AFI Media
July 27, 2022
New Delhi- A 32-member Indian athletics team comprising 17 men and 15 women athletes is all set to compete in the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham from July 28 to August 8, 2022. The larger Indian athletics contingent compared to 26 athletes in the previous edition of the Games at Gold Coast will start its campaign with men’s Marathon on Saturday.
Adille J Sumariwalla, AFI President said, “The Indian team is full of young athletes and it is a great chance for these youngsters to shine at the CWG. We have a good team of 32 athletes though our quota for the Games was 36. Injury concerns forced Olympic Champion and 2018 CWG gold medallist in javelin throw Neeraj Chopra and shot putter Tajinder Singh Toor to pull out of the Games. In 4x400m men’s relay team, we have replaced Rajesh Ramesh who has minor injury and could not perform as expected at the World Championships with Mohammed Anas,”
“Two female athletes are dropped from the team after they failed a dope test. We have zero tolerance for doping. I am also pleased that entry of high jumper Tejaswin Shankar has been accepted by the Games organising committee. Overall, we are expecting a good performance from these youngsters and we want them to give their best and win more medals for India,” he said.
Indian had won three medals (1 gold, 1 bronze, 1 silver) in the last edition of the Games at Gold Coast, Australia in 2018.
Indian Athletics team-
Men
3000 SC
AVINASH SABLE
5000 M
AVINASH SABLE
MARATHON
NITENDER SINGH RAWAT
JAVELIN THROW
MANU DP
ROHIT YADAV
LONG JUMP
SREESHANKAR
MUHMMED ANEES
TRIPLE JUMP
ABDULLA ABOOBACKER
PRAVEEN CHITRAVEL
ELDHOSE PAUL
HIGH JUMP
TEJASWIN SHANKAR
10 KM WALK
SANDEEP KUMAR
AMIT
4X400 M RELAY
AMOJ JACOB
NOAH NIRMAL TOM
MUHAMMED ANAS
MUHAMMED AJMAL
NAGANATHAN PANDI
Women
100 M
DUTEE CHAND
200 M
HIMA DAS
100 M H
JYOTHI YARRAJI
SHOT PUT
MANPREET KAUR
DISCUS THROW
NAVJEET KAUR DHILLON
SEEMA PUNIA
JAVELIN THROW
ANNU RANI
SHILPA RANI
HAMMER THROW
MANJU BALA DEVI
SARITA R SINGH
LONG JUMP
ANCY SOJAN
10 KM WALK
BHAWNA JAT
PRIYANKA GOSWAMI
4X100 M RELAY
HIMA DAS
DUTEE CHAND
SRABANI NANDA
SIMI NS
