The Indian contingent for the Sydney Games

New Delhi: The following Indian contingent has been cleared by the Union Government for the Sydney Olympic Games The Games are scheduled to begin from September 15 and the Indian hockey squad has already reached Australia for preparations

Athletics:
Men: 4 x 100m relay: Anil Kumar P, Rajiv Balakrishnan, C T Durai, Anand Menezes, Ajay Raj Singh, Piyush Kumar. 4 x 400m relay: Anil Kumar Rohil, Paramjit Singh, P Ramachandran, Lijo David, Manoj Lal K J, Jata Shankar. Long jump: Sanjay Kumar Rai. Discus: Anil Kumar. Javelin: Jagdish Bishnoi. Shotput: Shakti Singh and Bahadur Singh

Women: 4 x 100m relay: Rachita Mistry, Vinita Tripathi, Anuradha Biswal, V Jayalakshmi, V Pandeshwar, Saraswati Dey. 4 x 400m: Paramjit Kaur, Jincy Philip, Manjuma Kuriakose, Rosa Kutty, K M Beenamol, Soma Biswas. 1500m: Sunita Rani. Discus: Neelam J Singh. Javelin: Gurmeet Kaur. Heptathlon: G G Pramila and Soma Biswas. Coaches: Bahadur Singh, Harbans Singh, Andriy Shurepov, Yuriy Ogorodnik. Managers: M L Jadam, A K Banerjee. Doctors: R Kaushal and Yuriy Boyko. Masseuse: Inna Zveryeva

Badminton: Pullela Gopi Chand and Aparna Popat. Coach: Syed Mohd Arif

Boxing: Soubarn Suresh Singh (48 kg), Ngangom Dingko Singh (56 kg), Jitender Kumar (75 kg) and Gurcharan Aingh (81 kg). Coaches: Blas Jose Iglesias Fernandez and Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu. Manager: Rajesh Bhandari. Doctor: Ashok Ahuja.

Hockey: Goal-keepers: Jude Menezes and Devesh Chauhan. Defenders: Dilip Kumar Tirkey, Dinesh Nayak, Lazarus Barla. Midfielders: Baljit Singh, Sukhbir Gill, Mohd Riaz Nabi, Selvaraj, Thirumalvalavan, Ramandeep Singh (captain). Forwards: Mukesh Kumar, Dhanraj Pillay, Baljit Singh, Mohd Sameer Dad, Deepak Thakur Solanki and Gagan Ajit Singh. Coaches: Vasudevan Baskran and Harindra Singh. Manager: K Jothi Kumaran. Doctor: P K Ramesh

Judo: Laurembam Brojeshwari Devi (52 kg). Coach: Narender Singh.

Rowing: Inderpal Singh, Kasam Khan (coxless pair): Coach: Theodore Joseph Bonanno. Manager: C P Singh Deo.

Shooting:
Men: Anwar Sultan (trap), Abhinav Bindra (10m air rifle).
Women: Anjali Ved Pathak (air rifle). Coaches: Marcello Dradi and Laszlo Szucsuk. Armourer: Dhiren Bhatia

Swimming:
Men: Hakimuddin Shabbir Habibulla (200m free style).
Women: Nisha Millet (200m free style). Coach: Kanti Vardhan Sharma.

Table tennis:
Men: Raman Subramaniam, Chetan Baboor.
Women: Poulomi Ghatak. Coach: Samal Villivalam Sunder.

Tennis: Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi. Coach: Ramesh Krishnan. Doctor: Vece Paes.

Weightlifting:
Men: Thandava Murthy Muthu.
Women: Sanamacha Chanu and Karnam Malleswari. Coaches: Pal Singh Sandhu and Leonid Taranenka. Manager: Balbir Singh. Doctor: Andrei Semenikov

Wrestling: Gurbinder Singh (63 kg). Coach: Randhir Singh

IOA officials: Chef de Mission: Ashok Kumar Mattoo. Deputy Chef de Mission: V M Dutta. Treasurer: Amrit Bose

Support staff: Brig (retd) N B Singh, A S V Prasad, M S Bains, Virender Baloni, Sandeep Mehta, Sunita Garware, Bruce Baird and Vijay Kumar. The last three are based in Australia

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