Quartermiler Aishwarya Mishra, who shocked many with her Asia-leading 51.18s at the Federation Cup in April and then went incommunicado, does not figure in the entry list for the Inter-State National athletics which begins in Chennai’s Nehru Stadium on Friday.
But there is a bunch of young 400m runners who appear capable of producing some very fast times.
“I expect surprises and the gold to go for something like 51.5s. Even if we don’t have Aishwarya (Mishra) and Anjali Devi (now injured), don’t we we have Kiran,” asked P.T. Usha in a chat with The Hindu on Wednesday.
