Depleted area for Indian Grand Prix – 2

Thiruvananthapuram: The absence of a number of distinguished stars and a lacklustre area in lots of occasions have diminished the thrill surrounding the Indian Grand Prix – 2 which can get below manner on the LNCPE Athletics Stadium right here on Saturday.

Only a handful of internationals have chosen to check the waters in the summertime warmth and focus shall be on nationwide campers hooked up to the National Centres of Excellence.

In the lads’s part, among the many nation’s main sprinters solely National document holder Animesh Kujur has chosen to compete right here and he begins because the overwhelming favorite to win a dash double.

Delhi’s Jayakumar, Kapil and Rince Joseph would be the distinguished runners within the males’s 400m occasion. Mohammed Afsal would be the man to beat within the depleted 800m occasion. In the absence of main names in triple soar, the battle for the gold medal shall be between Tamil Nadu’s Ok. Yuvraj and Navy’s Vimal Mukesh.

In the ladies’s part, Tamil Nadu’s R. Vithya Ramraj is the largest draw and he or she shall be collaborating in 400m hurdles and in 200m. Vithya would be the favorite to win the 400m hurdles however she surprisingly has skipped the 400m and as an alternative will compete in 200m the place she has her process lower out.

Subha Venkatesan, Gowri Nandana and Jisna Mathew are acquainted faces within the ladies’s 400m race. The area is simply too skinny in ladies’s 800m, javelin throw and lengthy soar occasions with solely two opponents collaborating in javelin and lengthy soar.