The focus at the 54th edition of the National Inter-State Championships which is the qualifying meet for the 2014 CWG, will be on the throwers, sprinters and jumpers.
In the previous edition of the Delhi CWG, the Indian athletics team had bagged an unprecedented haul of 12 medals, including two gold medals for the first time.
This time, National chief coach Bahadur Singh said, the National campers are focussed on performing to the best of their abilities.
"We hope that the national campers will get stiff competition from the upcoming hopefuls in the National Inter-State Championships in Lucknow. It will serve our purpose of creating tough competition for berths in the Indian team," Singh said.
Meanwhile, the athletes have started arriving in Lucknow for acclimatisation and familiarising themselves with the track. Asian Games double gold medallist and 400m specialists Ashwini Akkunji was one of the early arrivals and she opted for a light workout in the evening today.