Patiala: All eyes will be on asian games medalist Dutee Chandy and Hima Dasi Because the country’s leading sprinters aim to breach the five-day Olympic qualifying time National Interstate Athletics Championships, the final qualifying event before the quadrennial event starting in Tokyo on 23 July. In view of the COVID-19 situation, the 60th edition of citizens Will be staged at two venues – NIS and Punjabi University Here.
Categorized as a B category event for world athletics Ranking, it will also provide an opportunity for athletes to qualify based on their ranking, strengthen their ranking and secure an Olympic berth.
While both Dutee Chand (Women’s 100m) and snow (Women’s 200 metres) had reached the Olympic qualifying mark during Monday’s Indian Grand Prix, the pair will hope to make the most of the final opportunity.
Dutee’s daring attempt to surpass the qualifying standard of 11.15 seconds in the women’s 100m ended with a heart-breaking two hundred seconds from the magic mark. Similarly, Hima fell just 0.08 seconds short of the qualifying mark of 22.80 seconds.
Not to be forgotten, promising distance runner, and local favorite Hermilán Bains, who is aiming for her first crack at the Olympics in the women’s 1500 meters. Chasing a qualifying standard of 4:04.20, the 23-year-old managed 4:08.27 on Monday.
In addition, the women’s 4x100m relay quartet of Dutee Chand, Hima Das, Archana Susindran and S. Dhanalakshmi The 16 teams in Tokyo will aim for an effort of 43.05 seconds. He managed to break the national record during IGP-4 on Monday with an effort of 43.37 seconds, but is still ranked 20th in the world.
Similarly, the men’s 1600m relay team of Mohammad Anas Yahia, Amoz Jacob, Arokia Rajeev and Noah Nirmal Tom aiming to increase their time from 3:02.61 on Monday to 3:02.56 or even 3:02.50 from the current rankings. 16 and make sure it can spend the next few weeks preparing for the Games.
The top 16 teams in the Road to Tokyo rankings for relay events will compete at the Olympics at midnight on June 29. Teams of Sri Lanka and Maldives The men’s 4x400m and women’s 4x100m relay events are also participating in order to give it international status and to meet a set rule for Olympic qualification. Other Sri Lankans are also competing in individual events in their final bid for a place at the Tokyo Games. Nadisha Ramanayake (Women’s 400m) and Nimali Vallivarsha (Women’s 800m) are among the prominent names of the island nation.
Men’s high jumper Tejaswin Shankar will be another athlete looking to break the Olympic qualifying mark of 2.33m. He won the gold medal at the Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the US on May 16 with a jump of 2.28m.
The competition will provide Tokyo-bound athletes such as Kamalpreet Kaur (women’s discus throw), men’s shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor, javelin thrower Shivpal Singh and long jumper M Sreeshankar to put their performances to use ahead of the Games. Apart from the 4x400m mixed relay team, 11 Indian athletes have already qualified for the individual events at Tokyo 2020.
Six finals are to be played on the first day. There will be two events for men’s 10000m and pole vault, while women will compete in 5000m, 100m hurdles, triple jump and hammer throw for medals on Friday.
Categorized as a B category event for world athletics Ranking, it will also provide an opportunity for athletes to qualify based on their ranking, strengthen their ranking and secure an Olympic berth.
While both Dutee Chand (Women’s 100m) and snow (Women’s 200 metres) had reached the Olympic qualifying mark during Monday’s Indian Grand Prix, the pair will hope to make the most of the final opportunity.
Dutee’s daring attempt to surpass the qualifying standard of 11.15 seconds in the women’s 100m ended with a heart-breaking two hundred seconds from the magic mark. Similarly, Hima fell just 0.08 seconds short of the qualifying mark of 22.80 seconds.
Not to be forgotten, promising distance runner, and local favorite Hermilán Bains, who is aiming for her first crack at the Olympics in the women’s 1500 meters. Chasing a qualifying standard of 4:04.20, the 23-year-old managed 4:08.27 on Monday.
In addition, the women’s 4x100m relay quartet of Dutee Chand, Hima Das, Archana Susindran and S. Dhanalakshmi The 16 teams in Tokyo will aim for an effort of 43.05 seconds. He managed to break the national record during IGP-4 on Monday with an effort of 43.37 seconds, but is still ranked 20th in the world.
Similarly, the men’s 1600m relay team of Mohammad Anas Yahia, Amoz Jacob, Arokia Rajeev and Noah Nirmal Tom aiming to increase their time from 3:02.61 on Monday to 3:02.56 or even 3:02.50 from the current rankings. 16 and make sure it can spend the next few weeks preparing for the Games.
The top 16 teams in the Road to Tokyo rankings for relay events will compete at the Olympics at midnight on June 29. Teams of Sri Lanka and Maldives The men’s 4x400m and women’s 4x100m relay events are also participating in order to give it international status and to meet a set rule for Olympic qualification. Other Sri Lankans are also competing in individual events in their final bid for a place at the Tokyo Games. Nadisha Ramanayake (Women’s 400m) and Nimali Vallivarsha (Women’s 800m) are among the prominent names of the island nation.
Men’s high jumper Tejaswin Shankar will be another athlete looking to break the Olympic qualifying mark of 2.33m. He won the gold medal at the Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the US on May 16 with a jump of 2.28m.
The competition will provide Tokyo-bound athletes such as Kamalpreet Kaur (women’s discus throw), men’s shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor, javelin thrower Shivpal Singh and long jumper M Sreeshankar to put their performances to use ahead of the Games. Apart from the 4x400m mixed relay team, 11 Indian athletes have already qualified for the individual events at Tokyo 2020.
Six finals are to be played on the first day. There will be two events for men’s 10000m and pole vault, while women will compete in 5000m, 100m hurdles, triple jump and hammer throw for medals on Friday.
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