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Afro-Asian Games topmost priority for Sunita Rani
Jamshedpur, Sept 07: Very few, perhaps, have experienced the vicissitudes of life as much as Sunita Rani.
Jamshedpur, Sept 07: Very few, perhaps, have experienced the vicissitudes of life as much as Sunita Rani.
From being the toast of the nation for her track exploits
to becoming an object of scorn and ridicule -- the middle
distance runner has seen it all within a short span.
But now, months after her acquittal from doping charges, Sunita is back on the tracks with a vengeance, her mind focused on bringing more laurels to the country from the coming Afro-Asian Games as also next year's Athens Olympics.
"At present I am concentrating fully on the Afro-Asian Games where I'll participate in both the 1500m and 5000m," the Busan Asian Games gold medallist told newspersons here today.
However, Sunita said that she was not very keen on taking part in the Asian track and field meet to be held in Manila from September 20 to 23.
"I'm not yet fully prepared for such an international meet. In fact, time is too short also for the Afro-Asian Games -- they are less then two months away," she said.
"Moreover, I restarted training in Patiala only two months back. To succeed in an international competition you need at least six months of training," she said.
Asked about her main competitors at the AAG, she said rivals from Kenya, Ethiopia and one or two from Asian national could pose a challenge to her.
However, Sunita Rani said her main target was Athens, and once the AAG was over, she would devote all her time to reach peak form at the world greatest quadrennial meet, where she will contest only in the 1500m.
Bureau Report
But now, months after her acquittal from doping charges, Sunita is back on the tracks with a vengeance, her mind focused on bringing more laurels to the country from the coming Afro-Asian Games as also next year's Athens Olympics.
"At present I am concentrating fully on the Afro-Asian Games where I'll participate in both the 1500m and 5000m," the Busan Asian Games gold medallist told newspersons here today.
However, Sunita said that she was not very keen on taking part in the Asian track and field meet to be held in Manila from September 20 to 23.
"I'm not yet fully prepared for such an international meet. In fact, time is too short also for the Afro-Asian Games -- they are less then two months away," she said.
"Moreover, I restarted training in Patiala only two months back. To succeed in an international competition you need at least six months of training," she said.
Asked about her main competitors at the AAG, she said rivals from Kenya, Ethiopia and one or two from Asian national could pose a challenge to her.
However, Sunita Rani said her main target was Athens, and once the AAG was over, she would devote all her time to reach peak form at the world greatest quadrennial meet, where she will contest only in the 1500m.
Bureau Report