Madari Pillyalil Jabir, higher often known as M.P. Jabir of Kerala has turn into the primary Indian hurdler to qualify for Olympics in 33 years for the 400m hurdles occasion. Jabir has gained a bronze medal beforehand on the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships in 400 m hurdles with a timing of fifty.22 seconds.
His qualification was confirmed after he gained a gold medal on the lately concluded Iter-state Athletics Championships in Patiala. Jabir is a part of the Indian navy and is posted in Kochi. The 25-year previous is at the moment ranked 34 in world athletics. Jabir is the primary male to qualify for the 400m hurdles in 57 years. The final individual to qualify for the occasion was PT Usha throughout the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. PT Usha additionally belongs to the identical state that Jabir comes from, i.e. Kerala.
Within the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships in Doha, Jabir set his private finest timing of 49.13 to win bronze and achieved the qualification normal for the 2019 World Athletics Championships.
Jabir began taking eager curiosity in sprinting when he was in eleventh grade after which he mastered himself within the 400m occasions. It is going to be fascinating to see the Keralite competing in his first-ever Olympics.