As anticipated, the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) booked the shape asserting a 26-member squad for the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Twelve of the 26 athletes obtained direct entry into the person occasions along with the 4x400m combined relay staff. Sprinters Dutee Chand (ladies’s 100m and 200m), MP Jabir (males’s 400m hurdles), Gurpreet Singh (males’s 50km race stroll), and Annu Rani (ladies’s javelin throw) had been ranked within the World Athletics Road to Tokyo rankings. accepted on the premise of
“We are confident of making an impact this time around and look forward to bringing home that elusive Olympic medal in athletics from Tokyo,” mentioned chief nationwide coach P Radhakrishnan. indianexpress.com After the staff was introduced on Monday, sprinter Dutee Chand is the one athlete to compete in two occasions – 100m and 200m.
Runners Revath V, Subha V, and Dhanalakshmi S from Tamil Nadu had been chosen after their efficiency within the trials to pick the ladies runners for the combined relay staff, whereas Naganathan Pandy, Sathal Bhambri and Alex Antony made it to the boys’s staff.
“We have excessive hopes from our males’s 4x400m relay staff now. Let’s wait and see. If they will qualify for the ultimate it is going to be anybody’s guess,” one other prime AFI official instructed indianexpress.com On the mixture of Indian relay groups.
He additionally instructed that the coach and help workers accompanying the staff might be named on July 7.
Athletics occasions on the Tokyo Olympic Games will start on July 31 and finish on August 9.
Indian staff for Tokyo Games
Male: Avinash Sable (3000m Steeplechase); MP Jabir (400m hurdles), M Sreeshankar (lengthy bounce); Tajinderpal Singh Toor (shot put); Neeraj Chopra and Shivapal Singh (javelin throw); KT Irfan, Sandeep Kumar and Rahul Rohilla (20km race stroll) and Gurpreet Singh (50km race stroll); 4x400m relay: Amoj Jacob, Arokia Rajiv, Md Anas Yahiya, Naganathan Pandi, Noah Nirmal Tom; 4x400m combined relay: Sarthak Bhambri, Alex Antony
ladies: Dutee Chand (100m and 200m); Kamalpreet Kaur and Seema Punia (discus throw), Annu Rani (javelin throw); Bhawna Jat and Priyanka Goswami (20km race stroll) and 4x400m combined relay: Revathi Veeramani, Subha Venkatesan & Dhanlakshmi Sekhar.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
