Although the spotlight of the event will rightly be on sprint king Usain Bolt, there are a fair number of Indian athletes who will be looking to make a mark too.
Usain Bolt's decision to call time on his glittering career will dominate the IAAF World Championships in London that starts on Friday.
The Jamaican sprinter, an eight-time Olympic gold medallist with 11 world golds to his name and world record holder in the 100 and 200m, will race just the 100m and 4x100m relay in the British capital.
While the spotlight of the event will rightly be on Bolt, there are a fair number of Indian athletes who will be looking to make a mark too.
Much of the talk in terms of Indian athletes has centred around Sudha Singh in recent weeks. The 3000m steeplechaser's name was quietly removed from the list of Indian participants at the World Athletics Championships on Monday.
Having said that, India still has plenty of athletes who are participating and can bring glory to the country. With 24 athletes competing in 11 events, fans will surely be expecting a handful of medals this time around.
Here is the list of Indian athletes participating in the championship:
Men:
20km walk - Irfan KolothumThodi, Devender Singh and Ganapathi Krishnan
400m and 4x400m relay - Muhammed Anas Yahiya
5000m and 10000m - LakshmananGovindnan
110m hurdles - Siddhanth Thingalaya
Marathon - Gopi Thonakal
Javelin Throw - Neeraj Chopra and Davinder Singh Kang
4x400m Relay - Arokia Rajiv, Amoj Jacob, Kunhu Mohammed, Mohan Kumar Raja, Sachin Roby
Women
20 km walk - Khushbir Kaur
400m and 4x400m relay - Nirmala Sheoran
Heptathlon - Swapna Barman
Marathon - Monika Motiram Athare
Javelin Throw - Annu Rani
4x400m relay - Poovamma Raju Machettira, Jisna Mathew, Anilda Thomas, JaunaMurmu, Anu Raghavan
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