Depleted discipline for Indian Grand Prix – 2

Animesh Kujur begins because the overwhelming favorite to win a dash double. 
| Photograph Credit score: R. Ok. Nithin

Thiruvananthapuram: The absence of a number of distinguished stars and a lacklustre discipline in lots of occasions have diminished the thrill surrounding the Indian Grand Prix – 2 which can get beneath approach on the LNCPE Athletics Stadium right here on Saturday.

Solely a handful of internationals have chosen to check the waters in the summertime warmth and focus might be on nationwide campers connected to the Nationwide Centres of Excellence.

Within the males’s part, among the many nation’s main sprinters solely Nationwide document holder Animesh Kujur has chosen to compete right here and he begins because the overwhelming favorite to win a dash double.

Delhi’s Jayakumar, Kapil and Rince Joseph would be the distinguished runners within the males’s 400m occasion. Mohammed Afsal would be the man to beat within the depleted 800m occasion. Within the absence of main names in triple soar, the battle for the gold medal might be between Tamil Nadu’s Ok. Yuvraj and Navy’s Vimal Mukesh.

Within the girls’s part, Tamil Nadu’s R. Vithya Ramraj is the largest draw and he or she might be participating in 400m hurdles and in 200m. Vithya would be the favorite to win the 400m hurdles however she surprisingly has skipped the 400m and as a substitute will compete in 200m the place she has her process minimize out.

Subha Venkatesan, Gowri Nandana and Jisna Mathew are acquainted faces within the girls’s 400m race. The sphere is simply too skinny in girls’s 800m, javelin throw and lengthy soar occasions with solely two rivals participating in javelin and lengthy soar.