*The Athletics Federation of India has selected 27 youth athletes for the 2nd Asian Youth Games to be held in August at Nanjing (China).*
The team was selected after an open trials in Thiruvananthapuram on July 26.
The multi-sport Asian Youth Games for boys and girls under the age of 18 was first held in Singapore four years ago.
The team:
Boys: 100M: Soumya Deep Saha (Bengal) and Mohit (Haryana); 200 & 400M: Mohan Kumar (Tamil Nadu); 800M: Mohammad Afzal (Kerala); 1500M: Shashi Bhushan Singh (Bengal) and Ajay Kumar Saroj (Haryana); 3000M: Abhishek Pal (Uttar Pradesh); 400M hurdles: Paramveer Singh (Haryana); High jump: Ajay Kumar (Haryana); Shot Put: Malkeet Singh (Punjab) and Ankit Tomer (Delhi); Discus: Parveen Kumar (Rajasthan) and Nirbhay Singh (Haryana); Hammer: Prakash Singh (Uttar Pradesh);
Girls: 100 & 200M: Dutee Chand (Odisha); 400M: G K Vijayakumari (Karnataka); 800M: Anjana Thamke (Maharashtra); 3000M: Sanjivani Jadhav (Maharashtra); 2000M steeplechase: Lovely Tiwari (Uttar Pradesh); 100M hurdles: Ankta Gosavi (Maharashtra); Long jump: Athira Surendran (Kerala) and Akshaya Sonali (Tamil Nadu); Triple jump: Athira Surendran (Kerala) and Rochalle Maria McFarlane (Tamil Nadu); Shot Put: Meghana Devang (Maharashtra) and G K Namita (Karnataka); Hammer throw: Laxay Sharma (Haryana); Javelin: Pushpa Jakar (Haryana). Reported by Deccan Herald 3 hours ago.
The team was selected after an open trials in Thiruvananthapuram on July 26.
The multi-sport Asian Youth Games for boys and girls under the age of 18 was first held in Singapore four years ago.
The team:
Boys: 100M: Soumya Deep Saha (Bengal) and Mohit (Haryana); 200 & 400M: Mohan Kumar (Tamil Nadu); 800M: Mohammad Afzal (Kerala); 1500M: Shashi Bhushan Singh (Bengal) and Ajay Kumar Saroj (Haryana); 3000M: Abhishek Pal (Uttar Pradesh); 400M hurdles: Paramveer Singh (Haryana); High jump: Ajay Kumar (Haryana); Shot Put: Malkeet Singh (Punjab) and Ankit Tomer (Delhi); Discus: Parveen Kumar (Rajasthan) and Nirbhay Singh (Haryana); Hammer: Prakash Singh (Uttar Pradesh);
Girls: 100 & 200M: Dutee Chand (Odisha); 400M: G K Vijayakumari (Karnataka); 800M: Anjana Thamke (Maharashtra); 3000M: Sanjivani Jadhav (Maharashtra); 2000M steeplechase: Lovely Tiwari (Uttar Pradesh); 100M hurdles: Ankta Gosavi (Maharashtra); Long jump: Athira Surendran (Kerala) and Akshaya Sonali (Tamil Nadu); Triple jump: Athira Surendran (Kerala) and Rochalle Maria McFarlane (Tamil Nadu); Shot Put: Meghana Devang (Maharashtra) and G K Namita (Karnataka); Hammer throw: Laxay Sharma (Haryana); Javelin: Pushpa Jakar (Haryana). Reported by Deccan Herald 3 hours ago.