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Indian Athletics – News – 2nd South Asian Junior Athletics Championships
Indian Team announced – New Delhi, 30 October 2013
The selection committee of Athletics Federation of India met at Delhi today and finalised the Indian Team for the 2nd South Asian Junior (under-20) Athletics Championships to be held at Birsa Munda Athletics Stadium, Ranchi, from 10 to 12 November.
The team was selected based on the performances of athletes in the recently concluded National Inter-Zonal Athletics Championships at Kochi and Asian Schools Track and Field Championships in Malaysia.
The team members are asked to report at Ranchi on 8th November.
JUNIOR MEN:
100m and 4x100m Relay:
Augustine Yesudas (Tamil Nadu), Ch. Sudhakar (Andhra Pradesh), Ramanand (Gujarat), Gaurang Ambre (Maharashtra), S. Likhin (Kerala), Tarundeep Singh (Punjab);
200m:
Augustine Yesudas (Tamil Nadu) and S. Likhin (Kerala);
400m and 4x400m Relay:
Sandeep Lathwal (Haryana), A. Dharun (Tamil Nadu), Noah Nirmal Tom (Kerala), Sibin George (Maharashtra), D. Rengaraj (Tamil Nadu) and Sunny (Haryana);
800m:
Mandeep Goyat (Maharashtra) and Arjun Khokhar (Haryana);
1500m:
Shailendra Singh (Bihar) and P. Mohammed Afsal (Kerala);
5000m:
Albin Sunny (Kerala) and Vikas Malik (Haryana);
110m Hurdles:
Tarundeep Singh (Punjab) and M. Mohammed Nisan (Tamil Nadu);
High Jump:
Rupender Sandhu (Delhi) and Sreenith Mohan (Kerala);
Long Jump:
P. Anburaja (Tamil Nadu) and Bikramjit Singh (Punjab);
Triple Jump:
S.N. Mohammed Salahuddin (Tamil Nadu) and Mohd. Zuber (Tamil Nadu);
Shot Put:
Shakti Solanki (Delhi) and Chataniya Dabas (Delhi);
Discus Throw:
Sachin (Haryana) and Dilyogi (Uttar Pradesh);
Javelin Throw:
Parvinder Kumar (Haryana) and Birendra Singh (Gujarat);
JUNIOR WOMEN:
100m and 4x100m Relay:
S. Archana (Tamil Nadu), P. Deepika (Tamil Nadu), Manvir Kaur (Punjab), Banashri Roy (West Bengal), Meghana Shetty (Karnataka);
200m:
S. Archana (Tamil Nadu) and C. Rengitha (Kerala);
400m:
T.P. Shaharbana Sidhique (Kerala), P.M. Arunima (Kerala), Archana Adhav (Maharashtra), Titir Hore (West Bengal) and Neethu Sabu (Kerala);
800m:
Anjana Thamke (Maharashtra) and Jessy Joseph (Kerala);
1500m and 3000m:
Preeti Lamba (Delhi) and P.U. Chitra (Kerala);
100m Hurdles:
P. Deepika (Tamil Nadu) and Meghana Shetty (Karnataka);
High Jump:
Swapna Barman (West Bengal) and Jyoti (Haryana);
Long Jump:
Shipu Mondal (West Bengal) and Jenimol Joy (Kerala);
Triple Jump:
Rochelle Maria Macfarlane (Tamil Nadu) and Jenimol Joy (Kerala);
Shot Put:
Meghana Devanga (Maharashtra) and Tunlai Narzary (Assam);
Discus Throw:
V. Nandhini (Tamil Nadu) and Manisha (Haryana);
Javelin Throw:
Swapna Barman (West Bengal) and C.K. Prajitha (Kerala).
/ AFI /
New Delhi, 15 October 2013
The 2nd South Asian Junior Athletics Championships will be held at Birsa Munda Athletics Stadium in Ranchi, Jharkhand, from November 10 to 12, 2013.
Eight countries, including India, are expecting to take part in the above championships. Other participating nations are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
The first edition of the South Asian Junior Athletics Championships was held at Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 2007.
As much as 34 events, 17 each for men and women, will be contested in Ranchi. They are 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 5000m, 10000m, 110m hurdles (100m hurdles for women), 400m hurdles, High jump, Long jump, Triple jump, Shot put, Discus throw, Javelin throw, 4x100m relay and 4x400m relay.
Athletes born on or after 1st January 1994 will be eligible to take part in the championships.
The Indian Team for the above championships will be selected based on the performances of junior athletes in the recently concluded National Inter-Zonal Athletics Championships at Kochi as well as the National Open Athletics Championships held at Ranchi in September.
/ AFI /
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