Asian Games: Five Indian track and field athletes to leave for Japan after a visa delay hold-up

The five Indian track and field athletes, who could not travel to Japan for the Asian Games along with the team a few days ago due to visa delays, have received the travel documents and are reaching Tokyo on Friday.

The five athletes, including pole vaulter Sindhushree Ganesh and triple jumper Asha Ilango, could not travel with the other team-mates that left India on September 12 for Japan.

India had named a 75-member track and field team for the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, beginning on Saturday.

"Yes, we have got our visas, and we are leaving for Japan on Friday," one of the athletes told PTI from New Delhi.

The five athletes will spend a couple of days at the University of Tsukuba, near Tokyo, where the other members of the team have been having a short acclimatisation camp since September 13.

From there, the team will reach Nagoya on September 21, two days before the start of the Asian Games athletics competition.

India is aiming to win 25 to 30 medals in athletics from the Asian Games. The Indian athletes won 29 medals ( 6 gold, 14 silver, 9 bronze) in the last edition in Hangzhou, China.

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