NEW DELHI: Another batch of 12 Indian track and field athletes on Thursday left the country for Australia to get acclimatised to the conditions there ahead of next month's
Commonwealth Games
in
Gold Coast
.
With four athletes, including star javelin thrower
Neeraj Chopra, having left for Australia on Wednesday, the total number of Indians from track and field to reach Australia well in advance of the CWG has risen to 16.
The team that departed the country today included quartermilers Dharun Ayyasamy, Muhammed Anas, Amoj Jacob, Kunhu Mohammed, Arokia Rajiv, Santosh Kumar, Hima Das, MR Poovamma, Sarita Gayakwad and
Sonia Baishya
, and discus thrower
Navjeet Kaur Dhillon
and heptathlete
Purnima Hembram
.
The Indian team will attend a two-week acclimatisation camp at Gold Coast's Sports Super Center before the Games.
Besides Chopra, triple jumper Arpinder Singh and long jumpers Nayana James and
Neena Varakil
were the athletes who left for Australia yesterday.
The
Athletics Federation of India
had named 31 track and field athletes to represent the country in the April 4-15 Games.
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