New Delhi

Ace Discus thrower Seema Punia has been dropped from the Indian team which will participate in next month’s World Athletics Championship scheduled to be held in Oregon, USA from July 15–24.

The Athletics Federation of India will announce the complete list of athletes representing India on Thursday.

Seema, a Tokyo Olympian, is not being considered due to her poor form this year.

She had breached the entry standard of 63.5 for Oregon 22 in June last year. The Asian Games gold medalist had hurled the disc to 63.72m at the national inter-state championships. However, the 38-year-old, a four-time Commonwealth Games medalist, failed to cross the 56m-mark in the four domestic events this year.

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For the Commonwealth Games 2022 to be held in Birmingham in July end, Punia has been named only provisionally in the Indian team.