Annu’s visa apparently exhausted after three months of coaching in Offenburg since February, forcing her to return to the homeland and since then she has been patiently awaiting her return to Germany with simply weeks to go for the World Athletics Championships.

“I never intented to compete in the Federation Cup because I wanted to compete in a tournament in Germany on May 21,” Annu Rani instructed myKhel in Ranchi on Tuesday. “The event in Germany has many strong participants and would have been a good preparation for me ahead of the World Athletics Championships.

“More importantly, I have to return to my German coach and proceed my coaching as a result of we labored on a number of issues and made key modifications to my method through the three-month stint. All that might be wasted if I do not return to Germany.”

Several efforts have been made to contact Sports Minister Anurag Thakur through his personal assistant as well to fast track the process of the visa but nothing concrete has come out of it yet, revealed the athlete, who also plans to compete in Asian Athletics Championships and Asian Games this year.

Annu Rani, who holds the national record at 63.82m, has long been the undisputed javelin queen of the country as she has won the national-level meets with ease for several seasons. Tuesday was no different as the 2022 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist’s 59.24 metre effort to gold was head and shoulder above second-placed Uma Choudhary, who thew 51.15m.

In Germany, on the other hand, Annu had the luxury to train with some of the best names in the javelin world, including Johannes Vetter, who has been the modern-day great with a personal best of 97.76m. Also, her coach Werner Daniels is an acclaimed name in the track and field world. The German is also the former trainer of now-retired Christina Obergfoll, who is a two-time Olympic silver medallist and

In fact, Daniels did some extensive work with Annu Rani since February as the Indian athlete revealed that the German corrected a fault in her technique early on, which helped her deal with a prolonged ankle injury that marred her 2022 season.

“Daniels identified that I’ve a weak ankle in the best way I landed my foot throughout my throws and that defined why I used to be battling ankle damage for thus lengthy. He revamped the best way I practice as we labored on a number of key areas and the thought is to implement them into competitors earlier than the World Championships, that is additionally one of many the explanation why I should be again in Europe to compete once more,” defined the athlete.

Taking a take a look at Indian athletes coaching overseas, Neeraj Chopra is in Europe as he prepares to compete within the prestigious FBK Games after successful the Doha Diamond League. Long jumpers M Sreeshankar, steeplechaser Avinash Sable and Parul Chaudhary have been coaching within the USA whereas triple jumpers Eldhose Paul and Abdullah Aboobacker have been coaching away as effectively amongst different athletes.