India at Paris Olympics: Neeraj Chopra leads Indian athletics team training in Europe

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India at Paris Olympics: In a move to fine-tune their preparations for the upcoming Paris Olympics, the Indian athletics team has spread out across three foreign locations for their final training camps.

Led by Neeraj Chopra, who has shifted his training base to Antalya, Turkey, the team is leaving no stone unturned in their quest for glory.

Chopra, the reigning Olympic and world champion in javelin throw, has already arrived in Turkey and will join his teammates in Paris on July 28, just four days before the track and field events commence.

"He (Chopra) has already reached Turkey and will reach Paris on July 28," chief coach Radhakrishnan Nair told PTI.

The track and field events at the Paris Olympics are scheduled to start on August 2.
Indian athletics team will train at three overseas locations before the commencement of the Paris Olympics 2024
The Indian athletics team, which consists of 30 members, is set to train at three overseas locations as part of its final preparations for the Olympics. These destinations include the Olympic Sports Center in Spala, Poland; Antalya in Turkey; and St. Moritz in 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," Nair added.

Long jumper Jeswin Aldrin and 5000m runner Ankita Dhyani were included in the 30-member Indian athletics teams 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 and triple jumper Abdulla Aboobacker are training at the Sports Authority of India center in Bengaluru. Additionally, Avinash Sable and Parul Chaudhary will be training in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

"Sable and Parul will join the group of athletes in Poland on July 24 and then go to Paris. Ankita (5,000m) is currently based out of Bengaluru," Nair said.

All the members of the 4x400m relay team, including both men and women, are scheduled to depart for Poland on Thursday. Four athletes - Kishore Kumar Jena (javelin), Jyothi Yarraji (100m hurdles), Jeswin Aldrin (long jump), and Praveen Chithravel (triple jump) - arrived in Poland earlier this week.

"Annu Rani (javelin), Tajinderpal Singh Toor (shot put) and Abha Khatua (shot put) will also leave for Poland on Thursday," Nair mentioned.

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