Bhubaneswar: Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra was not there but the National Inter-State Championship, the final selection trial for Asian Games, still saw top- class performances from the country’s elite athletes led by shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor and long jumper Murali Sreeshankar.
Despite the hot and humid conditions here, more than 70 athletes breached the qualifying marks of their respective events set by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) for the Asian Games, to be held in the Chinese city of Hangzhou from September 23 to October 8. It is now up to the selection committee of the AFI to pick the Indian athletics team for the Asian Games by taking into account the performances of the events held earlier in the year, including the Federation Cup last month.
