Indian athletes will look to construct on final yr’s stellar performances as they start a brand new season with the Indian Open Throws and Jumps Competitors on the Encourage Institute of Sport right here from Wednesday.
Expectations have surged with Indian athletes taking spectacular strides in worldwide meets final season. India received eight medals in athletics on the Commonwealth Video games with 4 of them coming in jumps. This, in addition to Neeraj Chopra’s one more high-quality yr profitable silver on the World Championships and a maiden Diamond League Trophy, and Avinash Sable’s historic CWG silver medal.
In jumps and throws particularly, Indian athletes confirmed regular progress final season with three every qualifying in males’s lengthy leap and triple leap on the world championships.
Within the Birmingham CWG, triple jumpers Eldhose Paul and Abdulla Aboobacker made it a gold-silver end whereas lengthy jumper M Sreeshankar received silver.
Paul and Aboobacker, and the promising Praveen Chithravel, will compete in triple leap on the JSW Excessive Efficiency Coaching Centre right here. The trio pushed one another final yr. IIS athlete Chithravel, who narrowly missed out on a medal at CWG, is coming off a great exhibiting on the Asian Indoor Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan in February the place he jumped 16.98m to take second place. It is going to be a great competitors firstly of the season with all three in fray.
Paul and Aboobacker have been coaching beneath India’s overseas coach Denis Kapustin of Russia, triple leap bronze medallist on the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
“There have been adjustments of their coaching routine beneath Kapustin and this competitors will present how properly they’ve tailored to it,” stated former worldwide jumper Harikrishnan, additionally an India coach.
“Paul is competing after September. It’s going to give him a great really feel of his physique and (give the suggestions) how properly he has skilled for the massive season. The plan might be to go huge together with his jumps in March-April and try to qualify for the world championships,” he stated. “It is going to be attention-grabbing to see how the three push one another as a result of after CWG they’ve gained confidence and need to enhance their efficiency.”
Jeswin Aldrin might be on comparable floor when he competes towards Muhammed Anees Yahiya in males’s lengthy leap. Within the absence of Sreeshankar, the 2 might be raring to go towards one another and make an announcement. Anees completed fifth at CWG (7.97m).
Aldrin has been on a excessive. He has began the season by profitable silver on the Asian Indoor Championships clearing 7.97m. On the Nationwide Video games in October, he had an enormous 8.26m that noticed him qualify for this yr’s Budapest world championships.
A complete of 16 occasions might be held over two days. Shot Putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor and Karanveer Singh, who received gold and silver on the Asian Indoor meet, may also seize the highlight. Toor, the nationwide report holder (21.49m), will look to impress and qualify for the world championships in August.