Neeraj to lead 37-member athletics team in CWG, participation of some subject to form and fitness

Out the of the 37 picked by the choice committee of the AFI, 18 are girls, with the likes of star sprinters Hima Das and Dutee Chand getting their berths by means of the ladies’s 4x100m relay team.

The selectors additionally named a males’s 4x400m relay team.

The team even have the likes of Avinash Sable, who broke his personal 3000m steeplechase nationwide report for the eighth time just lately, in addition to Jyothi Yarraji, who broke her personal 100m NR twice final month.

It additionally has Aishwarya Babu, who smashed her personal triple bounce nationwide report with a shocking 14.14m effort throughout the latest National Inter-State Championships in Chennai.

However, 200m nationwide report holder Amlan Borgohain, who gained a dash double (100m and 200m) throughout the National Inter-State, missed the bus as he couldn’t attain the CWG qualifying customary set by the AFI.

Although chosen, some of the athletes could have to show their form and fitness earlier than the Birmingham Games.

Veteran discus thrower Seema Punia has been given an opportunity to characteristic in her fifth CWG contemplating her previous performances in the Games. Her participation, nonetheless, is subject to reaching the qualifying customary set by the AFI in a contest in USA.

Punia has gained a medal in every of the 4 CWG she has taken half earlier.

“Seema Punia’s participation in the CWG will completely depend upon her efficiency in the USA,” AFI president Adille Sumariwalla stated.

“We have allowed her to prepare and compete in the USA contemplating right here previous outcomes in the CWG and Asian Games,” he stated of Punia, who skipped the June 10-14 National Inter-State Senior Championships which was the qualifying occasion for CWG choice.

There can be three Indians in the lads’s javelin throw in the Birmingham Games with DP Manu and Rohit Yadav becoming a member of Chopra. The similar is for males’s triple bounce, with Abdulla Aboobacker, Praveen Chithravel and Eldhose Paul making it to the team.

“We are requesting the Indian Olympic Association to enhance our quota by one and to help in securing accreditation for a pair of athletes. We have additionally chosen just a few subject to proving their fitness and form earlier than the Games,” Sumariwalla stated.

The AFI has been given a quota of 36 in the Indian team for the July 28 to August 8 Games.

Shot puttter Tajinderpal Singh Toor could have to carry out nicely in Kazakhstan whereas Amoj Jacob has been chosen in the lads’s 4x400m relay team subject to his restoration and fitness degree.

Jacob had pulled his hamstring whereas running the final leg of the India ‘A’ team throughout the Inter-State Championships.

“Similarly, discus throwers Navjeet Kaur Dhillon and Seema Antil Punia in addition to Hammer Thrower Sarita Singh could have to carry out in Kazakhstan or California. Race walker Bhawna Jat could have to show her fitness,” the AFI president stated.

National report holder excessive jumper Tejaswin Shankar, who gained gold on the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships 2022 in the US final week with a season-best efficiency of 2.27m, was not picked as he didn’t participate in the National Inter-State and did nor search exemption.

The Team:

Men: Avinash Sable (3000m Steeplechase); Nitender Rawat (Marathon); M Sreeshankar and Muhammed Anees Yahiya (Long Jump); Abdulla Aboobacker, Praveen Chithravel and Eldhose Paul (Triple Jump); Tajinderpal Singh Toor (Shot Put); Neeraj Chopra, DP Manu and Rohit Yadav (Javelin Throw); Sandeep Kumar and Amit Khatri (Race Walking); Amoj Jacob, Noah Nirmal Tom, Arokia Rajiv, Muhammed Ajmal, Naganathan Pandi and Rajesh Ramesh (4x400m Relay).

Women: S Dhanalakshmi (100m and 4x100m relay); Jyothi Yarraji (100mHurdles); Aishwarya B (Long Jump and Triple Jump) and Ancy Sojan (Long Jump); Manpreet Kaur (Shot Put); Navjeet Kaur Dhilllon and Seema Antil Punia (Discus Throw); Annu Rani and Shilpa Rani (Javelin Throw); Manju Bala Singh and Sarita Romit Singh (Hammer Throw); Bhawna Jat and Priyanka Goswami (Race Walking); Hima Das, Dutee Chand, Srabani Nanda, MV Jilna and NS Simi (4x100m relay).