Indian Open – The Hindu

Amiya will hope to show he nonetheless has the velocity to match the brand new group of Indians.
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Veteran sprinter Amiya Kumar Mallick will return to motion after an extended break, hoping to show he nonetheless has the velocity to match the brand new group of Indians when he strains up for the 100m on the third Indian Open athletics meet right here on Thursday.

The 32-year outdated former nationwide file holder final turned out on the Open Nationals final 12 months however was disqualified for a false begin within the heats. Previous to that, he had participated on the 2023 Nationwide Video games in Goa, ending a disappointing seventh. He was, nevertheless, a part of the Odisha relay crew on the 2025 Nationwide Video games.

Additionally returning to motion on the Birsa Munda Stadium after greater than a month of restoration will probably be javelin thrower Sachin Yadav. He’s fourth on the World main listing for the 12 months with a 84.39m throw for gold on the Nationwide Video games, the place he twisted his ankle.

Sachin is fourth on the World main listing for the 12 months with a 84.39m throw for the gold on the Nationwide Video games.
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His mark additionally makes him the fifth finest Indian thrower of all time. Sachin targets the 85.50m mark to qualify for the World Championships later this 12 months. Asian Championships bronze medalist Abhishek Pal has entered within the 5,000m.

Among the many ladies, all eyes will probably be on Srabani Nanda — taking part in each the 100m and 200m — after a disappointing outing on the Nationwide Video games in February and Sanjivani Jadhav within the 5000m, among the many few occasions that has first rate participation within the ladies’s part that in any other case has few entries throughout occasions regardless of the AFI making it necessary to take part in one of many Grand Prix/ Indian Open meets to qualify for the Federation Cup.