Archana Suseentran, whose progression chart in the women's 200m saw a stunning rise this season, will compete at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha beginning September 27.
“Archana has got a last-minute invite (from IAAF) in the 200m for the Worlds. Her entry has been sent,” said an AFI official on Friday evening.
The 25-year-old from Madurai, who has been training under coach M. Riaz in Chennai for nearly six years, clocked a personal best 23.18s while winning the gold at the Indian Grand Prix in Patiala last month. She also had a personal best — 11.49s — in 100m at the Inter-State Nationals in Lucknow a couple of weeks later.
The IAAF has a target number of 56 for the 200m and after filling up the slots with athletes who had achieved the qualification standard and with Area champions and wildcards, there were still a number of vacancies. These it offered to athletes based on their position in the performance list during the qualification period.
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The Athletics Federation of India revealed that Hima Das (out with an injury) and B. Dhanalakshmi (who had a personal best of 23.24s —a performance that won her the gold at the the National Inter-University Championships in November, 2018) also got invitations from the IAAF for the 200m. But only Archana got the selectors' nod.
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