new delhi all the countrys top track and field athletes except for olympic champion javelin thrower neeraj chopra and commonwealth games silver medallist 3000 steeplechaser avinash sable will take part in the national interstate championships in bhubaneswar from june 15 to 19athletics federation of india president adille sumariwalla said that sable has also been granted exemption along with chopra from the championships which will also serve as the selection trial for the upcoming asian gamesyes except for neeraj and sable all others training and competing abroad will have to take part in the national interstate in bhubaneswar sumariwalla told ptichopra is currently based in turkey and recovering from a muscle strain he had suffered while training he was to take part in the fanny blankerskoen games at hengelo in the netherlands on june 4 but pulled out of the event due to the injuryit is yet not known if chopra who made a perfect start to the season by winning the doha diamond league on may 5 with a throw of 8867m will take part in the paavo nurmi games in turku finland on june 13 though he had said he would aim to be back in action this monthsable is currently undergoing high altitude training in colorado springs in us and he competed at the diamond league meeting in rabat morocco last month he will train in switzerland in august before the world championships august 19 to 27 in budapest hungaryboth chopra and sable have already qualified for the world championshipsseveral top indian athletes are currently training and competing abroad mostly in europe and us including the likes of long jumpers murali sreeshankar and jeswin aldrin triple jumper praveen chitravel javelin thrower annu rani sprinter amlan borgohain 100m hurdler jyothi yarraji and long distance runners parul chaudhary and sanjivani jadhavthe afi in a circular earlier in the year had made it mandatory for all the athletes to participate in the national interstate championships to be considered for selection to the indian team for the asian gamesdue to specified reasons afi may exempt selected elite athletes upon request by the athlete or the chief coach from participation in interstate championships 2023 the afi had saidthis will be done based on the advice of afi expertscoachesselection committee such athletes will be eligible for selection in the indian team subject to the final decision of the afi selection committeeinterstate venue kalinga stadium to also host intercontinental cup footballit is learnt that the kalinga stadium the venue for the national interstate championships will also host the fournation international cup football tournament involving india lebanon vanuatu and mongolia from june 9 to 18the athletics events will be held in the morning of june 15 and 18 the two days when football matches are there in the evening both morning and evening sessions will be there on june 16 17 and 19on the two days when football matches are there in the evening there will only be morning sessions of athletics events but both