Manikanta overlooked of 100m regardless of making the minimize for Asian athletics championships

Manikanta Hoblidhar, centre, doesn’t discover a place within the 100m. 
| Photograph Credit score: FILE PHOTO: SUDHAKARA JAIN

Regardless of attaining the qualification commonplace and ending third within the Nationwide Federation Athletics Championships which concluded right here on Thursday, sprinter Manikanta Hoblidhar doesn’t discover a place within the 100m within the Indian group for subsequent month’s Asian Championships in Gumi, South Korea.

Karnataka’s Manikanta had damaged the 100m meet file within the semifinal, clocking 10.25s which can also be the qualification commonplace set by the Athletics Federation of India for the Asians however the selectors weren’t impressed.

“Had he completed first or second, he would have been thought of,” defined Nationwide chief coach Radhakrishnan Nair after the group was introduced right here on Friday.

“We’ve got additionally not included Gurindervir Singh who clocked 10.20s (breaking the nationwide file) within the current Indian Grand Prix in Bengaluru as a result of he completed final within the Federation Nationals (with 11.21).”

By the way, Mankanta had clocked 10.22s in that Bengaluru meet.

Neeraj not within the fray

World champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, who can be in motion within the Neeraj Chopra Basic in Bengaluru on Could 24, won’t be going for the Asian Championships which start on Could 27.

Asian and Asian Video games champion Tajinderpal Singh Toor is among the outstanding names lacking within the listing. The previous Asian record-holder (private finest 21.77m, 2023), who has been scuffling with accidents the final couple of years, suffered his first loss in almost eight years ending second within the Federation Nationals right here on Thursday with 18.77m (AFI’s Asian qualification commonplace: 19.1m).

Whereas saying the group for the Asians, AFI president Bahadur Singh Sagoo revealed that the federation won’t embrace athletes who qualify for this September’s Tokyo World Championships by the world rankings route on the final minute, after the withdrawal of athletes above them on this planet rating listing. However the selectors can have the ultimate say on the matter.

The Indian group: Males: 200m: Animesh Kujur; 800m: Anu Kumar, Krishan Kumar; 1500m: Yoonus Shah; 3000m steeplechase: Avinash Sable; 5000m: Gulveer Singh, Abhishek Pal; 10,000m: Gulveer Singh, Sawan Barwal; triple soar: Praveen Chithravel, Abdulla Aboobacker; excessive soar: Sarvesh Kushare; shot put: Samardeep Singh Singh; javelin throw: Sachin Yadav, Yashvir Singh; decathlon: Tejaswin Shankar; 20km race stroll: Servin Sebastian, Amit; 4x100m relay: Pranav Pramod Gurav, Animesh Kujur, Manikanta Hoblidhar, Amlan Borgohain, S. Tamilarasu, G. Ragul Kumar, Gurindervir Singh; 4x400m relay: T.Okay. Vishal, Jay Kumar, T.S. Manu, Rince Joseph, Dharamveer Chaudhary, Tushar Manna, Santosh Kumar, Mohit Kumar.

Ladies: 200m: Nithya Gandhe; 400m: Rupal Chaudhary, Vithya Ramraj; 800m: Twinkle Chaudhary, Pooja; 1500m: Lili Das, Pooja; 3000m steeplechase: Parul Chaudhary, Ankita; 5000m: Sanjivani Jadhav, Parul Chaudhary; 10000m: Sanjivani Jadhav, Seema; 100m hurdles: Jyothi Yarraji; 400m hurdles: Vithya Ramraj, R. Anu; lengthy soar: Shaili Singh, Ancy Sojan; excessive soar: Pooja; discus throw: Seema; javelin throw: Annu Rani; heptathlon: Agasara Nandini; 4x100m relay: Nithya Gandhe, Abhinaya Rajarajan, S.S. Sneha, Srabani Nanda, A.T. Daneshwari, V Sudeeksha; 4x400m relay: Rupal, Okay. Sneha, Subha Venkatesan, Jisna Mathew, Kunja Rajitha, Sandramol Sabu.