India name squad for 20th Asian Athletics Championships

NEW DELHI: Krishna Poonia, Tintu Luka, Vikas Gowda and Sudha Singh were some of the medal prospects in the 108-member squad that will represent India in the upcoming 20th Asian Athletics Championships, to be held in Pune from July 3 to 7.
Besides, there will be Preeja Sreedharan, O P Jaisha, Mayooka Johny who will be seen in action at the Balewadi Sports Complex.
The squad will comprise of 56 men and 52 women athletes. In the men's 100-metre event, Renjith K G, Anirudh Kalidas Gujjar, M Vijay Kumar, Manikandan, Krishan Kumar Rane and Sameer Mon will seek to represent India.
While in the women's section of the same event, India will have Asha Roy, Merlin K Joseph, Sharadha Narayanan, Sini S, Srabani Nanda and Bhagyashree Shirke.
Renjith Maheshwari will feature for the hosts in the triple jump event.
Vikas Gowda along with two other Indians -- Arjun Singh and Vikas Poonia -- will be seen in action in discus throw.
Sprint queen P T Usha's protege, Luka will compete in her pet event -- 88-metre.
Sreedharan and Jaisha will be part of action in three events -- 1500-metre, 5000-metre and 10000-metre.
Mayookha Johny will compete in long jump along with Prajusha M A and Neena V. Mayookha will also be part of the triple jump event.
Krishna Poonia will compete in the discus throw event.
The Squad:
MEN:
100 & 4x100m Relay: 1. Anirudh Kalidas Gujjar; 2. M Vijay Kumar; 3. Manikandan; 4. Krishan Kumar Rane; 5. Sameer Mon; 6. Renjith Kg.
200m: 1. Pratiek Ninawe; 2. Ritesh Anand; 3. Amiya Kumar Mallick.
400m, 4x400m Relay: 1. Kunhi Mohammed; 2. Neeraj Pawar; 3. Aroakia Rajiv; 4. Bibin Mathew; 5. Davinder Singh; 6. SachinRoby.
400 Hurdles: 1. Satinder Singh; 2. Jithin Paul; 3. Rama Chandren.
800m: 1. Sajeesh Joseph; 2. Manjit Singh; 3. Sagaya Raja Francis
1500m: 1. Sandeep - Ii; 2. Pranjal Gogoi
5000m: 1. Lakshmanan Nitinder; 2. Singh Mohd. Yunus
10000m: 1. Khet Ram; 2. Rati Ram Saini; 3. Lakshmanan
3000m Steeple Chase: 1. Jaiveer Singh; 2. Naveen Kumar
110m Hurdles: 1. Sidhant T; 2. Pinto Mathew
High Jump: 1. Jithin C. Thomas; 2. Nikhal Chitrasu
Pole Vault: 1. Praveen Kumar; 2. Bala Krishna P.
Long Jump: 1. Prem Kumar; 2. Arshad M; 3. Ankit Sharma
Triple Jump: 1. M Renjith; 2. Arpinder Singh
Decathlon: 1. Bharatinder Singh; 2. Daya Ram; 3. K Dileep Kumar
Discus Throw: 1. Vikas Gowda; 2. Arjun Singh; 3. Vikas Poonia
Hammer Throw: 1. Chndrodaya N. Singh; 2. Kamalpreet Singh; 3. Kaushal Singh
Javelin Throw: 1. Krishan Kumar Patel; 2. Samrjit Singh; 3. Rajender Singh
Shot-Put: 1. Inderjit Singh; 2. Satyendra Singh; 3. Om Prakash.
WOMEN:
100M, 4X100M Relay: 1. Asha Roy; 2. Merlin K Joseph; 3.Sharadha Narayanan; 4. Sini S; 5. Srabani Nanda; 6. Bhagya Shree Shirke
200m: 1. Asha Roy; 2. Dutee Chand; 3. Srabani Nanda
400m: 1. M R Poovamma; 2. Nirmala
4x400m Relay: 1. Anu Mariam Jose; 2. Anil Da Thomas; 3. Sarita; 4. Priyanka Mondal
400MH: 1. Elavarasi; 2. Anu R
800m: 1. Tintu Luka; 2. M Gomathi; 3. Sushma Devi
1500m, 5000m & 10000m: 1. Op Jaisha; 2. Sini A Marcose; 3. Jhuma Khatoon; 4. Preeja Sreedharan; 5. L. Suriya; 6. Kavita Raut; 7. Monika Athare
3000M: 1. Sudha Singh; 2. Kiran Tiwari; 3. Priyanka Patel
High Jump: 1. Sahana Kumari; 2. Mallika Mondal
100mh: 1. Gayathry G; 2. Hamasree J
Pole Vault: 1. Khyathi; 2. V.S. Sureka
Long Jump: 1. Mayookha Johny; 2. Neena V; 3. Prajusha Ma
Triple Jump: 1. Mayookha Johny; 2. Sheena N.V; 3. Amitha Baby
Heptathlon: 1. Susmita Singha Roy; 2. Navpreet Kaur; 3. Liksy Joseph
Discus Throw: 1. Krishna Poonia; 2. Seema Antil; 3. Navjeet Kaur Dhillon
Hammer Throw: 1. Manjubala; 2. Gunjan Singh
Javelin Throw: 1. Suman Devi; 2. Annu Rani
Shot Put: 1. P.Udaya Laxmi; 2. Neha Singh; 3. Navjit Kaur.