She has been quietly training in Germany for the last four months and has stayed away from competitions. Now with a series of meets coming up in the next few months — including the Asians, Worlds and the Asian Games — Annu Rani is back in the country.
Nobody is expected to trouble Rani, the Commonwealth Games bronze medallist and a World Championships finalist, at the 26th National Federation Cup athletics championships which begin at the Birsa Munda Stadium here on Monday, but all eyes will be on the star javelin thrower. To see how much her German training has helped.
