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
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