The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) president Adille Sumariwalla on Saturday mentioned excessive jumper and nationwide report holder Tejaswin Shankar did not look for permission earlier than collaborating within the NCAA Championships in USA, the place he matched the qualifying commonplace for the Commonwealth Video games with a season's finest leap of two.27m.
He mentioned, "We allowed solely three members to not take part within the Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships in Chennai - Neeraj (Chopra), Seema (Punia) and (Avinash) Sable.
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"It was clearly talked about on the web site this was the final occasion the place one might attempt to register the qualification commonplace for the Commonwealth Video games and Senior World Athletics Championships."
When requested whether or not it was then unlikely for him to make the journey to Birmingham, Sumariwalla mentioned, "That will likely be a name for the selectors. I will not be capable of touch upon that."
