Injury strikes Hima; Tajinderpal fails to turn up; Manu wins javelin
Sprinter Hima Das failed to complete the women’s 200m event in the Indian Grand Prix track and eld competition at Sree Kanteerava Stadium here on Tuesday.
Hima, who returned to competition here after being provisionally suspended by the National AntiDoping Agency (NADA) for three whereabouts failures, grimaced in pain and pulled out near the bend. The event was won by Andhra Pradesh’s Chelimi (23.92s).
The men’s shot put was
Manu won with an eort of 81.91m.
not held as all three competitors in the IGP bib entry list — Sourabh Vij, Siddharth Rao and Tajinderpal Singh Toor — failed to turn up to the venue, an event oªcial said.
Tajinderpal, whose personal best stands at 21.77m, was best placed to breach the 2024 Paris Olympics qualication standard of
21.50m. No athlete was able to achieve the Paris Olympics qualication standard on Tuesday. 2023 Asian Athletics Championships silver medalist D.P. Manu won the men’s javelin with a 81.91m throw. Praveen Chithravel shut out favourite Eldhose Paul in the men’s triple jump with a leap of 17.12m but fell short of the Olympic mark of 17.22m. Shaili Singh (6.52m) won the women’s long jump, while her rival Nayana James (6.44m) took silver.
The results (winners): Men: 100m: Animesh Kujur (Odi), 10.51s; 200m: Animesh Kujur (Odi), 20.97s; triple jump: Praveen Chithravel (TN), 17.12m;
high jump: Jesse Sandesh (Kar), 2.20m; javelin: D.P. Manu (Kar), 81.91m; long jump: Aditya Kumar (MP), 8.01m.
Women: 100m: Nithya Gandhe (Tel), 11.78s; 200m: Chelimi (AP), 23.92s; 800m: Laxmipriya Kisan (Odi), 2:10.88s; 3,000m steeplechase: Sonam (Del), 10:43.65s; triple jump: N.V. Sheena (Ker), 13.48m; high jump: Abhinaya Shetty (Kar), 1.74m; shot put: Abha Khatua (Mah), 16.59m; javelin: K. Rashmi (AP), 53.77m; long jump: Shaili Singh (UP), 6.52m.