Live streaming, Federation Cup 2024 athletics: Neeraj Chopra in star-studded event - where to watch
Several Asian Games medallists and members of the Indian relay teams that secured quotas for Paris 2024 Olympics will compete in Bhubaneswar. Watch Federation Cup live!
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India’s javelin throw ace Neeraj Chopra will headline a strong field of athletes at the National Federation Senior Athletics Competition 2024 which gets underway at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha on Sunday.
Chopra, who started his season with a second-place finish at the Doha Diamond League recently, will be competing in a domestic event in India for the first time since winning the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. The lineup for javelin throw at the 27th edition of the Federation Cup also includes Asian Games silver medallist Kishore Jena.
Neeraj Chopra will be in action in the javelin throw event on May 15. The Federation Cup athletics 2024 will be available on live streaming.
National record holder Jeswin Aldrin will also be in action in the men’s long jump. With the Olympic qualification window closing on June 30, Jeswin will be hoping to meet the Paris 2024 long jump qualification standard of 8.27m.
Aldrin set the national record at 8.42m at the Indian Open Jumps Competition in March last year but has not breached the entry standard for the Olympics since the qualification period began on July 1 last year. He is yet to cross the 8m mark in 2024. Murali Sreeshankar went past the entry standard in the men’s long jump but ruled himself out for the entire season due to a knee injury.
Two-time Asian Games champion Tajinderpal Singh Toor will be looking to defend his gold medal in the men’s shot put. Toor, who holds the national record of 21.49m in the event, needs to throw 21.50m to obtain a quota for the Paris Olympics.
Amoj Jacob and Muhammad Ajmal, part of the Indian men’s 4x400m relay team that secured a Paris 2024 Olympic quota at the World Athletics Relays in the Bahamas last week, will compete in the men’s 400m race.
Asian Games champion Rajesh Ramesh will also be in the fray in the 400m. Rajesh won the gold medal in men’s 400m at the Federation Cup 2023 with a time of 45.75s. The Olympic qualification mark is set at 45s.
Similarly, Jyothika Sri Dandi, MR Poovamma and Subha Venkatesan, part of the women’s 4x400m relay team that secured a Paris 2024 Olympics quota for India in the Bahamas, will go head-to-head in the women’s 400m. Asian Games medallist Vithya Ramraj will also compete in the Federation Cup at Bhubaneswar.
The men’s triple jump will see Abdulla Aboobacker, the reigning Asian champion and a Commonwealth Games silver medallist, face off with national record holder Praveen Chithravel. Aboobacker is also a defending champion at the Federation Cup.
Shaili Singh will need to topple her mentor Anju Bobby George’s national record (6.83m) in the women’s long jump to secure the Paris 2024 Olympics qualification mark (6.86m). Shaili has a personal best of 6.76m.
Where to watch National Federation Senior Athletics Competition 2024 live in India
Live streaming of the National Federation Senior Athletics Competition 2024 will be available on the Athletic Federation of India’s official YouTube channel. Live telecast of the Federation Cup athletics on TV channels in India is yet to be confirmed.