Sprinter Hima Das has been selected by Athletics Federation of India (AFI) to be part of the 25-member national team comprising 16 men and nine women for the IAAF World Championships to be held in Doha, Qatar, from September 27 to October 6.
Sprinter Hima Das has been selected by Athletics Federation of India (AFI) to be part of the 25-member national team comprising 16 men and nine women for the IAAF World Championships to be held in Doha, Qatar, from September 27 to October 6.
The squad will look to make an impact at the event as there is just less than a year left for the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
The AFI believes that the 4x400m relay teams will perform better than they did in the World Relays in Yokohama in May last.
“We have invested a lot of time in the 400m runners, getting them to train under renowned coach Galina Bukharina. We believe that the squad has been well prepared to deliver the best results on the World Stage,” AFI President Adille J. Sumariwalla said on Monday.
However, 400m runner Arokia Rajiv is unavailable due to injury, while the selectors have decided to discuss the case of javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra who is undergoing rehabilitation programme after an elbow surgery at a later stage.
The selection committee has also approved the names of sprinters Dutee Chand (100m Women), Archana Suseentran (200m Women) and high jumper Tejaswin Shankar from IAAF based on their world rankings.
The committee also decided to conduct a confirmatory trial for quarter-miler Anjali Devi for selection in the team in individual women’s 400m. The trial will be conducted on 21st September 2019 at NS-NIS Patiala.
The AFI selection committee meeting, chaired by Olympian Gurbachan Singh Randhawa, was attended by AFI President AdilleJ Sumariwalla, Chief Coach Bahadur Singh, Bahadur Singh Saggu, Krishna Poonia, Praveen Jolly, Uday Prabhu, Paramjit Singh. Former Chief Coach JS Saini and Deputy Chief Coach Radhakrishnan Nair were special invitees.
The team:
Men: Jabir MP (400m Hurdles), Jinson Johnson (1500m), Avinash Sable (3000m Steeplechase), KT Irfan and Devender Singh (20km Race Walk), Gopi T (Marathon),Sreeshankar M (Long Jump), Tajinder Pal Singh Toor (Shot Put), Shivpal Singh (Javelin Throw), Muhammed Anas, Nirmal Noah Tom, Alex Antony, Amoj Jacob, KS Jeevan, Dharun Ayyasamy and Harsh Kumar (4x400m Men’s & MixedRelay).
Women: PU Chitra (1500m),Annu Rani (Javelin Throw), Hima Das, Vismaya VK, Poovamma MR, Jisna Mathew, Revathi V, SubhaVenkatsan, Vithya R (4x400m Women & Mixed Relay).
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