Athletes may be allowed: Javelin thrower Annu Rani

New Delhi: Javelin thrower Annu Rani said that it will be good if the Sports Ministry and Sports Authority of India allow athletes who are in the national camps during the ongoing lockdown period to resume outdoor training within the facilities.

“If it happens then it’s good. We don’t have any problems here, we have been here at the hostel for some time now. Nobody from the outside is allowed to come in. So if we get the permission it will be good, we can continue our training,” Annu told IANS.

Annu Rani is part of the Indian javelin contingents that were airlifted back from their foreign training camps in March as travel restrictions started being put in place in the wake of the raging coronavirus pandemic. She is now in the girls’ hostel at the National Institute of Sport (NIS) in Patiala, Punjab, where she has been since her return from Potchefstroom, South Africa alongwith Vipin Kasana, Arshdeep Singh and coach Uwe Hohn.

They were initially to be quarantined for 14 days in the facility but their stay has been extended due to the lockdown that was declared in the country on March 25.

She said that keeping fitness levels up has been the athletes’ main focus during this period and it is their biggest challenge. (IANS)

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