The second Indian Grand Prix, organised by the Tamil Nadu Athletic Affiliation (TNAA) underneath the aegis of the Athletic Federation of India (AFI), shall be held on the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium right here on Thursday.
Chief visitor Adille Sumariwalla, vice chairman — World Athletics, will flag off the competitors.
High athletes from throughout the nation, in addition to athletes from the Indian camp, shall be competing for the honours in 9 occasions: 200m, 400m, 400m Hurdles, 1500m, 5000m, pole vault, triple leap, shot put, and javelin throw.
The competitors is likely one of the choice trials for this 12 months’s Paris Olympics. There are a complete of 4 Grand Prix competitions, and the primary one has already taken place in Bengaluru.
Triple-jumper Abdulla Aboobacker, 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Video games (CWG) silver-medallist and 2023 Asian Athletics Championships gold-medallist, shall be a outstanding title to be careful for.
Rosy Meena, who holds the Nationwide document, Pavithra Venkatesh, and Baranica Elangovan within the ladies’s pole vault, Santhosh and Okay. Avinash within the males’s 200m and 400m, and Mohammed Salahuddin within the males’s triple leap are among the elite Tamil Nadu athletes taking part within the competitors.
“I believe our Tamil Nadu athletes will carry out effectively. That too, newly-laid monitor shall be useful for them to present a greater efficiency,” mentioned TNAA secretary C. Latha.
Printed – Could 29, 2024 08:05 pm IST
