Neeraj Chopra to guide 37-member Indian athletics contingent in Commonwealth Games 2022, Tejaswin Shankar neglected

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Neeraj Chopra to guide 37-member Indian athletics contingent in CWG 2022

Athletics Federation of India names 37-member contingent for CWG 2022

The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) on Thursday, June 16 named a 37-member contingent for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in July. 18 of the 37-member squad picked by the AFI are girls whereas the star attraction will probably be Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Neeraj Chopra, who just lately broke his personal nationwide file at a World Continental Tour occasion in Finland.

As many as 3 members have been named to the boys’s javelin squad, which incorporates Neeraj, Rohit Yadav and DP Manu whereas the AFI has additionally named a 4x400m relay group for the multi-sporting occasion. The likes of Dutee Chand and Hima Das may even be again in motion after being title within the 4x100m relay group.

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

One of the notable omissions from the contingent was Tejaswin Shankar, the nationwide file holder excessive jumper, who received gold on the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships 2022 within the US final week with a season-best efficiency of two.27m. Tesjaswin has not been picked as he didn’t participate within the National Inter-State and did nor search exemption.

Aishwarya Babu, who smashed her personal triple bounce nationwide file with a shocking 14.14m effort through the latest National Inter-State Championships in Chennai, has discovered a spot within the squad.

Although chosen, among the athletes should show their type and health earlier than the Birmingham Games, based on information company PTI.

Veteran discus thrower Seema Punia, who has medalled in every of the 4 Commonwealth Games she has taken half in, has been given an opportunity to characteristic in Birmingham. Her participation, nonetheless, is topic to reaching the qualifying normal set by the AFI in a contest within the USA.

“We have allowed her to train and compete in the USA considering here past results in the CWG and Asian Games,” AFI president Adille Sumariwalla stated. Punia skipped the June 10-14 National Inter-State Senior Championships which was the qualifying occasion for CWG choice.

Notably, the AFI was given a quota of 36 athletes by the Indian Olympics Association however the nationwide athletics physique has requested the IOC for an additional tickt.

“We are requesting the Indian Olympic Association to increase our quota by one and to assist in securing accreditation for a couple of athletes. We have also selected a few subject to proving their fitness and form before the Games,” Sumariwalla stated.

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

ATHLETICS SQUAD FOR CWG 2022

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).