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Vikas Gowda,who holds the national record in discus throw,will be the star Indian attraction on Day One of the Asian All-Star Athletics meet at the renovated Jawaharlal Nehru stadium on Thur day.
Gowda,with his seasons best of 63.22m,will be the top contender for gold as Syrian Mansour Hamid,who has seasons best of 57.14,is the only other foreigner in the five-man field. Sri Lankas Manjula Kumara Wijesekara,the reigning Asian champion,tops the field among the men high jumpers. He has to tackle Kazakhstans Vitaliy Tsykunov,Doha Asian Games champion Jean Claude Rabbath of Lebanon for gold.
In womens long jump,the Indian trio of M A Prajusha,Mayookha Johny and Reshmi Bose face Uzbekistans specialist Tatyana Konichsheva who had a national record performance of 6.81m registered at Tashkent last month. Chinas Yang Yanbo and Liu Jing are top favourites in the womens shot put,while Seema Antil will spearhead Indias challenge.
Tintu Luka is a strong bet in womens 800m. Indians are also the top draw in womens 400m with Sini Jose raring to go. Kuwaits Fawaz Dahesh Al-Shammari is a top contender in mens 110m hurdles.
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