All eyes on Deepika, Kiran in national junior athletics championship

Nationwide under-20 document holder and defending champion javelin thrower Deepika, 110m hurdlers Kiran Ok. and Yuvaraj S., pole vaulter S. Kavinraja and under-18 sprinter Aarti Siwach will probably be among the many thrilling expertise who will probably be seen in motion on the Nationwide junior athletics championships, beginning on the Kalinga Stadium right here on Friday.

Greater than 2000 athletes, together with 950 ladies, will compete in 4 age-groups through the five-day competitors.

Those that carry out nicely right here will earn their locations within the Indian facet for the South Asian athletics championships to be held in Ranchi from October 24 to 26.

“The South Asian meet will probably be a superb publicity for the junior athletes,” mentioned World Athletics (WA) vice-president and Athletics Federation of India (AFI) spokesperson Adille Sumariwalla right here on Thursday.

So as to sort out problems with overage and impersonation, the AFI has launched Distinctive Identification (UID) numbers and QR codes on the athletes’ bibs.