Papua New Guinea (PNG) sprint star ,Timothy Tuna, has departed for India this morning, where he will compete in the World Athletics Bronze Level Meet on Sunday in Bhubaneswar, Odisha Province. Tuna, PNG’s 200m national record holder and co-holder of the 100m record with Pais Wisil, was invited by the Indian Athletics Association following his strong performances this year. He will race against some of Asia’s best sprinters, including Animesh Kujur of India, who recently broke national records with times of 10.18s (100m) and 20.32s (200m), Seunghwan Ko of Korea (10.42 / 20.45), and Muhd Azeem Fahmi of Malaysia (10.20 / 20.79). Athletes from India, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Iraq, Malaysia, and Korea are confirmed to compete in the men’s sprinting events. Athletics PNG President Tony Green said the meet presents an excellent opportunity for Tuna to sharpen up ahead of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo next month.