The phone rang shrilly beside Priyadarshini Suresh, waking her up startled from her bunk bed in the games village in Trabzon, Turkey. Chennai's Priyadarshini is among 20 students from Tamil Nadu to be part of the Indian contingent for the 'School Olympics'. Her parents made the call, telling her to stay within the village and stay safe. “The whole Indian contingent is staying in an university campus in the games village. She was hoping to get a good night's sleep before she was to participate in the triple jump athletics event at the World School Games, but that was interrupted by an attempted coup.

Source: The Hindu July 16, 2016 06:32 UTC