
Chennai
The 2nd leg of 1-Working day Indian Grand Prix scheduled to be held at Chennai’s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium will be a good chance for aspiring athletes to make the cut for the Paris Olympic Video games ahead of the June 30 deadline.
The athletes can generate tickets to the 2024 Olympics either as a result of computerized qualification regular or Earth Athletics rating system in their respective situations.
Till date much more than 10 Indian athletes, such as Olympic and world champion Neeraj Chopra, have obtained Paris Olympic Games automatic qualification regular, in their respective situations.
The 2nd leg of IGP has captivated a number of promising athletes possibly aiming for an automated qualification in their respective functions, or improving upon personalized very best to earn valuable points and continue to be on class to board flight to contend at the Paris Olympic Online games starting off July 26.
Tamil Nadu’s 26 decades previous Asian medalist, Santosh Kumar T, clean from profitable gold in men’s 400m hurdles (50.04 seconds) at the just concluded Countrywide Federation Senior Athletics Competition held in Bhubaneswar, will absolutely glimpse forward to breaking the 50 seconds barrier in lower hurdles on Thursday. “It’s critical to dip underneath 50 seconds in the 400m hurdles to remain in the race to make a ticket to the Paris Olympic Online games,” Santosh claimed after winning gold in Bhubaneswar.
The men’s 400m hurdles will be the first keep track of occasion of the A person-Day satisfy in Chennai.
As per the entries, Santosh has also verified his participation in the 400m flat.
The automatic Paris Olympic Online games qualification time in men’s 400m hurdles is 48.70 seconds. The qualification time in women’s 400m hurdles is 54.85 seconds.
Kerala’s intercontinental reduced hurdler MP Jabir will also be in action in Chennai. He will also contend in both equally 400m flat and 400m hurdles, as for every entries.
In the women’s 400m hurdles, second keep track of party of the working day, the principal focus will be on Tamil Nadu’s Asian Video games medalist, Vithya Ramraj.
In the men’s triple bounce, Abdulla Aboobacker and Karthik U have verified their entries. The computerized qualification mark in men’s triple soar is 17.22m.
In the women’s 400m flat, Kerala’s global quarter miler, Jisna Mathew, will be battling for major location with Maharashtra’s Aishwarya Mishra. The Paris Olympic Video games qualification time in women’s 400m is 50.95 seconds.
Spotlight will also be on Maharashtra’s shot putter Abha Khatua, who improved nationwide history to 18.41m through a domestic meet previously in May in Bhubaneswar. The automatic qualification mark in women’s shot place is 18.80m.