Perhaps realising that it had not been fair to Jeswin Aldrin, who was not cleared on Thursday for this month’s World Championships despite achieving the automatic qualification standard in April, the Athletics Federation of India has now asked the young long jumper to attend a trial at the NIS Patiala on July 4.
“Your performance should be close to 8.10m only then will you be considered for selection for the World Championships (in Oregon, USA, from July 15),” says a letter from the chief national coach Radhakrishnan Nair to Aldrin.
A similar letter has gone to Aishwarya Mishra. “It will be on the same day, same time. And the target is around the qualifying time (51.35s) set by World Athletics...thereabouts,” Adille Sumariwalla told The Hindu on Friday night.
