NEW DELHI, JULY 4: Olympian P T Usha, Rosa Kutty, veteran throwers Bahadur Singh and Shakti Singh are among the 33 athletes selected, to represent India in the 12th Asian Track and Field Championship to be held in Fukuoka (Japan) from July 19 to 22.Amateur Athletic Federation of India (AAFI) secretary Lalit Bhanot said today that apart from 33 qualified athletes, another chance will be given to the 4 x400 m (women) and 4 x100 m (men) relay teams.
The squad: Men: 100m: Rajeev Balakrishnan, Amit Khanna; 200m: Amit Khanna, M Anand; 400m: Paramjit Singh, Lijjo David, 5000m: Gulab Chand, Harish Tiwari; 10,000m: Gulab Chand, Harish Tiwari; Shot Put: Bahadur Singh, Shakti Singh; Discus: Ajit Badhuria, Shakti Singh; Javelin: Satbir Singh; Hammer: Virinder Punia; 4x400 relay: Paramjit Singh, Lijjo David, P Ramachandran, Jata Shankar, KG Manoj Lal, Dinesh Rawat, 4x100m relay: (subject to achieving qualifying standard) Rajiv Balakrishnan, Amit Khanna, Vikram Singh, M Anand.
WOMEN: 100m & 200m: PTUsha, Rachita Mistry; 400m: PT Usha, Jyotirmoy Sikdar; 800m & 1500m: Jyotirmoy Sikdar, Rosa Kutty; 400m hurdles: MK Usha; High Jump: Bobby Alloysius; Shot Put: Amandeep Kaur; Discus: Neelam J Singh, Swaranjit Kaur; Javelin: Gurmeet Kaur; Hammer: Surinderjeet Kaur; Heptathlon: GG Prameela; 4x100m relay: PT Usha, Rachita Mistry, EB Shyla, Saraswati Dey, Vinita Tripathi; 4x400m relay (subject to achieving qualifying standard): PT Usha, Jyotirmoy Sikdar, Rosa Kutty, KM Beenamol, MK Asha.
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