The Athletics Federation of India named a 37-member squad headlined by Neeraj Chopra for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games with fairly a number of entrants being topic to reaching the qualifying mark in Kazakhstan later this month.
Missing out was lengthy jumper Jeswin Aldrin regardless of reaching the AFI-set commonplace on the Federation Cup in April and marathoner Srinu Bugatha who had carried out the identical in January. High jumper Tejaswin Shankar, who cleared the two.27m mark within the NCAA just lately, was not thought of. The Indian contingent is anticipated to take part within the XXXI Qosanov Memorial, a World Athletics Continental Tour occasion, in Kazakhstan on June 25-26 earlier than the ultimate record.
“There are a few athletes we have included whose performances we are not satisfied with and their entries will be subject to achieving the standard in Kazakhstan,” AFI president Adille Sumariwalla stated. These embody shot-putter Tajinder Pal Singh Toor and discus thrower Seema Punia.
The 19 males and 18 ladies embody javelin throwers Rohit Yadav and Manu DP, Avinash Sable in 3000m steeplechase and triple jumpers Abdulla Aboobacker, Praveen Chitravel, Eldhose Paul in addition to lengthy jumpers Sreshankar and Md. Anees Yahiya. “We have a quota of 36 and we are seeking assistance from the IOA to increase our quota and secure accreditation for a few,” Sumariwalla added.
Among these whose participation will likely be topic to health are Bhavana Jat within the 10k stroll and quartermiler Amoj Jacob, who bought injured on the Inter-State meet just lately. Sable, Sumariwalla stated, could be entered within the 5000m as properly topic to the programme schedule at CWG.
Asked concerning the lacking names, Sumariwalla was categorical. “Jeswin has been constantly slipping in the last four meets. Tejaswin neither sought an exemption from participating in Inter-State meet nor permission to train and perform abroad despite us being in constant touch with him. Our rules are very clear,” he defined.
Interestingly, Srabani Nanda, coaching in Jamaica for the previous couple of years, has been included within the 4x100m relay though AFI guidelines additionally state that no non-camper could be thought of for relay groups. “She had our permission to train abroad,”
AFI Planning Committee chairman Lalit Bhanot stated, including that even Jilna and Dutee have been coaching individually with permission. “They are all in camp now and will train together,” he added.
The squad:
Men: Avinash Sable (3000SC, 5000m), Amoj Jacob, Moah Nirmal Tom, Arokia Rajiv, Md. Ajmal, Naganathan Pandi, Rajesh Remesh (4x400m relay), Nitender Rawat (marathon), Neeraj Chopra, Manu D.P., Rohit Yadav (javelin throw), M. Sreeshankar, Md. Anees Yahiya (lengthy soar), Abdulla Aboobacker, Praveen Chitravel, Eldhose Paul (triple soar), Sandeep Kumar, Amit (10km stroll).
Women: Dhanalakshmi (100m, 4x100m relay), Jyothi Yarraji (100mH), Manpreet Kaur (shot put), Annu Rani (javelin), Aishwarya B. (lengthy soar, triple soar), Ancy Sojan (lengthy soar), Bhavna Jat, Priyanka Goswamy (10km stroll), Hima Das, Dutee Chand, Srabani Nanda, Jilna M.V., Simi N.S. (4x100m relay).
Conditional entries: Tajinder Pal Singh Toor (shot put), Navjeet Kaur and Seema Punia (discus throw), Sarita R. Singh and Manju Bala Devi (hammer throw), Shilpa Rani (javelin).
Source: www.thehindu.com
