The second Indian Grand Prix, organised by the Tamil Nadu Athletic Affiliation (TNAA) underneath the aegis of the Athletic Federation of India (AFI), will likely be held on the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium right here on Thursday.
Chief visitor Adille Sumariwalla, vice chairman — World Athletics, will flag off the competitors.
Prime athletes from throughout the nation, in addition to athletes from the Indian camp, will likely be competing for the honours in 9 occasions: 200m, 400m, 400m Hurdles, 1500m, 5000m, pole vault, triple soar, shot put, and javelin throw.
The competitors is without doubt one of the choice trials for this yr’s Paris Olympics. There are a complete of 4 Grand Prix competitions, and the primary one has already taken place in Bengaluru.
Triple-jumper Abdulla Aboobacker, 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Video games (CWG) silver-medallist and 2023 Asian Athletics Championships gold-medallist, will likely be a distinguished identify to be careful for.
Rosy Meena, who holds the Nationwide report, Pavithra Venkatesh, and Baranica Elangovan within the girls’s pole vault, Santhosh and Okay. Avinash within the males’s 200m and 400m, and Mohammed Salahuddin within the males’s triple soar are a number of the elite Tamil Nadu athletes collaborating within the competitors.
“I feel our Tamil Nadu athletes will carry out properly. That too, newly-laid observe will likely be useful for them to offer a greater efficiency,” stated TNAA secretary C. Latha.
