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Star javelin throw Neeraj Chopra adds spice to domestic competition in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar

While the crore group of 400m runners are raring to go for the season first domestic track and field competition starting Sunday here at Bhubaneswar’s eight-lane Kalinga Stadium in Odisha, main attraction will be men’s javelin throw as Olympic and world champion Neeraj Chopra will compete in Bhubaneswar. It will be the first time since the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, Chopra will be seen in action on the India soil.

Asian Games medalist Kishore Kumar Jena will also compete in four-day 27^th National Federation Senior Athletics Competition, a Paris Olympic Games qualification event. The competition has attracted more than 700 athletes, including 180 female athletes.

Both Chopra and Jena have qualified for the Paris Olympic Games and a domestic meet in Bhubaneswar will be part of their Olympic Games preparation.

Last night at Doha Diamond League, a season opening competition, Chopra claimed second position behind Jacub Vadlejch (88.38m) of Czech Republic with a throw of 88.36m, while Jena's best attempt was 76.31m. Jena finished ninth.

Country’s top quarter milers, after successfully booking relay berths in 4x400m relay event at the just concluded World Athletics Relay in Bahamas, will test themselves in an individual event in Bhubaneswar. “Will be running an individual 400m here in Odisha to improve my world ranking,” was Amoj Jacob's response during media interaction on Saturday.

The 400m qualification round is scheduled for May 14. The medal round will be on May 15.

Jacob ran anchor leg in the men’s 4x400m during the second round of Paris Olympic Games qualification in Bahamas. “It was a challenging situation during the second round of Olympic Games qualification but the team was confident of making the cut for the Olympic Games,” Jacob added. “We are happy to have booked tickets for relay events to Paris.”

Apart from Jacob, Muhammad Ajmal (men), Jyothika Sri Dandi and Subha V (women) will be seen in action during the four-day competition.

Radhakrishnan Nair, chief athletics coach said, the 63rd National Inter State Senior Athletics Championships from June 27 to 30 in Panchkula, Haryana, will be the last domestic competition for the athletes to make the cut for the Paris Olympic Games. “The deadline to qualify for the Paris Olympic Games is June 30. It is mandatory for all athletes to compete in Panchkula to prove themselves,” chief athletics coach added. “There are few exceptions but the majority of aspiring athletes aiming to make the cut for the Paris Olympic Games will be in action in Panchkula.”

According to the chief athletics coach, the race walking event has been scrapped in Panchkula as the core group of race walkers who have qualified for Paris Olympic Games wanted more time to recover from the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships held on April 21 in Turkey. “Five male race walkers have achieved Paris Olympic Games qualification time, but only the top three will be selected for the Olympic Games scheduled to be held in Paris from July 26.”

Chief athletics coach was hopeful of a better and steady performance in Bhubaneswar after a series of warm up domestic competitions conducted in March and April. “Bhubaneswar will be a good platform for the athletes to further assess their performance,” he explained.

Athletes from Bangladesh and Maldives have also confirmed their entries for the National Federation Senior Athletics Competition, chief athletics coach said. The domestic meet in Bhubaneswar is sponsored by the Odisha government.

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Tamil Nadu’s Asian medalist T Santosh Kumar won gold in 400m hurdles, but fell short of his goal

Bhubaneswar Tamil Nadu’s International low hurdler, T Santosh Kumar clinched the first medal on the opening day of the 27th National Federation Senior Athletics Competition here at eight lane Kalinga Stadium on Sunday. His gold medal winning time was 50.04 seconds. It was pleasant weather in the evening session due to overnight rain here, but the 25 years old Asian bronze medalist wasn’t able to achieve his desired goal during the medal round. “I had planned to break the 50 seconds barrier here in Bhubaneswar. But something went wrong somewhere,” he said in the mixed zone after winning the gold medal. At the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships held in Bangkok, Santosh Kumar clocked 49.09 seconds to win bronze. The Tamil Nadu hurdler was, however, confident of breaking the 50 seconds barrier in coming weeks as it was important for him to improve his global ranking and qualify for the Paris Olympic Games starting from July 26 in France. “I will compete in Taiwan at the end of this month,” he revealed. “Hopefully I will be able to achieve my goal.” Asian Games medalist Vithya Ramraj wasn’t able to add another gold to Tamil Nadu’s team as she stopped immediately after the start of the race. Later she claimed that she has back pain and is undergoing rehab. “I will come back strongly,” she said. In her absence the gold went to Veerpal Kaur of Punjab. She clocked 59.43 seconds. The Punjab’s hurdler said she couldn’t have done better but there wasn’t anyone to challenge her in the race. “My goal was 58 seconds. But I missed it,” she added. Away from low hurdles, it was start to finish for West Bengal’s Lilly Das on her debut in the women’s 5,000m race. She lapped the last runner and finished 250m ahead of the second runner. Her gold medal winning time was 16:31.05. Kerala’s Gokul KR was leading day-one of gruelling decathlon. He secured 3665 points at the end of the day. Delhi’s Neeraj Kumar was trailing at second place with 3442 points. While Tamil Nadu’s Stalin Joes was at third spot with 3407 points. Results: Men: 400m hurdles: Santosh Kumar T (Tamil Nadu) 50.04 seconds, Nikhil Bhardwaj (Punjab) 50.92 seconds, Dhaval Mahesh Utekar (Gujarat) 51.13 seconds. Pole vault: Dev Kumar Meena (Madhya Pradesh) 5.10m, Shekhar Kumar Pandey (Uttar Pradesh) 4.90m, Hariharan R (Tamil Nadu) 4.0m. Women: 5,000m: Lilly Das (West Bengal)16:31.05 seconds, Poonam Dinkar (Maharashtra) 17:02.51 seconds, Kiran (Haryana) 17:06.64. 400m hurdles: Veerpal Kaur (Punjab) 59.43 seconds, Salini Valuparambil (Kerala) 1:00.73 seconds, Ramandeep Kaur (Punjab) 1:01.29 seconds. Javelin throw: Rashmi K (Andhra Pradesh) 54.75m, Karishma S (Karnataka) 49.91m, Rupinder Kaur (Punjab) 47.66m. Triple jump: M Anusha (Andhra Pradesh) 13.53m, Sheena NV (Kerala) 13.32m, Gayathry Sivakumar (Kerala) 13.08m.

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Abha Khatua improves national shot put record to 18.41m

Bhubaneswar

Maharashtra’s Asian silver medalist, Abha Khatua, hogged the limelight on the second day of the 27^th National Federation Senior Athletics Competition here on Monday at Bhubaneswar’s Kalinga Stadium. The 28 years old improved women’s shot put record to 18.41m.

The experienced thrower started her Olympic year with a throw of 17.56m in March in Patiala. On Monday she bettered the national record of 18.06m in her fifth attempt (18.41m).

“I have three more domestic competitions in coming weeks. I should be able to further improve my performance,” she said after winning gold with a national record in shot put.

Away from the throwing circle, focus was on Odisha’s promising sprinter Animesh Kujur as he narrowly missed the national record in the men’s 200m. His gold winning time of 20.62 seconds fell short of the national and meet record of 20.52 seconds which are in the name of Amlan Borgohain set in 2022. “I’m happy that I came so close to improving the national record,” the promising Odisha’s sprinter said. He was confident of further improving his performance during upcoming international exposure in Europe. “Will be competing in two-three quality races in Europe, which will be a good chance to break the national record.”

Odisha’s Srabani Nanda wasn’t able to add women’s 200m gold to the team kitty as she was edged past by Karnataka’s promising sprinter Unnati Aiyappa Bolland in the last five meters of an exciting race.

Results:

Women:

200m: Unnathi Aiyappa Bolland (Karnataka) 23.85 seconds, Srabani Nanda (Odisha) 23.89 seconds, Devyaniba Mahendrasin (Gujarat) 24.14 seconds.

800m: KM Chanda (Delhi) 2:02.62 seconds, Twinkle (Punjab) 2:03.94 seconds, Amandeep Kaur (Punjab) 2:07.66 seconds.

100m hurdles Nithya Ramraj (Tamil Nadu) 13.14 seconds, Pragyan Prasanti Sahu (Odisha) 13.40 seconds, Moumita Mondal (West Bengal) 13.64 seconds.

Long jump: Nayana James (Kerala) 6.53m, Shaili Singh (Uttar Pradesh) 6.34m, Moumita Mondal (West Bengal) 6.18m.

Shot put: Abha Khatua (Maharashtra) 18.41m, Kiran Baliyan (Uttar Pradesh) 16.54m, Shrishti Vig (Delhi) 15.86m.

Men:

200m: Animesh Kujur (Odisha) 20.62 seconds, Nalubothu Shanumaga (Andhra Pradesh) 20.97 secs, Jay Shah (Maharashtra) 21.31 seconds.

800m: Anikesh Chaudhary (Himachal Pradesh) 1:50.16 seconds, Somnath Chauhan (Haryana) 1:50.16 seconds, Mohammed Afsal P (Kerala) 1:50.44 seconds.

5,000m: Sawan Barwal (Himachal Pradesh) 13:51.01 secs, Harmanjot Singh (Madhya Pradesh) 13:51.61 secs, Kiran Matre (Maharashtra) 13:52.62 secs.

110m hurdles: Manav R (Tamil Nadu) 14.03 seconds, Nishanthraja G (Tamil Nadu) 14.22 seconds, Sachin Binu (Kerala) 14.25 seconds.

Discus throw: Nirbhay Singh (Haryana) 55.27m, Gagandeep Singh (Punjab) 54.38m, Oinam Alson Singh (Manipur) 52.03m.

High jump: Chetan B (Karnataka) 2.09m, Swadhin Kumar Majhi (Odisha) 2.09m, Shaik Mohiddin (Andhra Pradesh) 2.05m.

Decathlon: Gokul KR (Kerala) 6762 points, Kamal Singh (Uttar Pradesh) 6685 points, Stalin Joes S (Tamil Nadu) 6630 points.

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AFI to field 35-member contingent at Paris Olympic Games

Bhubaneswar

The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) will field a 35-member contingent, including star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra to compete at the Paris Olympic Games scheduled to start July 26 in France, Adille Sumariwalla, president AFI said here on Tuesday. “Twenty athletes have achieved automatic qualification criteria set up by World Athletics. While 11 athletes will qualify through the world ranking system,” the AFI president added. “We are expecting five more athletes to make the cut for the Olympic Games before the June 30 deadline.”

At the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games held in 2021 in Japan, AFI had fielded less than 30 athletes. Asian Games and World U20 record holder, Neeraj Chopra, became the first Indian athlete to win gold in Japan.

According to Adille, AFI has also made it mandatory for Paris Olympic Games aspirants to compete at the domestic competition beginning June 27 in Panchkula before the qualification deadline of June 30. “There is no exception. All athletes will have to compete at the National Inter-State Athletics meet in Haryana to prove their fitness,” Adille said here during media interaction on the sidelines of the 27^th National Federation Senior Athletics Competition.

Adille, who is also one of the vice presidents of the world governing body in track and field—World Athletics—said, Indian contingent has potential to win more than one medal at the 2024 Olympic Games. “We have good chances of winning medals in javelin, 4x400m relay and long jump if the athletes perform up to their potential on a given day,” the vice president of World Athletics added.

The Indian men and women’s 4x400m relay teams qualified for the Paris Olympic Games at the just concluded World Athletics World Relays held in Bahamas on May 4 and 5. “We are hopeful that the mixed 4x400m relay team will also make the cut in the upcoming Asian relay competition in Bangkok, Thailand,” Adille said.

The AFI president said there has been gradual progression in track and field in the country. “The Indian athletics contingent has been making the cut for the finals at global level,” he added. “At the 2023 World Athletics Championships held in Budapest, Hungary, three Indian javelin throwers were in the medal round. Neeraj Chopra went on to win the gold medal.”

Meanwhile, as expected Asian Games champion, Tajinderpal Singh Toor won gold medal in the men’s shot put event and Jeswin Aldrin dominated the men’s long jump event.

Results:

Men:

3000m steeplechase: Sumit Kumar (Madhya Pradesh) 8:39.67 seconds, Dhuladev Baban (Maharashtra) 8:46.65 secs, Ankit Rajesh (Haryana) 8:46.97 secs.

Shot put: Tajinderpal Singh Toor (Punjab) 20.38m, Samardeep Singh Gill (Madhya Pradesh) 18.93m, Aryan Tyagi (Uttar Pradesh) 18.07m.

Hammer throw: Damneet Singh (Punjab) 66.28m, Ashish Jakhar (Haryana) 66.24m, Devang (Delhi) 64.75m.

Long jump: Jeswin Aldrin (Tamil Nadu) 7.99m, Arya S (Karnataka) 7.83m, Muhammed Anees (Kerala) 7.81m.

Women:

3000m steeplechase: Chhavi Yadav (Madhya Pradesh) 10:07.57 secs, Komal Chandrakant J (Maharashtra) 10:18.69 secs, Manju Ajay Yadav (Madhya Pradesh) 10:19.21 secs.

Discus throw: Nidhi Rani (Haryana) 52.55m, Shalini Chaudhary (Madhya Pradesh) 51.50m, Sunita (Haryana) 51.10m.

Pole vault: Rosy Meena Paulraj (Tamil Nadu) 4.05m, Baranica Elangovan (Kerala) 4.00m, Mariya Jaison (Tamil Nadu) 3.90m.

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Winning Olympic Games gold is more precious than breaking 90m barrier, says star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra

Bhubaneswar

Olympic and world champion Neeraj Chopra said he was focused to excel at the Paris Olympic Games starting July 26 in France. “Winning Olympic Games gold is more glorious than breaking the 90m barrier,” the champion javelin thrower said here on Wednesday. “I will certainly break that barrier (90m) but right now I’m mentally; physically and emotionally focused to make a big impression at the Paris Games.”

Competing in his first domestic competition after winning gold at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games held in 2021 in Japan, star javelin thrower comfortably won gold medal here in Bhubaneswar with a throw of 82.27m. “I was expecting good competition from Manu DP. But as the competition progressed Manu DP wasn’t able to get a good rhythm to cross 85m,” the 26 years old world champion explained.

Manu DP of Karnataka was second. Uttam Patil from Maharashtra was third with a throw of 78.39m.

Asian Games medalist and local hero, Kishore Kumar Jena finished fifth with a throw of 75.49m.

Shivpal Singh, another prominent throw was eliminated in the preliminary round. Only the top eight advanced to the medal round.

Neeraj Chopra opened his 2024 season with second place finish (88.36m) at the Doha Diamond League.

After domestic competition here in Bhubaneswar, he will compete in Europe to prepare for the Paris Olympic Games.

In preparation for the Olympic Games, he has chalked his plans. He will compete on May 28 in Ostrava (Czech Republic) and Turku (Finland) in June. Thereafter, he will assess his fitness. “I will see how my body and mind reacts to high quality competitions and then take a call, “ he disclosed.

Neeraj Chopra’s personal best and national record of 89.94m was recorded in 2022. The champion thrower said he was working hard and on a good day should be able to breach 90m. “I prefer to win and not think of distance,” he explained.

Known as golden boy of Indian track and field, Neeraj Chopra, was excited to see youngsters watching athletics at Bhubaneswar’s Kalinga Stadium. “I’m excited to see so many fan followers at the stadium,” he added.

Results:

Men: 100m: 1. Gurindervir Singh (Punjab) 10.35, 2. Animesh Kujur (Odisha) 10.50, 3. Harjit Singh (Punjab) 10.56; 400m: 1. Muhammed Ajmal (Kerala) 45.91, 2. Santhosh Kumar T. (Tamil Nadu) 46.48, 3. Vikrant Panchal (Haryana) 46.62; 1500m: 1. Mehedi Hassan (Assam) 3:42.82, 2. Abhishek Singh Thakur (Madhya Pradesh) 3:43.49, 3. Yoonus Shah (UP) 3:44.25; 10000m: 1. Mohan Saini (Goa) 30:41.65, 2. Puneet Yadav (Har) 30:42.78, 3. Ankit Deshwal (Har) 30.44.32; Triple jump: 1. Praveen Chithravel (TN) 16.79m, 2. Eldhose Paul (Ker) 16.59m, 3. Mohammed Salahuddin (TN) 16.25m; Javelin: 1. Neeraj Chopra (Har) 82.27m, 2. Manu D.P. (Kar) 82.06m, 3. Uttam Patil (Mah) 78.39m.

Women:

100m: 1. Sneha S.S. (Kar) 11.63, 2. Giridharani Ravikumar (TN) 11.67, 3. Srabani Nanda (Odi) 11.76; 400m: 1. M.R. Poovamma (kar) 53.32, 2. Summy (Har) 53.46, 3. Vithya Ramraj (TN) 53.52;

1500m: 1. Akshana (MP) 4:23.65, 2. Nikita Sharma (HP) 4:25.05, 3. Amandeep Kaur (Pun) 4:28.10; 10000m: 1. Soniya (Ukd) 37:15.29, 2. Pooja Yadav (UP) 37:17.44, 3. Prajakta Godbole (Mah) 37: 27.34; Hammer: 1. Harshita Sehrawat (Del) 59.10m, 2. Tanya Chaudhary (UP) 56.51m, 3. Manpreet Kaur (Pun) 56.4m; High jump: 1. Abhinaya Shetty (Kar) 1.77m, 2. Angel Devasia (Ker) 1.74m, 3. Most Ritu Akhtar (Ban) 1.71m; Heptathlon (after seven events): 1. Agasara Nandini (Tel) 5460, 2. Anamika K.A. (Ker) 4997, 3. Deepika S. (TN) 4817.