AFI goes by kind e book, names 26-member squad for Tokyo Olympics
As anticipated, the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) glided by kind e book whereas asserting a 26-member group for Tokyo Olympic Games.
Out of the 26, 12 athletes bought direct entry in particular person occasions other than the 4x400m blended relay group. Sprinter Dutee Chand (girls’s 100m and 200m), MP Jabir (males’s 400m hurdles), Gurpreet Singh (males’s 50km race stroll), and Annu Rani (girls’s javelin throw) bought the nod on the idea of the World Athletics’s Road to Tokyo rankings.
“We’re confident of making an impact this time and hope to bring home that elusive Olympic medal in athletics from Tokyo,” P Radhakrishnan, chief nationwide coach, informed indianexpress.com on Monday after asserting the group. Sprinter Dutee Chand is the one athlete who will probably be competing in two occasions — 100m and 200m.
Tamil Nadu runners Revath V, Subha V, and Dhanlakshmi S had been picked after their performances within the trial for choosing the ladies runners for the blended relay group whereas Naganathan Pandi, Sathalk Bhambri, and Alex Antony made it to the lads’s squad.
“We now have excessive hopes about our males’s 4x400m relay group. Let’s wait and watch. If they’ll qualify for the ultimate then it will likely be anyone’s guess,’’ one other high AFI official informed indianexpress.com on the mix of Indian relay groups.
He additionally knowledgeable that coaches and the help workers who will accompany the squad will probably be named solely on July 7.
The athletics occasions within the Tokyo Olympic Games will start on July 31 and can finish on August 9.
Indian squad for Tokyo Games
MEN: Avinash Sable (3000m Steeplechase); MP Jabir (400m hurdles), M Sreeshankar (lengthy soar); Tajinderpal Singh Toor (shot put); Neeraj Chopra and Shivapal Singh (javelin throw); Ok T 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 blended relay: Sarthak Bhambri, Alex Antony
WOMEN: 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 blended relay: Revathi Veeramani, Subha Venkatesan & Dhanlakshmi Sekhar.
