Federation Cup: Star shot putter and Asian Games Champion Tajinderpal Singh Toor, along with Commonwealth Games bronze medalist javelin thrower Annu Rani, will headline the Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championship 2023 starting on Monday, May 15. Meanwhile, star Indian sprinter Hima Das misses out due to a hamstring injury that she sustained before the Indian Grand Prix IV in Bengaluru in mid-April. Follow Federation Cup Live Updates with InsideSport.IN
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Several top athletes, including the likes of Birmingham CWG gold winner triple jumper Eldhose Paul, silver medallists Avinash Sable (300m steeplechase) and Murali Sreeshankar (long jump) will not feature in the four-day meet.
The first major domestic track and field event of the season will act as a qualifying event for the July 12-16 Asian Athletics Championships scheduled to be held in Bangkok.
It will also be a good platform for aspiring athletes aiming to achieve qualification standards for the August 19-27 Budapest World Athletics Championships and Hangzhou Asian Games scheduled to be held in September-October.
Some other top athletes missing out include men’s long jump national record holder Jeswin Aldrin, national record holder long jumper, talented long jumper Shaili Singh and triple jumper Praveen Chithravel, who recently bettered the national record, among others.
Most of them are training or competing abroad as part of preparations for the Asian Games and World Championships.
Injury forces Hima Das to skip Federation Cup
Star sprinter Hima Das will also miss the Federation Cup as she is nursing a hamstring injury which she sustained just before the Indian Grand Prix IV in Bengaluru on April 15.
”It’s (Hima’s injury) not the old back problem but a hamstring injury. She suffered the injury just a day before the IGP IV in Bengaluru,” a top source told PTI on the condition of anonymity.
”She is undergoing rehabilitation and we are hoping that she would be back at the National Inter-State Championships in Bhubaneswar (June 15-19).” The National Inter-State Championships will be the qualifying event for the Asian Games in Hangzou in China in September-October.
Hima had won gold in the IGP III in Bengaluru on April 10 with a time of 23.77s. He entered her named for the IGP IV on April 15 but did not start due to the injury.
Hima had won an individual 400m silver in the 2018 Asian Games as well as gold and silver in the women’s 4x400m relay and mixed 4x400m relay races.
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