With just four days left for the World Athletics Championships in the USA, triple jumper Eldos Paul is in New Delhi to complete his visa formalities.
“I completed my biometrics today and am going to the US Embassy tomorrow (Tuesday) for my visa interview. I hope to get my passport on Wednesday and get the early morning flight on July 14,” Eldos said. The Hindu Monday is the day. “I hope it won’t be too late.”
When Eldos first got a date for his visa interview, he was competing in the last-minute Kosanov meet to qualify for Worlds on the way to the rankings in Almaty (Kazakhstan).
He was successful in securing the final berth (the triple jump is a 32-man event) before the doors to qualification closed in the World Athletics ‘Road to Oregon Rankings’, but will now arrive in the US late on July 14 ahead of the start. of the worlds.
The men’s triple jump qualification round will be held on the evening of July 21 and the final on July 23.
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