery at home her husband naveen succumbed to the deadly virus on may 11he was just 30 but he was panicking a lot after the death of his father it was the fear and stress that took his life tejaswini said in a statement issued by the sports authority of indiai was not expecting this financial assistance but the sports ministry sai and ioa took very prompt action to take this decision of giving us the assistance this is the first time that we have been given such supportmany people like us have financial problems and if we get the proper help it feels goodkarnatakas tejaswini won the arjuna award in 2011 and was part of the indian womens kabaddi team that won gold medals at the 2010 and 2014 asian games respectivelytejaswini said she came to know about the initiative from karnataka sports committee member and former arjuna awardee honnaappa gowda and now wants to invest the money to safeguard the future of her childi have to take care of my 5 months old baby and also invest in her future from this money i am the only parent now and will have to do something for my child she said