Hima Das out of Fed Cup Athletics Championships due to injury, Toor, Annu to be eyed

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Ranchi, May 15 (Hindustan Times). Asian Games champion shot putter Tejinderpal Singh Toor and Commonwealth Games bronze medalist javelin thrower Annu Rani will compete in the Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championship starting here today. More than 5000 athletes are participating in this championship organized at Birsa Munda Stadium.

Several top athletes, including Birmingham Commonwealth Games gold medalist triple jumper Eldhoj Paul, silver medalist Avinash Sable (300m steeplechase) and Murali Sreesankar (long jump), will skip the four-day meet.

Star sprinter Hima Das was also ruled out of the championships last month due to a hamstring injury.

The first major domestic track and field event of the season is a qualifying event for the Asian Athletics Championships to be held in Bangkok from July 12 to 16.

It will also be a good platform for athletes looking to meet the qualification standards for the Budapest World Athletics Championships and Hangzhou Asian Games to be held in September-October.

Some of the other top athletes not taking part in the event include men’s long jump national record holder Jesvin Aldrin, national record holder long jumper Shaili Singh and triple jumper Praveen Chitravel, who recently bettered his national record. has made.

Most of them are training or competing abroad to prepare for the Asian Games and World Championships.

The 30-year-old national record holder Anu has been training in Offenburg, Germany since February and will start her 2023 season.

Competitors will fight for medals in five events on Monday, the first day of the competition, including the tough 10,000 meters track race in both men’s and women’s sections scheduled for the morning session.

The evening session will see the finals of the women’s hammer throw and 3000m men’s and women’s steeplechase events.

The finalists of the men’s 100m and 400m races will also be decided on the first day.

Odisha’s Amiya Kumar Mallick, who held the national record of 10.26 seconds in 2016, will be seen in action in the 100m dash.

The men’s 400m heats, scheduled for the morning session, will see some of the country’s best including Amoz Jacob and Mohammad Anas fight it out for a place in the finals. There are 48 entries in the men’s 400m event.

In the women’s 400m, Maharashtra’s Aishwarya Mishra, Kerala’s Jisna Mathew and Haryana’s Kiran Pahal will be the main attractions.