The 2024 National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championship will take place in Panchkula, Haryana, from June 27 to June 30. India's best track and field athletes will compete hard for coveted slots at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris at the 63rd National Inter-State Athletics Championship.
The competition ends on June 30, which coincides nicely with the Olympic qualification deadline and is the final opportunity to qualify for Paris 2024. Because Neeraj Chopra had to miss the competition before the Paris Diamond League on July 7, he will not be participating.
Nonetheless, competitors like Avinash Sable (men's 3000m steeplechase), Kishore Jena (men's javelin throw), Ram Baboo (men's 20km race walk), and Parul Chaudhary (women's 3000m steeplechase) will compete in the Inter-State Senior Athletics Championship. These athletes have all qualified for the Paris Games by fulfilling the requirements.
As a result, this occasion will provide a peek inside these athletes' Olympic training. Before travelling to Paris, it provides an essential stage for them to hone their abilities, put their plans to the test, and assess their preparedness against the best home opposition.
This will be a chance for the Indian relay teams, who have already qualified for the Olympics, to solidify their standing in the competition to be part of the Indian squad that will compete in Paris.
These five athletes will be competing at the Inter States Senior Athletics Championship, which is their last chance to meet the Olympic entrance requirements for Paris 2024 or earn a trip to Paris through the global rankings quota.
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Although Praveen Chithravel has not yet surpassed the Olympic qualifying standard for Paris 2024, he is well-positioned to guarantee a quota through rankings. He narrowly failed to qualify for the Indian Grand Prix 1 in Bengaluru by 0.10m.
After coming so close, Praveen will be keen to accomplish the record at the Inter-State Senior Athletics Championship.
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Annu Rani was unable to satisfy the Olympic qualifying standard for the women's javelin throw of 64 metres during the qualifying season, which ends on June 30. The Inter-State meet serves as the last opportunity for Indian competitors to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Annu, nevertheless, is ranked 19th on the Road to Paris. When the qualifying deadline and ranking period close on June 30, the top 32 qualified competitors in the Road of Paris javelin throw rankings will get Olympic quotas.Athletes have two options for obtaining their nation's Paris 2024 quota: through rankings or by breaking the entrance criterion.
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With Sreeshankar out, Jeswin Aldrin at the Inter-State Senior Athletics Championship will take centre stage. According to the most recent rankings update, Aldrin is in 30th place in Road to Paris 2024, which is dangerously close to the top 32.
At the National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championship, he needs to either hold onto this ranking or raise it because competing on home soil may give him the boost he needs to meet the qualifying requirements and solidify his place in the rankings.
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On two different times, Jyothi Yarraji came just short of qualifying for the Olympics in Paris by 0.01 seconds. She will now aim to take advantage of her final chance to finish under the entrance mark in the women's 100-meter hurdles, which is 12.77 seconds. At the World University Games, she achieved a new national mark of 12.78 seconds, which she repeated last month in Finland.
Based on her accomplishments in the women's 100m hurdles, she is now positioned well to obtain an Olympic quota for India, ranking 31st on the Road to Paris 2024 rankings.
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