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Asian Games athletics camp from August 16; Bhubaneswar meet set
India’s Asian Games-bound track and field athletes will gather at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar for a final preparatory camp starting August 16, a source told Sportstar. The schedule was advanced from August…
The Story in Brief
India’s Asian Games-bound track and field athletes will gather at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar for a final preparatory camp starting August 16, a source told Sportstar. The schedule was advanced from August 18. The camp includes a World Athletics Continental Tour Silver meet on August 22, offering competitive data before the Games in Aichi-Nagoya (September 19 to October 4). After Bhubaneswar, the contingent will compete in the Indian Athletics Final Series in New Delhi on September 10 before heading to Japan.
Top athletes include Murali Sreeshankar, who jumped 8.09m at the Commonwealth Games, and women's long jump national record-holder Ancy Sojan. Jyothi Yarraji, returning from an ACL injury, clocked 12.85 seconds in Belgium on August 1 and will aim to build rhythm. Tejas Shirse, however, will miss the season after two stress fractures in his left foot; he begins a three-month no-running phase in Mumbai with the Reliance Foundation and is expected back only in 2027.
The Indian Opinion
The hype around Jyothi Yarraji’s comeback risks ignoring the slow build she needs after an ACL injury. Her 12.85 in Belgium is promising, but one meet does not erase a year away. Similarly, Tejas Shirse’s stress fractures are being framed as a simple setback, yet he will not run for three months and may return only in 2027. The real test for both will come not in Bhubaneswar but in Nagoya: can Yarraji repeat her timing under pressure, and will Shirse’s rehab stick without a rushed return?
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com
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