World Athletics 2025: Why is the delay in the announcement of the Indian team for World Championships? Reason came in front

New Delhi. The Senior Selection Committee of the Indian Athletics Federation held a meeting on Thursday. But the team announced the announcement till Saturday for the World Championship to be held next month. Because he is waiting for clarity about those players who can get the cut. Some Indian players like javelin throw athlete Rohit Yadav and 35 km walk athlete Sandeep Kumar are only one place in the category of qualifying athletes. And if an athlete above from them gets out of injury or other reasons, then they will qualify for Tokyo competition.

All member countries will inform world athletics by Friday that any of their athletes have decided to be out for various reasons. Only then will the athletes be confirmed and then the World Athletics will inform the member countries about them. A top AFI official told PTI, “We will announce the team on August 30. Till then the world athletics is yet to be confirmed.” Meanwhile, 19 Indians led by star javelin throw player Neeraj Chopra have qualified for the World Championships to be held in Tokyo from September 13 to 21 through a direct entry or world rankings in which long jumping player Murali Srishankar managed to make a place at the last time.

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But the Asian Games gold winner 3000 meter steeplechase athlete Avinash Sabale is out after ACL surgery. At the same time, Heptathlite Nandini Agasara has told PTI that she is not competing due to not being completely cured of the elbow injury while she qualified for this competition as a Asian champion. This will reduce the number of Indian players who qualify. Srishankar did not play in 2024 Olympics due to knee surgery despite qualifying. He has joined the list of 36 long -jump players competing in Tokyo and is at the final place after the ranking updated by World Athletics (WA) on Wednesday.

In the latest update of world athletics, worship (1500 meters of women), Sarvesh Anil Kushare (men’s high jump) and Ankita Dhyani (women’s 3000 meter steeplechase) also got the cut. The last date for qualification was 24 August.

Qualified athletes (directly and through world rankings):
Neeraj Chopra, Sachin Yadav and Yashveer Singh (male spear throw), Avinash Sabale (male 3000m steeplechase), Murali Srishankar (men’s long jump), Parul Chaudhary and Ankita Dhyani (female 3000 m steeplechase), Ghulveer Singh (men’s 5000m), Praveen Chitravel (Purush Trikud), Anu Rani (female Bhala Flack), Priyaka Gaswami (female Bhala 350 km), Animesh Kujur (Male 200m), Abdullah Abubakar (Purush Trikud), Sarvin Sebastian and Akshdeep Singh (both men 20 km walk), Ram Babu (Male 35 km walk), Pooja (female 1500 meters), Sarvesh Anil Kusare (Male High Jump), Nandini Agasara (Mahila Hatthalon).