Javelin thrower Vipin Kasana from Uttar Pradesh is among five included in India’s tentative athletics squad for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games starting on April 4 despite narrowly missing the qualifying norm. According to an Athletics Federation of India (AFI) official, some athletes close to the CWG qualifying norm were given grace points and chosen in the national squad. READ | Arpinder Singh, Ayyasamy qualify for CWG, 9 athletes make the markThe athletics federation has a quota of 37 athletes. Vipin Kasana won silver behind Neeraj Chopra with a throw of 80.04m in the Indian Grand Prix meet in Patiala that preceded this week’s Federation Cup. He withdrew from the Federation Cup that ended on Thursday due to back pain.

Source: Hindustan Times March 09, 2018 14:48 UTC