22nd Asian Athletics Championship, India named strong 95 members Team, 5 from Odisha
Bhubaneswar: Preparation for the 22nd Asian Athletic Championship from 6th to 9th July, 2017 at Kalinga Stadium is in full swing. India on Wednesday named a strong 95 members team for the Championship, in which 5 top athletes from Odisha Srabani Nanda, Dutee Chand, Amiya Malik, Jauna Murmu and Poornima Hembram included. The 95 member Indian Team consists 46 women Athletes. While, Amiya Malik selected for the Men 100 and 200 meters race, Srabani and Dutee selected for Women 100 and 200 meters and 4 x 100 relay race. Jauna Murmu selected for 400 meters Hurdles and Poornima Hembrem for Heptathlon. more then 800 athletes are taking part in the events. This is the third time India is hosting the continents biennal flagship event after New Delhi (1989) and Pune (2013).
Odisha Government on Monday decided to set up 13 different committees for the smooth management of the Asian Athletics Championship. As per the state Government, around 700 participants will take part in 42 events, 21 for men and 21 for women. Around 45 countries will participate in the event. The colorful opening ceremony will be held on 5th July at the stadium in which more than 500 artists would participate in various cultural events. the Bolywood artist Shankar -Ehasan -Loy would perform the Sambalpuri folk song Rangabati, keeping the originality of the song intact. Controversy surrounded when the singer announced that he would sing the Rangabati song on his own style. The Original singer Jitendra Haripal, Krishna Patel opposed it and denied to give no objection to the performance. On Wednesday Collector arranged a meeting of Sports Officials and the Original Composer and director of the song Prabhudutta Pradhan, writer Mitrabhanu Gauntia and both the singers and later announced that they agreed to give no objection for the performance by Shankar Ehasan, in a condition that the originality of the song should be intact.
The Inaugural ceremony of the 22nd Asian Athletics Championship -2107 on 5th July evening at Kalinga Stadium is creating interest among the sports and culture lovers of the city. But, Opening day tickets are not available with the stadium counters. Tension erupted at the Kalinga stadium on Wednesday when some sports lovers created commotion over non availability of tickets at the stadium counter for the inaugural ceremony. The officials controlled the situation by informing that all the 20,000 tickets sold for the opening day. Tickets for the sports events are available with the counter.
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