India athletics squad for Asian Games 2023: Full list of athletes in contingent, team news, previous performance

Athletics has been part of the Asiad roster since the event’s inception in 1951; India has won 254 medals in this event and is ranked third among the participating nations.

India’s Neeraj Chopra in action. | Photo Credit: REUTERS

India will be sending a strong 68-member athletics squad to Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, China, running from September 23 to October 8.

Athletics has been part of the Asiad roster since the event’s inception in 1951; India has won 254 medals in this event and is ranked third among the participating nations.

In the 1951 Asian Games, India won 51 medals out of which 34—10 gold, 12 silver, and 12 bronze—were won in athletics. In Jakarta-Palembang 2018, India won 69 medals, of which 20—8 gold, 9 silver, and 3 bronze—came from athletics.

India athletics squad for Asian Games 2023

Men

Javelin Throw - Neeraj Chopra, Kishore Jena

Shot Put - Tajinderpal Singh Toor, Sahib Singh

20 km racewalk - Sandeep Kumar, Akshdeep Singh

Long jump - M Sreeshankar, Jeswin Aldrin

Triple Jump - Praveen Chitravel, Abdulla Aboobacker

1500m - Ajay Kumar Saroj, Jinson Johnson

800m - Krishan Kumar, Muhammed Afsal

400m - Santhosh Kumar, Yashas Palaksha

200m - Amlan Borgohain

10000m - Karthik Kumar, Gulveer Singh

5000m - Gulveer Singh, Avinash Mukund Sable

3000m steeplechase - Avinash Mukund Sable

High jump - Sarvesh Anil Kushare, Jesse Sandesh

Decathlon - Tejaswin Shankar

Mixed team 35km racewalk - Ram Baboo

Marathon - Man Singh, Belliiappa Appachangada Bopaiah

4x400m mixed relay - Nihal Joel William, Rahul Baby, Muhammed Anas Yahiya

4x400m relay - Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Muhammed Ajmal, Arokia Rajiv, Amoj Jacob, Mijo Chacko, Rajesh Ramesh, Arul Rajalingam

400m - Muhammed Anas Yahiya Muhammed Ajmal

Women

Long Jump - Shaili Singh, Ancy Sojan

5000m - Ankita, Parul Choudhary

3000m steeplechase - Parul Choudhary, Preeti

Javelin Throw - Annu Rani

Shot Put - Kiran Baliyan, Manpreet Kaur

20km racewalk - Priyanka

Mixed team 35km racewalk - Manju Rani

400m hurdles - Vithya Ramraj, Sinchal Kaveramma

Heptathlon - Swapna Barman, Nandini Agasara

800m - Harmilan Bains, Chanda

1500m - Harmilan Bains, Deeksha

Hammer Throw - Tanya Choudhary, Rachna Kumari

High jump - Rubina Yadav, Pooja

100m hurdles - Jyothi Yarraji, Nithya Ramraj

200m - Jyothi Yarraji

Pole Vault - Pavithra Vengatesh

Triple jump - Sheena Varkey

4x400m mixed relay - Soniya Baishya, Jisna Mathew

4x400m relay - Soniya Baishya, Florence Barla, Subha Venkateshan, Aishwarya Kailash Mishra, Himanshi Malik, Jisna Mathew, Prachi

400m - Aishwarya Kailash Mishra, Himanshi Malik

Discus Throw - Seema Punia