IOA Secretary General Rajiv Mehta also said that it will be really difficult to host the two events, in Chandigarh, seven months from now given the severity of the COVID-19 situation and the pending vaccination of billions of people.
The two-day competition, an Olympic qualifying event, is scheduled to be held on June 19 and 20 and is part of the World Athletics continental tour series.
Olympic-bound men's lightweight double scull rowing team has cancelled its five-week exposure tour in Portugal due to strict fortnight-long quarantine rule for Indian visitors. The tour was supposed to start on June 1.
Diya Chitale and Swastika Ghosh put up solid performances at the 2021 WTT Youth Star Contender as they confirmed a medal in the U-19 doubles and also made their way into the knockout stage in the singles category.
Competitors in the 50m 3 positions have to shoot 40 shots in kneeling position followed by 40 shots in prone position and 40 shots in standing position, in that order.
More than 90 Indian athletes across sports have so far qualified for the postponed Tokyo Olympics.
Milkha and his wife, who led the Indian women's volleyball team, continued to be closely monitored by the doctors at Fortis hospital in Mohali
Bajrang said he is in favour of the Tokyo Olympics going ahead as scheduled even as there is a growing chorus for the Games to be cancelled amidst the pandemic.
The 38-year-old Olympic-bound Mary Kom had prevailed 4-1 over Mongolia's Lutsaikhan Altantsetseg in the semifinals on Thursday.
If selected, it will be Khokar's maiden outing at the Olympics, a dream which she is desperate to realise.
Last week, Milkha was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital after having tested positive for Covid-19.
The Japanese government and the organisers are under mounting pressure from an increasing number of medical experts and Japanese people to call off the Olympics
The hospital had earlier said that they were being treated for COVID pneumonia. In its latest update about the condition of the couple, the hospital said both are stable.
The top-seeded Indian defeated Bibossinov 5-0. The Kazakh is a world championship bronze-medallist and had lost to silver-winner Panghal in the semifinals of that event as well.
Mary Kom has won five editions of the Asian Boxing Championships and is looking ahead to winning another title.
Experts have warned that more contagious variants are infecting more people, leaving them seriously ill and flooding hospitals.
Former world no 1 Srikanth and London Games bronze-medallist Saina's hopes were all but dashed when the last of the Olympic qualifiers in Singapore was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The IOC and Japan's government insist the games will be safe and secure with participants kept mostly isolated from the general public.
Sakshi had prevailed 3-2 in the regulation bout but the decision was challenged by the Kazakh team and eventually overturned.
Milkha was admitted to the ICU on Monday after testing positive for the virus last Wednesday.
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