The second Indian Grand Prix, organised by the Tamil Nadu Athletic Association (TNAA) beneath the aegis of the Athletic Federation of India (AFI), can be held on the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium right here on Thursday.
Chief visitor Adille Sumariwalla, vp — World Athletics, will flag off the competitors.
Top athletes from throughout the nation, in addition to athletes from the Indian camp, can be competing for the honours in 9 occasions: 200m, 400m, 400m Hurdles, 1500m, 5000m, pole vault, triple leap, shot put, and javelin throw.
The competitors is among the choice trials for this 12 months’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 Games (CWG) silver-medallist and 2023 Asian Athletics Championships gold-medallist, can be a distinguished identify to be careful for.
Rosy Meena, who holds the National report, Pavithra Venkatesh, and Baranica Elangovan within the girls’s pole vault, Santhosh and Ok. Avinash within the males’s 200m and 400m, and Mohammed Salahuddin within the males’s triple leap are among the elite Tamil Nadu athletes taking part within the competitors.
“I feel our Tamil Nadu athletes will carry out effectively. That too, newly-laid observe can be useful for them to give a greater efficiency,” stated TNAA secretary C. Latha.