Yugant and Himani to lead UP men, women in National Open Athletics championship

Kanpur: Yugant Shekhar Singh of Barabanki and Himani Chandel of Saharanpur will lead UP men and women teams in the 60th National Open Athletics Championships-2021 to be held at Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, Hanamkonda in Warangal (Telangana) from September 15 to September 19.

According to Hridayanand Singh, chairman of the selection committee, only those athletes have been picked who have attained the minimum standards set by the AFI. Few athletes who were close to the qualifying standards have also been selected tentatively subject to the approval by AFI.

PK Srivastava, honorary general secretary, UP Athletics Association (UPAA) said Gaurav Kumar of Agra and Neeraj Panwar of Shamli had been deputed as managers of the team while Saurabh and Ajay Kumar had been appointed as coach of the team. Vivek Singh of Azamgarh would be the physiotherapist of the team.

The team is as under

Men: Yugant Shekhar Singh- (Long jump), Captain(Barabanki) Ajit Chauhan, Naresh Yadav (Agra), Nishant Saini (Hapur), Gurmeet Singh (Saharanpur), Ankush Dangi, Sachin Yadav (Both from Baghpat), Ajay Kumar Bind and Raj Shekhar Pathak (Both from Sant RaviDas Nagar), Aftab Alam (Pratapgarh), Vishal Chauhan (Barabanki), Avnish Kumar, Dhirendra Kumar (Both from Prayagraj), Alok Kumar (UPAA), Shivan Chaudhary (Ghaziabad), Aryan Tyagi (Meerut), Adarsh Singh and Mukul (Both from Amroha), Deepak Yadav and Banvir Singh (Moradabad), Prakash Singh (Kaushambi), Ashwani Kumar Saharawat and Ram Baboo (Both from Etawah). *23 Athletes

Women: Himani Chandel- (100m. and 200m)-Captain, Seema Kumari and Priti Chauhan (All from Saharanpur), Teena (Moradabad), Deepshikha (Ballia), Sabhya Patel, Reema Patel, Phoolan Pal, Shaili Dhama, Bandana Patel and Priyanka Patel (All from Varanasi), Savita Pal, Neetu Kumari and Neetika Verma (All from Prayagraj), Jyoti and Kiran Baliyan (Both from Meerut), Richa Bhadauria (Farrukhabad), Shivangi Dubey and Vibha Yadav (Both from Sant Kabir Nagar), Sonam (Amroha), Anshika and Shameena Khatoon (Both from Unnao), Kashish (Kaushambi), Tanya Chaudhary (Baghpat) Pallavi (UPAA) * 25 Athletes

The athletes will report to team manager Gaurav Kumar and chief coach Saurabh at Warangal one day prior to their participation in the national championships. The entry of the athletes is subject to the acceptance by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) on the basis of record verification of the performance achieved and submitted for entry, Srivastava said.


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