A three-way voting process will determine the finalists.
Both of them are banking on "conducive" conditions to ensure a strong performance.
Athletics powerhouse Jamaica named an understrength 46-member squad sans some of the biggest stars in the world, including top sprinters, for next month's Commonwealth Games in India.
Images from the athletics action at Stade de France, Saint-Denis, Paris, on Friday.
It is difficult to predict who among the Indians will reach the final
India will be represented by six athletes, including three women, in the World Athletics Championships to be held in Berlin from August 15-23.
Olympic champions Elaine Thompson-Herah, Selemon Barega, Armand Duplantis, Steven Gardiner, Emmanuel Korir, Hansle Parchment and Karsten Warholm were all beaten.
India will send 117 athletes to the Paris Olympics, starting July 26 in the French capital. This will be India's second-biggest contingent at an Olympic Games after 121 athletes went to Tokyo in 2021. A total of 47 female and 70 male athletes will be part of the Indian contingent at the Games.
Forty years after its first edition, the world athletics championships get underway in Budapest on Saturday with over 2,000 athletes from 202 countries taking part over nine days of what could be record-breaking action.
LaShawn Merritt ran a blistering anchor leg to return the men's 4x400m title to the United States, and win his third Olympic gold medal, in the final athletics event of the Rio Games on Saturday.
Dev Kumar Meena bettered the previous National record of 5.31m set by Subramani Siva while winning the gold in the 2022 Games in Gujarat.
Indian long-jumpre Anju Bobby George had said in a television interview that PT Usha was only an 'Asian level' athlete.
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Neeraj Chopra will be the cynosure of all eyes as India begins its athletics campaign in the Asian Games
Rishabh Pant has been nominated for the prestigious Laureus World Comeback of the Year Award.
The American became only the third man to win both the 100 and 200 at a world championships.
Six Indian athletes found themselves agonisingly close to the podium, ultimately falling short.
Following is the schedule of Indian contingent on the ninth day of the Asian Games, on Monday.
Buoyed by the record medal haul at the Hangzhou Asian Games, Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president PT Usha on Sunday supported the government's plan to place a proposal to host the 2036 Olympics.
India's tryst with fourth-place Olympic heartbreaks
Renowned athletics coach O M Nambiar, who nurtured Indian athletics great P T Usha, passed away in Kozhikode on Thursday due to age-related illness. He was 89.
The Indian armyman broke a three-year-old record in the 800 metres in the Federation Cup Athletics Championships.
Sudha Singh clinched a gold in women's 3000m steeplechase event to swell India's medal tally on the third and penultimate day at the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships in Bhubaneshwar on Saturday.
The Athletics Federation of India has submitted a list of 51 athletes, including the 11 called for trials, for the August 18 to September 2 Asian Games.
Dutee Chand joined her illustrious compatriots such as P T Usha in the list of athletes who have won more than one medal at the Asian Games as she added a silver to her kitty after finishing second earlier in the women's 100m dash, in Jakarta, on Wednesday.
American Ryan Crouser became the first man to "three-peat" in the Olympic shot put on Saturday.
Jeswin Aldrin, who had already qualified for the championships, however missed the cut.
Neeraj Chopra's broad shoulders will carry a weight of massive expectations
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
Hima Das shattered the 400m national record for a second time in two days for a silver while Dutee Chand grabbed the second place in 100m dash on another good day for India's track and field athletes at the Asian Games.
Rani had bettered her own national record with a throw of 63.24m during the Federation Cup in March before a performance of 62.83m in the National Inter-State Championships this week.
With a jam-packed schedule brimming with both legendary athletes and captivating storylines, Paris 2024 promises unforgettable moments.
Avinash Sable shattered his own 3000m steeplechase national record but failed to qualify for the final, while sprinter Dutee Chand produced a below-par performance to make an exit from the Tokyo Olympics on Friday.
Save that one-lap race, most of the events at the Open National Athletics Championships lack quality fields.
Sunday also proved to be a good day for Delhi's star 400m runner Amoj Jacob, whose winning time was 45.92 seconds.
Check out India's schedule on Day 6 of the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, on Tuesday.
Mariam Farid, who competes wearing a hijab, says she would never compromise on her identity but would not mind blending a bit of fashion with religion.
Here are the highlights from the world athletics showpiece...
World Athletics Championships to be held in Doha from September 27.
