A strong 24-member Indian contingent will depart for Thailand on Saturday to participate in the Asian Grand Prix Games, which will commence in Bangkok on June 22nd. This will the first of the three legs in which the athletes will take part in. The second and third leg will be played in Pathumthani and Chanthaburi in Thailand itself, on June 25th and June 29th respectively.
India can once again pin their hopes on Shot Putter Inderjeet Singh, who is fresh from his Gold medal win at the Asian Athletics Championships, and will be gunning for yet another medal while the likes of M R Poovamma and Srabani Nanda will also look to win medals.
Giving them company will be Jinson Jhonson(800m), Rajinder Singh(javelin throw) and many others who will be hoping to do well in this three leg- event
Here’s the full list of athletes who will compete in the event;
Men’s Team
No. | Name | Category |
1. | Inderjeet Singh | Shot Put |
2. | Rajinder Singh | Javelin Throw |
3. | Ankit Sharma | Long Jump |
4. | Kuppuswamy Premkumar | 100m hurdles |
5. | Jinson Johnson | 800m |
6. | Rajiv Arokya, V Sajin | 400m |
7. | Amiya Kumar Malik | 4x100m relay |
8. | Krishna Kumar Rane | 4x400m relay |
9. | Jyoti Sankar Debnath | 4x100m relay |
10. | Praveen Muthu Kumuran | 4x100m relay |
11. | Manikandan Arumugum | 4x100m relay |
12. | Tamilvannan | 4x100m relay |
Women’s team
No. | Name | Category |
1. | Srabani Nanda | 100m |
2. | M R Poovamma, Anilda Thomas | 400m |
3. | M Gomathi | 800m |
4. | Gayathri Govindaraj | 100m hurdles |
5. | N V Sheena | Triple Jump |
6. | Navjeet Kaur | Discus Throw |
7. | Srabani Nanda | 4x100m relay |
8. | M G Padmini | 4x100m relay |
9. | Himashree Roy | 4x100m relay |
10. | S Archana | 4x100m relay |
11. | Meghana Shetty | 4x100m relay |