Jyothi, Afsal and Praveen to mild up Nationwide Video games athletics

Asian champion dash hurdler Jyothi Yarraji, Asian Video games 800m silver medallist Mohammed Afsal, Asiad triple leap bronze medallist Praveen Chithravel and star quartermiler Vithya Ramraj are among the stars who will probably be in motion within the Nationwide Video games athletics competitors which begins on the Maharana Pratap Sports activities Advanced right here on Saturday.

Whereas the lads’s 400m doesn’t have any massive names, the presence of Olympian Kiran Pahal and different main stars like Rupal Chaudhary and Aishwarya Mishra within the begin listing is certain to make the ladies’s quartermile an attention-grabbing affair.

For the reason that Nationwide Video games come very early within the season in a yr which has the Asian and the World championships lined up, lots of the high names have stayed away from Dehradun. However that may give a pleasant alternative for the younger athletes to showcase their expertise.

The Video games’ athletics competitors runs until February 12.