Chennai
Recent from his record-breaking spree, India’s Sharuk Khan will likely be one to observe through the three-day fourth South Asian Junior Athletics Championships beginning Wednesday right here on the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
Sharuk Khan is amongst 62 sturdy Indian athletics group chosen by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) for the competitors.
Sharuk Khan, who hails from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh holds the nationwide U20 3,000m steeplechase file (8:42.06). He plans to additional enhance his efficiency right here in Chennai. “I’m wholesome. I ought to be capable of do my greatest,” the steeplechase runner mentioned on the eve of the three-day competitors.
Focus may also be on Pooja, nationwide U20 file holder in ladies’s excessive bounce. Her season and private better of 1.83m, a nationwide file, was recorded on the simply concluded World Athletics U20 Championships held in Lima, Peru.
Anurag Singh Kaler, Siddharth Choudhary (shot put) and Ritik (discus throw), medal winners on the 2024 Asian U20 Championships held earlier this yr in Dubai, are looking forward to make impression within the South Asian Championships.
N Ramesh, chief junior nationwide athletics coach can also be anticipating sprinters to dominate relay occasions. “Indian 4x100m ladies’s group had set a nationwide U20 file (45.31 seconds) on the World U20. They need to be capable of proceed their good work right here in Chennai,” the chief junior nationwide athletics coach added.
Majority of the members of the Indian group had competed within the World Athletics U20 Championships held in Peru. “The competitors in Chennai will likely be good publicity for the promising athletes on the house floor,” N Ramesh mentioned.
Sri Lanka can also be fielding a powerful 54-member group. Pakistan (I2), Bhutan (5), Nepal (9), Bangladesh (16) and Maldives (15) are different collaborating groups. All of the group have arrived. The group members went for a heat up on the stadium right now, N Ramesh added.
