By IANS
New Delhi : India will send 14 athletes, including eight girls, for the fifth World Youth Championship to be held in the Czech Republic this month.
The Indian team was selected on the basis of performance in the National Youth Championship held in Bangalore on June 1 and 2, Athletics Federation of India said here Thursday.
The World Youth Championship will be held in Ostrava from July 11-15.
Squads:
Boys: Sahil Mahindra (800 metres/Delhi), Ajay Pal Singh (shot put/Delhi), Jithin Paul (400m/Kerala), Shivam Singh (discus/Uttar Pradesh), Ajaj Ahmed (hammer/Delhi), Virender Kumar (javelin/Haryana)
Girls: M.R. Poovamma (400m/Karnataka), Anu Mariam Jose (800m/Kerala), Neethu Mathew (triple jump/Kerala), Manpreet Kaur (shot put/Punjab), Debashree Majumdar (medley relay/West Bengal), Jauna Marmu (medley relay/Orissa), Nanda Sarbani (medley relay/Orissa), Shriya Vidwans (medley relay/Maharashtra)
Team manager: Suresh Babu