AFI names athletics contingent, Anju to reach Doha on Dec 3

New Delhi, Nov 29 (UNI) Star long jumper Anju Bobby George and runner Pinki Pramanik will spearhead the country's challenge as India today announced a 43-member contingent for the athletics competitions of the 15th Asian Games at Doha.

The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) said in a release that 21 men and 22 women athletes would form the contingent at Doha.

AFI also informed that the trials for the 4x100m relay would be conducted tomorrow.

Anju will reach Doha on December 3, while 13 athletes, who are training in Muscat, would reach the Asian Games venue on December 2, the AFI release said.

Middle and long distance runners, who are sweating it out in the Bangalore camp, would leave for Doha on December 6.

Women Squad : Hiriyur Manjunath Jyothi (4x100m relay), Poonam Tomar (100m, 4x100m relay), Deepthi Jose(4x100m relay), Nidhi Singh (4x100m relay), Anuradha Biswal (4x100m relay), Chitra K Soman (200m, 4x400m relay), Manjeet Kaur (400m, 4x400m relay), Mandeep Kaur (4x400m relay), S Geetha (4x400m relay), Tintu Luka (4x100m relay), Pinki Pramanik (200m, 400m, 4x400m relay), Shanthi Soudarajan (800m, 1500m), Sinimol Paulose (800m, 1500m), Jaisa O P (5000m, 10000m), Preeja Sreedharan (5000m, 10000m), Anju B George (Long Jump, Triple Jump), Seema Antil (Discuss throw), Krishna Punia (Discuss throw), Soma Biswas (Heptathlon), J J Shobha (Long Jump, Heptathlon), V S Surekha (Pole vault) and Hardeep Kaur (Hammer Throw).

Men Squad : Arunjit Sivadasan Nair (4x100m relay), Arvind Alaguvel (4x100m relay), B G Nagraj (4x100m relay), Vilas Shivappa Neelgund (4x100 relay), Amit Kumar Saha (4x100m relay), Vishal Kumar Saxena (4x100m relay), Binu K Mathew (400m, 4x400m relay), Joseph Abraham (400m hurdles, 4x400m relay), Shankar Patlavath (4x400m relay), Bhupinder Singh (4x400m relay), Aboobacker Thanikkal (4x400m relay), Sreejith P S (4x400m relay), Hamza Chatholi (1500m), Sunil Kumar Singh (5000m), Surender Kumar Singh (5000m, 10000m), Shiv Shankar Yadav (Long jump), Ranjith Maheshwary (Triple jump), Hari Shankar Roy (High jump), Vikas Gowda (Discuss throw), Navpreet Singh (Shot Put) and P J Vinod (Decathlon).

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