Inter State Athletics 2021: Hima Das, Dutee Chand chase Tokyo qualification marks - watch live
Hima Das and Dutee Chand will face each other in the 100m and 200m sprints. Olympic-bound Shivpal Singh and Kamalpreet Kaur will also be in action.
Indian sprinters Hima Das and Dutee Chand will have one final shot at booking direct berths to the Tokyo Olympics at the Inter State Athletics Championships 2021.
The five-day athletics event starts from Friday at the National Institute of Sports (NIS), Patiala.
Dutee Chand is in good form, having won the 100m title at the fourth Indian Grand Prix with a new national record of 11.17 seconds. She will now look to achieve the Olympic qualifying mark of 11.15 seconds.
Hima Das, meanwhile, will hope to breach the Olympic qualifying mark of 22.80 seconds in the 200m. She won the 200m title at the fourth Indian Grand Prix in 22.88 seconds last week.
If both fail to achieve their respective qualifying standard times at the event, Dutee Chand could still make the Tokyo cut based on her world rankings. For Hima Das, though, it may be the end of the road.
Hima Das, representing Assam, and Dutee Chand, racing for Odisha, will also go head-to-head in both the 100m and 200m events, along with the promising Dhanalakshmi Sekar of Tamil Nadu.
Tokyo-bound athletes - shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor (Punjab), javelin thrower Shivpal Singh (Uttar Pradesh), long jumper Murali Sreeshankar (Kerala) and discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur (Punjab) - will also be in action.
Tajinderpal Singh Toor qualified for the Olympics in the last outing in Patiala during the fourth Indian Grand Prix on Monday.
A total of 319 athletes from 21 states will take part in the championship. Athletes from Sri Lanka and Maldives will take part in the men’s 4x400m relay and the women’s 4x100m relay events.
Inter State Athletics Championships full schedule and live start times
All times are in India Standard Time (IST)
Friday, June 25
Morning
Men’s 10000m final - 6:00 AM IST
Women’s 5000m final - 6:45 AM IST
Men’s 100m heats - 7:15 AM IST
Women’s 100m heats - 7:30 AM IST
Men’s decathlon (100m) - 7:45 AM IST
Men’s decathlon (long jump) - 8:30 AM IST
Men’s decathlon (shot put) - 9:45 AM IST
Evening
Men’s decathlon (high jump) - 6:00 PM IST
Women’s 100m hurdles final - 6:30 PM IST
Women’s 4x100m relay heats - 7:00 PM IST
Men’s decathlon (400m) - 7:20 PM IST
Men’s 4x400m relay heats - 7:40 PM IST
Saturday, June 26
Morning
Men’s decathlon (110m Hurdles) - 7:00 AM IST
Men’s 110m hurdles heats - 7:30 AM IST
Men’s decathlon (discus throw) - 7:45 AM IST
Women’s heptathlon (100m Hurdles) - 7:45 AM IST
Women’s heptathlon (high jump) - 8:30 AM IST
Men’s decathlon (pole vault) - 9:00 AM IST
Evening
Men’s decathlon (javelin throw) - 6:00 PM IST
Women’s heptathlon (shot put) - 6:45 PM IST
Women’s 400m hurdles final - 7:00 PM IST
Men’s 400m hurdles final - 7:15 PM IST
Women’s heptathlon (200m) - 7:30 PM IST
Men’s 100m final - 7:45 PM IST
Women’s 100m final - 7:55 PM IST
Men’s decathlon (1500m) - 8:10 PM IST
Sunday, June 27
Morning
Men’s 5000m final - 6:30 AM IST
Men’s 400m heats - 7:00 AM IST
Women’s heptathlon (long jump) - 7:00 AM IST
Women’s 400m heats - 7:30 AM IST
Women’s heptathlon (javelin throw) - 8:00 AM IST
Evening
Men’s 110m hurdles final - 6:30 PM IST
Men’s 200m heats - 6:50 PM IST
Women’s 200m heats - 7:00 PM IST
Men’s 800m final - 7:10 PM IST
Women’s 800m final - 7:20 PM IST
Women’s heptathlon (800m) - 7:40 PM IST
Monday, June 28
Morning
Women’s 10000m final - 6:00 AM IST
Evening
Men’s 400m final - 6:30 PM IST
Women’s javelin throw final - 6:35 PM IST
Women’s 400m final - 6:45 PM IST
Men’s long jump final - 6:50 PM IST
Men’s 4x100m relay final - 7:00 PM IST
Men’s shot put final - 7:30 PM IST
Men’s 1500m final - 7:35 PM IST
Women’s 1500m final - 7:45 PM IST
Tuesday, June 29
Evening
Women’s discus throw final - 6:30 PM IST
Women’s 4x100m relay final - 7:00 PM IST
Women’s 4x400m relay final - 7:10 PM IST
Men’s javelin throw final - 7:30 PM IST
Men’s 4x400m relay final - 7:40 PM IST
Men’s 3000m steeplechase - 7:50 PM IST
Women’s 3000m steeplechase - 8:10 PM IST
Men’s 200m final - 8:30 PM IST
Women’s 200m final - 8:40 PM IST
Where to watch the Inter State Athletics Championships 2021 live?
Live streaming of Inter State Athletics Championships 2021 will be available on the Athletics Federation of India’s official YouTube channel.