Youth Team Reaches Thailand for Asian Championships

18 May 2017

AFI Media

The 35-member youth athletics team of India reached Bangkok, Thailand today to participate in the 2nd Asian Youth Athletics Championship to be held from 20-23 May 2017.

The Indian team comprises 11 girls and 24 boys. A six-member team of coaches and support staff is also accompanying the Indian team.

The 37-member Indian team for the championships was selected based on the performances at the 14th National Youth Athletics Championships held in Hyderabad last month. However, 800m sprinters in the girl’s category- AnkitaChahal from Delhi and Gujarat’s ShraddhaKathiriya were dropped from the team at the last minute due as they were not medical fit to participate in the competition.
List of the athletes: –

 BOYS

S.NNameDate of birthEventPerformance at national youth/ best State
1Gurindervir Singh24.12.2000100m10.74sec-NRPunjab
2Ch. Palender Kumar01.12.2000100m/
200m
10.80secDelhi
3Akshay Nain06.07.2000200m/
400m
22.00
48.56
Delhi
4Manish02.03.2000400m48.95Haryana
5Vikrant Panchal30.01.2000Medley Relay49.25Haryana
6Abhishek Mathew11.06.2001800m1:55.85Kerala
7Avdesh Nagar20.12.20001500m3:57.26Delhi
8Mohd. Meraj30.12.20001500m4:00.20Delhi
9AbhishekUbhe11.05.2000110m
Hurdles
13.90-HEATS
14.14 -FINAL
Maharashtra
10 Punga Soren04.07.2001110m
Hurdles
14.15Odisha
11Rishab Kumar03.09.2000Long Jump7.28UP
12RakeshGond01.04.2001PV4.50Maharashtra
13Mohit28.12.2000Shot Put19.01MHaryana
14Kartikey18.01.2001Shot Put18.79MDelhi
15Abhay Gupta17.03.2000Discus58.80MHaryana
16SahilSilwal17.12.2000Discus53.74MHaryana
17Damneet Singh03.10.2000Hammer72.75MPunjab
18NiteshPoonia31.12.2000Hammer69.47MRajasthan
19RohitYadav06.06.2001Javelin76.11MUP
20AvinashYadav24.12.2000Javelin71.59MUP
21Sanjay Kumar20.09.200110k walk44:41.31Haryana
22SurajPanwar02.04.200110k walk45:35.47Uttarakhand
23Mohit20.03.2000Decathlon6116 PTSHaryana
24SouravRathi02.01.2001Decathlon6034 PTS.Maharashtra

GIRLS

S.NONameDate of birthEventPerformance at national youthState
1Rajashree Prasad02.03.2000100m/

200m
12.33/

25.22
WB
2Daneshwari A T14.08.2000100m12.42/

25.88
Karnataka
3Hima Das09.01.2000200m25.85Assam
4D. Jyothika Sri16.07.2000400m56.76AP
5Adithya K T27.11.2001400m57.34Kerala
6Seema10.01.20013000m9:56.25HP
7PoonamDinkar Sonune04.04.20003000m10:02.14Maharashtra
8Nivya Antony A21.03.2000PV3.32M-NRKerala
9M. Karuniya11.01.2000Discus41.17MTN
10M. Medha04.11.2000 Hammer52.88MTN
11SnehaSuryakantJadhav10.01.2000Hammer51.21MMaharashtra

Coaches

NOFirst NameFamily Name
1WAZIR SINGHPHOGAT
2ARVINDKAPUR
3VIJENDRASINGH
4JAIPALSINGH
5JASWANT SINGH
6SUNITARAI