Seema, Bhawna, Rahul withdraw from World Athletics Championships 2022

NEW DELHI: The names of discus thrower Seema Punia along with race walkers Bhawna Jat and Rahul Kumar have been withdrawn by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) from the World Athletics Championships 2022 to be held in Oregon, US from July 15 to 24.

The full list of Indian athletes to compete at the world athletics championships will be announced by the AFI on Thursday. The qualification deadline for the meet ended on Sunday.

Seema, a Tokyo Olympian, breached the entry standard of 63.5 for Oregon22 in June last year. The Asian Games gold medallist had hurled the disc to 63.72m at the national inter-state championships. However, the 38-year-old, a four-time Commonwealth Games medallist, failed to cross the 56m-mark in the four domestic events this year.

For the Commonwealth Games 2022, which will be held in Birmingham from July 28 to August 8, Seema has been named only provisionally in the Indian team. IANS

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