Moumita mondal

Odisha Reliance Foundation High Performance: With all top athletes who participated in the Olympic Games in Paris deciding to keep away, the focus will be on national record holders Tejas Shirse and Amlan Borgohain at the 63rd National Open Athletics Championships which will be held over the next four days at the Sree Kanteerva Stadium here from Friday.

The event, which will be held from August 30 to September 2, will see the participation of upcoming stars as they hope to make the most of the absence of the regulars to showcase their recent progress. The athletes will be hoping to catch the eye of the officials ahead of the hectic next season which includes the Asian Championships, World University Games and the World Championships.

Besides coming so close after the Paris Olympics, the 63rd National Open Athletics Championships is the last event of the season and thus resulted in all the top athletes giving it a miss.