Patna
Sprinters will probably be a serious attraction on account of sheer numbers within the quick sprint on the opening day of the three-day fourth version of Indian Open U23 Athletics Competitors that can start right here on Saturday at Patna’s Patliputra Sports activities Advanced.
The boys’s 100m has attracted 89 entries. There will probably be 9 heats. The primary eight heats may have 10 opponents whereas the final warmth may have 9 sprinters. “We have now ten lanes for the 100m occasion. Therefore it was determined to have 10 athletes in every of the heats,” Stanley Jones, head of technical group of Athletics Federation of India stated on the eve of the U23 competitors.
Manikanta H Hoblidhar who holds the nationwide 100m report of 10.23 seconds set final yr will stay up for keep his supremacy. He’ll face stiff problem from Odisha’s Animesh Kujur who is among the main males’s 200m sprinter and will probably be seen in motion within the 100m sprint.
The ladies’s 100 heats will see 36 sprinters battling for supremacy.
The boys’s 400m has additionally attracted a great variety of athletes. There are eight heats. Every warmth may have eight athletes.
Going by the entries, 38 runners will contest the boys’s 1500m occasion, whereas two-day grueling decathlon has attracted 24 entries. On the primary day of decathlon the athletes will compete in 100m, lengthy soar, shot put, excessive soar and 400m. The second day occasions are—110m hurdles, discus throw, pole vault, javelin throw and 1500m run.
The opening occasion on Saturday would be the women and men’s 10,000m race. Haryana’s Puneet Yadav who holds the U23 report of 29:44.64 in 10,000m set in 2022, will probably be amongst 25 opponents. Nearly all of the gap runners are from Uttar Pradesh.
A good variety of Uttar Pradesh runners are within the girls’s 10,000m race. In all there are 12 opponents that can contest for medals on the primary day of the meet.
The morning session may have two finals whereas medals will probably be distributed in 9 disciplines within the submit lunch session.
Radhakrishnan Nair, Chief Athletics coach stated, the Indian Open U23 Athletics Competitors in Patna will probably be a great platform for promising athletes to showcase their potential. “A number of athletes competing right here in Patna will probably be aiming for a gradual efficiency within the 2025 season to remain within the race for Asian Championship and World Athletics Championships,” the chief athletics coach added.