Indian athletics team to prepare for Paris Olympics across three overseas locations

NEW DELHI: The Indian athletics team of 30 members will undergo their final preparations for the Olympics at three separate locations overseas before convening in Paris on July 28, just four days prior to the commencement of track and field events.
The athletes will train at the Olympic Sports Center in Spala, Poland; Antalya, Turkey; and St Moritz, Switzerland.
Neeraj Chopra, the Olympic and world champion in javelin throw, has already arrived in Antalya, Turkey, and is scheduled to reach Paris on July 28.
The Indian athletics team expanded to 30 members with the inclusion of long jumper Jeswin Aldrin and 5000m runner Ankita Dhyani, based on their rankings in the World Athletics Road to Paris system.
Currently, four race walkers – Akshdeep Singh, Paramjeet Singh Bisht, Vikash Singh, and Suraj Panwar – along with triple jumper Abdulla Aboobacker, are training at the Sports Authority of India centre in Bengaluru. Avinash Sable and Parul Chaudhary will prepare in St Moritz, Switzerland.
"The members of the national athletics team will be training at different venues to prepare for the Olympic Games, but will have to assemble in Paris on July 28," Chief coach Radhakrishnan Nair stated, as quoted by PTI.
On Thursday, all members of the men's and women's 4x400m relay teams will depart for Poland. Earlier this week, four athletes – Kishore Kumar Jena (javelin), Jyothi Yarraji (100m hurdles), Jeswin Aldrin (long jump), and Praveen Chithravel (triple jump) – arrived in Poland.
The chief coach further added, "Annu Rani (javelin), Tajinderpal Singh Toor (shot put) and Abha Khatua (shot put) will also leave for Poland on Thursday."
"Sable and Parul will join the group of athletes in Poland on July 24 and then go to Paris." He also noted that Ankita, the 5,000m runner, is currently based in Bengaluru," noted Nair.