Olympian Pahal set to return from injury at Indian Open Athletics in Patna
Pahal, who competed at Paris Olympics and currently holds second-best timing by an Indian woman in 400m, will be making a comeback from injury and running for the first time since Paris Games.
Speaking ahead of the event, Pahal, a resident of Rohtak, Haryana, said, "After coming back from Paris, as I started training following a break, I felt a pain in my knee. At first I thought it would go away but once I did an MRI in March, I was told I had a third grade meniscus tear. As a result I had to undergo surgery and was under rehabilitation for a couple of months."
Naturally it's going to be challenging for the 24-year-old but Pahal said she will be looking to give her best.
Her PB at the moment is 50.92 seconds which she achieved during Indian Championships at Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Panchkula last year that helped her make it to the Olympics. It's only slower than Hima Das's NR of 50.79 seconds that she had achieved at 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta.
Besides Pahal, another big name to compete at the meet will be Odisha's Srabani Nanda, who was part of the 4x100m relay team that won silver at Asian Athletics early this year and will be competing in the 100m.
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It was her first international meet after almost three years, having last competed in 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
Amiya Kumar Mallick, another senior athlete from Odisha and a former 100m national record holder, will also be part of the competition. The big names aside, a total of 390 athletes will be taking part in the event of which 23 are from Bihar.
Meanwhile, speaking during a press conference ahead of the event Raveendran Sankaran, director general cum CEO of Bihar State Sports Authority (BSSA), said, "Very soon, an international level athletics track will be built at Patliputra Sports Complex, like the one used in Paris Olympics.
This will make this complex suitable for organizing national and international level athletics competitions."
The Sports Complex has already hosted several important events like the 4th Indian Open Under-23 Athletics Meet in 2024, 20th National Youth Athletics Championships and Khelo India Youth Games this year.
The state has been giving a lot of importance recently and after hosting Asian Champions Trophy for women last year, it will also host the men's Asia Cup from Aug 27 to Sept 7. Besides India, seven more teams will take part in the event and the winner will earn a spot at World Cup next year.
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