Neeraj Chopra returns to action at home soil after the Tokyo Olympics.

India’s Olympic javelin throw champion Neeraj Chopra will make a highly anticipated return to domestic competition at the Federation Cup 2024 Athletics which gets underway on May 12 at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

Chopra, 26, will be competing in India for the first time since his historic gold medal-winning performance at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. The superstar athlete began his 2024 season with a second-place finish at the recent Doha Diamond League meet with an impressive 88.36m throw.

He will headline a strong javelin throw field that also includes Asian Games silver medalist Kishore Jena and DP Manu, the sixth-place finisher at last year’s World Championships.

While several of India’s top track and field stars like Avinash Sable, Jyothi Yarraji, and Amlan Borgohain are skipping the event to train abroad, the Federation Cup will feature many Olympic hopefuls looking to secure Paris 2024 berths or earn valuable ranking points.

Among those will be shot put star Tajinderpal Singh Toor, who needs to achieve the 21.50m Olympic qualification standard. On the track, the men’s 400m will see a showdown between Amoj Jacob, Muhammad Ajmal, and Rajesh Ramesh – all members of the 4x400m relay team that booked an Olympic spot in the Bahamas last week.

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The men’s long jump could be one of the marquee events, with national record holder Jeswin Aldrin eyeing the 8.27m Olympic entry standard in the absence of the injured Murali Sreeshankar. Abdulla Aboobacker and Praveen Chithravel will battle in the triple jump.

In the women’s events, Nayana James and Shaili Singh will resume their long jump rivalry after trading wins earlier this season. Shaili needs to surpass Anju Bobby George’s 6.83m national record to make the 6.86m Paris 2024 standard.

The women’s 400m will feature MR Poovamma, Jyothi Sri Dandi, Subha Venkatesan and Vithya Ramraj – all part of the 4x400m relay team that secured an Olympic quota.

What are the events lined up in Federation Cup 2024 Athletics?

Men’s events

• 100m
• 200m
• 400m
• 800m
• 1500m
• 5000m
• 10,000m
• 110m hurdles
• 400m hurdles
• 3000m steeplechase
• High jump
• Pole vault
• Long jump
• Triple jump
• Shot put
• Discus throw
• Hammer throw
• Javelin throw
• Decathlon

Women’s events

• 100m
• 200m
• 400m
• 800m
• 1500m
• 5000m
• 10,000m
• 100m hurdles
• 400m hurdles
• 3000m steeplechase
• High jump
• Pole vault
• Long jump
• Triple jump
• Shot put
• Discus throw
• Hammer throw
• Javelin throw
• Heptathlon

Where and how to watch live telecast and live streaming of Federation Cup 2024 Athletics in India?

The National Federation Senior Athletics Competition 2024 can be streamed live on the official YouTube channel of the Athletic Federation of India. The confirmation for the live broadcast of the Federation Cup athletics on Indian television channels is still pending.

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Federation Cup 2024 Athletics full schedule, fixtures and results (All timings in IST)

Scheduled Time	Event Name	Gender	Round
5:45 AM	5000m	Men	Round 1
6:30 AM	100m	Men	Decathlon 1
6:30 AM	Discus Throw [2.000kg]	Men	Q.Round Group 1
6:55 AM	800m	Men	Round 1
7:10 AM	Long Jump	Men	Decathlon 2
7:25 AM	200m	Men	Round 1
7:30 AM	Discus Throw [2.000kg]	Men	Q.Round Group 2
8:00 AM	Shot Put [7.260kg]	Men	Decathlon 3
8:10 AM	400m Hurdles [91.4cm]	Men	Round 1
5:30 PM	High Jump	Men	Decathlon 4
5:40 PM	Pole Vault	Men	Final 1
6:10 PM	400m Hurdles [91.4cm]	Men	Final 2
6:30 PM	400m Hurdles [76.2cm]	Women	Final 3
6:40 PM	Javelin Throw [600gm]	Women	Final 4
6:45 PM	Shot Put [7.260kg]	Men	Q.Round Group 1
7:00 PM	200m	Women	Round 1
7:05 PM	Triple Jump	Women	Final 5
7:20 PM	200m	Men	Semi Final
7:40 PM	800m	Women	Round 1
7:50 PM	Shot Put [7.260kg]	Men	Q.Round Group 2
8:00 PM	800m	Men	Semi Final
8:20 PM	400m	Men	Decathlon 5
8:40 PM	5000m	Women	Final 6
	May 13
6:15 AM	110m Hurdles [1.067m]	Men	Decathlon 6
6:40 AM	110m Hurdles [1.067m]	Men	Round 1
7:00 AM	Discus Throw [2.000kg]	Men	Decathlon 7
7:15 AM	100m Hurdles [83.8cm]	Women	Round 1
7:45 AM	Pole Vault	Men	Decathlon 8
5:40 PM	Long Jump	Men	Q.Round Group 1 & 2
5:50 PM	Discus Throw [2.000kg]	Men	Final 7
6:00 PM	High Jump	Men	Final 8
7:00 PM	100m Hurdles [83.8cm]	Women	Final 9
7:10 PM	Shot Put [4.000kg]	Women	Final 10
7:15 PM	Long Jump	Women	Final 11
7:20 PM	110m Hurdels [1.067m]	Men	Final 12
7:30 PM	Javelin Throw [800gm]	Men	Decathlon 9
7:45 PM	200m	Women	Final 13
7:55 PM	200m	Men	Final 14
8:10 PM	800m	Women	Final 15
8:20 PM	800m	Men	Final 16
8:30 PM	5000m	Men	Final 17
8:55 PM	1500m	Men	Decathlon 10 /18
	May 14
6:20 AM	1500m	Men	Round 1
6:45 AM	100m Hurdles [83.8cm]	Women	Heptathlon 1
7:00 AM	100m	Men	Round 1
7:10 AM	High Jump	Women	Heptathlon 2
7:15 AM	Javelin Throw	Men	Q Round Group 1
7:50 AM	400m	Men	Round 1
8:20 AM	Javelin Throw	Men	Q Round Group 2
8:30 AM	400m	Women	Round 1
5:40 PM	Hammer Throw [7.260kg]	Men	Final 19

Scheduled Time	Event Name	Gender	Round
6:00 PM	Pole Vault	Women	Final 20
6:20 PM	Shot Put [4.000kg]	Women	Heptathlon 3
6:30 PM	100m	Women	Round 1
6:50 PM	100m	Men	Semi Final
7:00 PM	Long Jump	Men	Final 21
7:10 PM	Shot Put [7.260kg]	Men	Final 22
7:20 PM	200m	Women	Heptathlon 4
7:30 PM	Discus Throw [1.000kg]	Women	Final 23
7:40 PM	400m	Women	Semi Final
8:00 PM	400m	Men	Semi Final
8:25 PM	3000m Steeple Chase [91.4cm]	Men	Final 24
8:45 PM	3000m Steeple Chase [76.2cm]	Women	Final 25
	May 15
6:00 AM	10000m	Women	Final 26
6:30 AM	Long Jump	Women	Heptathlon 5
7:20 AM	Javelin Throw [600gm]	Women	Heptathlon 6
5:30 PM	Hammer Throw [4.000kg]	Women	Final 27
6:00 PM	Triple Jump	Men	Final 28
6:30 PM	High Jump	Women	Final 29
6:40 PM	100m	Women	Final 30
6:50 PM	100m	Men	Final 31
7:00 PM	Javelin Throw [800gm]	Men	Final 32
7:30 PM	1500m	Women	Final 33
7:40 PM	1500m	Men	Final 34
7:50 PM	800m	Women	Heptathlon 7/ 35
8:05 PM	400m	Women	Final 36
8:15 PM	400m	Men	Final 37
8:35 PM	10000m	Men	Final 38

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