AFI asks Aishwarya, Aldrin and Arokia to re-appear in trials for World Championships

AFI) for the upcoming World Championships here on Monday but were given another chance to prove themselves on Friday. AFI President Adille Sumariwalla said that the three athletes have been told that they can undergo another trial on Friday at the NIS Patiala. "The performances of all three of them today were not up to the mark, nothing to be impressed.

They did not meet the standards," AFI president Adille Sumariwalla told PTI. "But we have given them another chance. They can come and undergo another trial on Friday at NIS Patiala, where the Junior World Championships trial will take place on that day," he added, Aishwarya, who had evaded dope testing authorities in May before resurfacing out of nowhere, was named in the 22-member Indian athletics team for the July 15-24 World Championships in Eugene, USA, subject to clocking close to 52 second in the 400m selection trial to be able to participate in the showpiece.

But, she managed 53.15 second, way below the 51.18 second performance she had come up with during the Federation Cup in April, on Monday. She had qualified for World Championships on the basis of the Federation Cup timing. The automatic qualification time for the World Championships is 51.35 second.

She disappeared after his Federation Cup performance and evaded dope testing authorities. She resurfaced before the National Inter-State Championships in Chennai in mid June and the AFI allowed her to compete only to get disqualified due to false start in the 400m heats. Aldrin was not named in the team on the ground that his performance had dropped consistently after jumping 8.26m during the Federation Cup in April.