Indian Olympic gold medalist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Thursday urged Minister of Exterior Affairs S Jaishankar to resolve the visa problems with athlete Kishore Jena to allow him to participate in the World Athletics Championships, which shall be held in Budapest, Hungary this 12 months. The highest athletics occasion shall be held in Hungary from August 19 to 27. “Simply heard that there are points with Kishore Jena’s VISA, stopping him from coming into Hungary for the World C’ships. I hope the authorities are capable of finding an answer, as this is without doubt one of the largest moments of his profession. Let’s do all the things we will. @MEAIndia @DrSJaishankar,” tweeted Neeraj.

Simply heard that there are points with Kishore Jena’s VISA, stopping him from coming into Hungary for the World C’ships. I hope the authorities are capable of finding an answer, as this is without doubt one of the largest moments of his profession. Let’s do all the things we will.@MEAIndia @DrSJaishankar

— Neeraj Chopra (@Neeraj_chopra1) August 17, 2023

Jena is a promising javelin thrower, who’s at the moment positioned at No.33 on the earth rankings. His private greatest throw is 84.38 m on July 28, 2023, in Sri Lanka on the a hundred and first Sri Lankan Championships, which helped him clinch the gold medal.

India has named a 28-member robust contingent for the World Athletics Championships, led by Olympic gold medalist Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, who ended the nation’s lengthy wait of 19 years for a medal on the championships with a silver in males’s javelin occasion.

Lengthy jumper Murali Sreeshankar, hurdler Jyothi Yarraji and steeplechaser Avinash Sable may also be in motion on the championships. Shot-putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor needed to withdraw because of a groin damage sustained on the Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok final month. He threw 20.23 m to safe a gold however ended up injuring himself. This would be the second successive World Championships Tajinder will miss because of damage, having beforehand withdrawn from the 2022 Championships in Eugene because of a groin damage.

Tejaswin will nevertheless deal with Asian Video games 2023, which shall be held from Hangzhou, China from September 23 to October 8.

Asian shot-put champion Tajinderpal Singh Toor and Commonwealth Video games medalist excessive jumper Tejaswin Shankar will skip the upcoming World Athletics Championships.

28 Athletes who shall be competing on the occasion are; Jyothi Yarraji – 1OOm Hurdles – TOPS Athlete, Parul Chaudhary – 3000m SC, Shaili Singh – Lengthy Bounce – TOPS Athlete, Annu Rani – Javelin Throw – TOPS Athlete, Bhawna Jat – Race Stroll, Krishan Kumar – 800m, Ajay Kumar Saroj -1500m, Santhosh Kumar Tamilarnsan – 400m Hurdles, Avinash Mukund Sable – 3000m SC – TOPS Athlete, Sarvesh Anil Kushare – Excessive Bounce, Jeswin Aldrin -Lengthy Bounce – TOPS Athlete, M Sreeshankar – Lengthy Bounce – TOPS Athlete, Praveen Chithravel – Triple Bounce – TOPS Athlete, Abdulla Aboobacker – Triple Bounce – TOPS Athlete, Eldhose Paul – Triple Bounce – TOPS Athlete, Neeraj Chopra – Javelin Throw – TOPS Athlete, D.P Manu – Javelin Throw – TOPS Athlete, Kishore Kumar Jena – Javelin Throw, Akashdeep Singh – Race Stroll – TOPS Athlete, Vikash Singh – Race Stroll, Paramjeet Singh – Race Stroll – TOPS Athlete, Ram Baboo – Race Stroll, Amoj Jacob – 4 x 400m Relay, Muhammed Ajmal – 4 x 400m Relay, Muhammed Anas – 4 x 400m Relay, Rajesh Ramesh – 4 x 400m Relay, Anil Rajalingam – 4 x 400m Relay and Mijo Chacko Kurian – 4 x 400m Relay.

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