India announce athletics squad for South Asian meet

By IANS

New Delhi : The selection committee of Athletics Federation of India (AFI) Saturday announced the team for the two-day South Asian Athletics Championships scheduled to be held in Kochi from March 7.


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The participating countries besides India are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

The squad:

Men
100m: B.G.Nagraj, Jamalludin, Ritesh Anand, Ajay Kumar Naik, Vilas Nelgund
200m: P. Muthu Samy, Ritesh Anand
4x400m: Virender Kumar Pankaj, P. Shankar, V.B. Bineesh, Vinay Chauhary, Sunil Kumar, Amreek Rana
800m: Rameshan Rajeev, Sajeesh Joseph, Ghamanda Ram
1500m: Ravinder, C. Hamza, Pritam Bind
5000m: Surender Singh, Sandeep Batham, Santosh Patel
10000m: Surender Singh, Santosh Patel, Soji Mathew
110m Hurldes: Krishna Mohan, P. Muthu Samy
400m Hurdles: Kuldev Singh, P.Shanker
High Jump: Hari Shanker Roy, Beatic Starley, L. Yogaraj, Elangumaran
Triple Jump: Amar Jeet Singh, B. Mathew, Malkiat Singh
Pole Vault: Gajanan Upadhhay, Bimin K.P
Long Jump: Maha Singh, Pushpender Singh, Amrit Pal Singh
Discus Throw: Simranjit Singh, Sukhbir Singh, Rambir Singh
Hammer Throw: Shanawaj Khan, Madhu Kumar, Jitender Singh
Javelin Throw: Kashi Nath Naik, Purandar P.J, Sandeep Yadav
Shot Put: Om Prakash, P.B. Giri, Satyender Kumar Singh

Women

100m & 4X100m Relay: H.M. Jyothi, Mandeep Kaur, K. Sowjanya, Priya P.K, G.D.Goramma, Namita Samal
200m: K. Sowjanya, H.M. Jyothi, Poovamma
400m & 4X400m Relay: Chitra K. Somaon, Mandeep Kaur, S. Geetha, Manjeet Kaur, K. Mirdula, Sini Jose
800m: Sinimole Paulose, Sushma, Bindhu S.R.
1500m: Sinimole Paulose, Bindhu S.R, Priyanka Singh Patel
5000m: Kavita Raut, Preeja Sreedharan, Preeti L. Rao
100m Hurdles: Anuradha Biswal, Poonam Bojanna, Shreema Priyadarshini
400m Hurdles: V. Leelavathy, Harpreet Kaur, Shiji John C
High Jump: Sahana Kumari, Siji N.K., Sushmita Singha Roy
Long Jump: Anju Bobby George, Mayookha Johny, J.J. Shobha, Prajusha M.A.
Discus Throw: Seema Antil, Harwant Kaur, Saroj Sihag
Javelin Throw: Suman Devi, Gurpreet Kaur
Shot put: Seema Antil, Saroj Sihag

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