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Daily Tribune
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Daily Tribune
Bahrain's Quest, Asia's Best
TDT | Manama Bahrain's men's and women's athletics team is in Gumi, South Korea, for the 26th Asian Athletics Championships, running May 27 to 31. Leading the delegation is Yousif Ahmed, General Secretary of the Bahrain Athletics Federation, alongside team manager Mohammed Abdulaziz and administrator Ahmed Mohammed. The technical staff includes coaches Matron Ma Simo, Issam Nema, and Yasser Fathi Faraj, with physiotherapists Bishar Khalifa and Diaa Aldin Hassan Adam. Strong Squad, Big Goals The squad features Albert Rob (5,000m, 10,000m), Abdulrahman Mahmoud (shot put), Abbas Yousif Ali (400m), Abdulghani Mohammed (5,000m, 10,000m), Viola Jemgbo (10,000m), Oluwaseyi Adekoya (400m, 400m hurdles), and Zainab Moussa (400m). They face stiff competition from Asia's top athletes, all vying for medals and qualification for the Tokyo World Championships in September. Leadership and Legacy On the sidelines, the Asian Athletics Association will hold its general assembly, board meetings, and an awards ceremony honoring Olympic, world, and Asian medalists across age groups. Coaches and administrators will also receive recognition to fuel competitive spirit and inspire future stars.
News18
10-05-2025
- Sport
- News18
World Athletics Relays: Indian Men's, Mixed 4x400m Teams Miss Worlds Qualification Mark
Published By : PTI Last Updated: The Indian mixed 4x400m quartet of Jay Kumar, Sneha Kolleri, Dharamveer Choudhary and Rupal Chaudhary clocked 3 minutes, 16.85 seconds to finish fifth in the seven-team heat. The Indian men's and mixed 4x400m teams missed out on direct qualification for the Tokyo World Championships later this year, finishing fifth in their respective heats on the first day of the World Athletics Relays on Saturday. Both teams, however, will get another chance to make the cut for the World Championships (September 13-21) on the concluding day of the meet on Sunday. The Indian mixed 4x400m quartet of Jay Kumar, Sneha Kolleri, Dharamveer Choudhary and Rupal Chaudhary clocked 3 minutes, 16.85 seconds to finish fifth in the seven-team heat number 3 on a rain-affected track. Though it was the season's best for an Indian mixed 4x400m team, it was well below the national record of 3:12.87. The top two finishers in each of the three heats, plus the two teams which have fastest times from among the remaining qualify for the World Championships and World Athletics Relays final to be held on Sunday. Though they failed to qualify for the final, the Indians will have another chance on Sunday to make the cut for the Tokyo World Championships. The Indian quartet will be up against Botswana, Italy, Germany, Uganda and Canada in heat number 2. The top three finishing teams in each of the two heats on Sunday qualify for the World Championships. India fielded a fresh team in the men's 4x400m relay, having left out the athletes that competed in the 2023 World Championships and the 2024 Olympics. The quartet of Jay Kumar, Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan, Thekkinalil Saji Manu, Thennarasu Kayalvizhi Vishal and Mohit Kumar clocked 3:03.92 to finish fifth among six teams in heat number 4. The Indians ran the season's best time but well below the national record of 2:59.05. They also will have another chance to make the cut for the Tokyo World Championships on Sunday. Women's 4x100m and 4x400m relay, men's 4x100m and 4x400m relay, as well as mixed 4x100m and 4x400m relay, are being competed in the World Relays. The mixed 4x100m relay is being contested on the global stage for the first time in Guangzhou. One team per national federation can compete in each event and a maximum of eight athletes can be entered for each event. India have fielded teams in men's 4x400m and mixed 4x400m relays. The top 14 teams in each of the men's and women's 4x100m and 4x400m, plus the mixed 4x400m relay, will secure their place at the World Championships in Tokyo. The remaining two places in each event will be awarded based on top lists during the qualification period (February 25, 2024 to August 24, 2025). The top eight teams competing in the final in each of the six events will be awarded prize money, ranging from USD 2000 to USD 40,000.
Hindustan Times
05-05-2025
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
India Open race walk under scanner after AFI glitch
New Delhi: The results of the Indian Open Race Walking Competition are yet to be updated by the World Athletics (WA) for world championships qualification. The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) said there was a technical glitch in one race (women's 35km) during the April 19 event in Chandigarh, but results of other races will be considered by WA. Race walkers, however, say that when they reached out to WA, they were told the competition has not met the set 'standards and criteria' and therefore the results are not considered for ranking points towards the Tokyo World Championships in September. If the result is not added, the race walkers will have to compete in another event to boost qualification chances. In Tokyo, competitions will be held in the 20km and 35km events (men and women). Three results in the qualification period (Feb 25, 2024-Aug 24, 2025) are considered for world rankings. A maximum of three race walkers from one country can compete. It has been learned that in the women's 35km competition, there was an issue with the counting of laps in the course (road) and the race finished at 34km. 'There was an issue with only a 35km race walk. It was a human error on the part of a judge due to which the result of women's 35km race walk has been scrapped. We have already taken action against the judge. The result of other races will be updated in the rankings,' AFI spokesperson Adille Sumariwalla told HT. The competition is conducted by technical officials of AFI. Besides, there are three WA race-walking judges who monitor the races and report to the world body. Interestingly, the result of India Open Race Walking Competition of 2024 also came under scrutiny due a similar technical error. WA had not recognised the timings of three race walkers who had qualified for Paris Olympics from that meet. One of them was Servin Sebastian. Unfortunately, Servin is again at the receiving end for no fault of his. He won the 20km event clocking 1 hour, 21 minutes, 47 seconds. Servin is in good form this season and currently ranked just outside of the top 50 (Road to Tokyo) who will qualify for Tokyo. The Chandigarh result would have taken him into the top-50. Now, Servin will have to do well at the Asian Championships to qualify. The 35km men's race walk was won by 2023 Asian Games bronze medallist Ram Baboo (2:32:54). A coach said it was disappointing that race walkers will now have to compete in another event to have any chance of qualifying for Tokyo. 'How can you repeatedly have technical errors in the most important competition of your domestic calendar? It is a lot of hard work and effort and now to not have the result is very discouraging. Not every athlete has the sponsor to go out and compete in events overseas to qualify,' the coach said.
