Kishore Kumar Jena received a contemporary appointment with the Hungarian embassy, renewing his hopes for the upcoming World Athletics Championships in Budapest. File
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A day after javelin thrower Kishore Kumar Jena’s one-month visa was cancelled by the Hungarian embassy, he has received a contemporary appointment for Friday, renewing hopes that the 27-year-old can nonetheless compete within the upcoming World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) in an replace shared on X (previously twitter) mentioned on Thursday, “Due to all. Javelin thrower Kishore Kumar Jena has appointment at Hungary embassy tomorrow at 9am.” The Odisha athlete’s visa was cancelled by the Hungarian embassy on Wednesday, rendering him a uncertain starter on the marquee athletics occasion slated to be held from August 19-27.
Within the wake of cancellation of Jena’s visa, fellow javelin thrower and Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra on Thursday sought the Ministry of Exterior Affairs’ intervention to resolve the difficulty in order that the athlete may compete within the Worlds.
Taking to social media, Chopra urged Minister of Exterior Affairs S Jaishankar to “discover a resolution”.
“Simply heard that there are points with Kishore Jena’s VISA, stopping him from getting into Hungary for the World C’ships. I hope the authorities are capable of finding an answer, as this is without doubt one of the largest moments of his profession. Let’s do every little thing we will,” he posted tagging MEA and Jaishankar.
Jena, who received gold within the Sri Lankan Nationwide Championships on July 30 with a private better of 84.38m, had made the reduce via the world rating quota.
Jena had certified for the occasion after being positioned thirty sixth within the Street to Budapest listing up to date by World Athletics (WA) following the completion of the qualification interval on July 30.
The 27-year-old is without doubt one of the 4 Indian javelin throwers to have certified for the World Championships. DP Manu and Rohit Yadav had additionally made the reduce however the latter pulled out after present process an elbow surgical procedure on his throwing arm.
Jena, who had received silver within the Nationwide Inter-State in June, and Manu are the one Indian athletes but to succeed in Budapest out of the 28-member squad.