Indian players who have made it to the Commonwealth Games so far

Till now 89 Indian players in five different sports have confirmed their berths for the Commonwealth Games 2014, which will be held in the beautiful city of Glasgow from July 23rd to August 3rd. CWG 2014, which is the 20th edition of the games, will see players from 71 countries battling it out with the best in the world.

The Indian team, which finished second by winning a whopping 101 medals including 38 golds and 27 silvers in the last edition of these games held in New Delhi in 2010, would be looking to repeat that historic feat once again or may be even go one better.

Here is a look at all the Indian athletes who have qualified for the games so far:

SHOOTING

Gagan Narang

The National Rifle Association of India has picked a 30-member Indian squad for the CWG 2014. Unfortunately, the two-time World Champion and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award winner Ronjan Singh Sodhi has not been included in the Indian team because of his poor form in the last few months.

The rifle/pistol team for the event was chosen in April whereas the shooters in the shotgun category were chosen on the basis of their scores in the selection trials held in May at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup in Almaty.

In the last edition of the Commonwealth Games, Indian shooters won 14 gold, 11 silver and five bronze medals. Shooting alone contributed 30 out of the 101 medals won by the Indian team but this time the shooting medal events have dropped considerably from 44 in 2010 to just 19 in 2014.

Indian shooting team for CWG 2014:

50m rifle 3 Position men: Sanjeev Rajput, Gagan Narang50m rifle Prone men: Gagan Narang, Joydeep Karmakar10m rifle men: Abhinav Bindra, Ravi Kumar25m rapid fire pistol men: Vijay Kumar, Harpreet Singh50m pistol men: Jitu Rai, Gurpal Singh10m pistol men: P N Prakash, Om Prakash50m 3 rifle position women: Lajja Gauswami, Elizabeth Susan Koshy50m rifle prone women: Lajja Gauswami, Meena Kumari10m rifle women: Ayonika Paul, Apurvi Chandela25m pistol women: Rahi Sarnobat, Anisa Sayyed10m pistol women: Heena Sidhu, Malaika GoelTrap men: Manavjit Singh Sandhu, Mansher SinghDouble Trap men: Mohd Asab, Ankur MittalSkeet men: Mairaj Ahmad Khan, Baba PS BediTrap women: Shreyasi Singh, Seema TomarDouble Trap women: Shreyasi Singh, Varsha VarmanSkeet women: Arti Singh Rao

BOXING

11 Indian boxers will feature in the 20th edition of the Commonwealth Games. This year, for the first time ever, women’s boxing has also been included in the Games. It will make its debut in three weight categories - 51kg, 60kg and 75kg.

Five-time world champion and 2012 Olympic bronze medallist M C Mary Kom failed to impress the selectors as she lost her final bout to Pinki Jangra, a youngster from Haryana, in the selection trials which were held in Patiala last month.

Eight male boxers have also made their way to the quadrennial event. Former Olympic and World Championships bronze medallist Vijender Singh has also been added in the team.

There are 10 weight categories in the men’s section but the Indian team has not fielded any competitor in two weight categories because as per the rules each country is allowed a maximum of 11 boxers. So the selectors decided to put women boxers in all three weight categories while leaving out 52kg and 60kg from the men's divisions.

In the 19th edition of these games Indian boxers won three gold and four bronze medals.

Women’s Boxing team for CWG 2014:

Pinki Jangra (51kg)

L Sarita Devi (60kg)

Pooja Rani (75kg)

Men’s Boxing team for CWG 2014:

L Devendro Singh (49kg)

Shiva Thapa (52kg)

Manoj Kumar (64kg)

Mandeep Jangra (69kg)

Vijender Singh (75kg)

Sumit Sangwan (81kg)

Dinesh Kumar (91kg)

Praveen More (+91kg)

WEIGHTLIFTING

The Indian Weightlifting Federation has selected eight men and seven women for the XX Commonwealth Games after the selection trials held at NIS, Patiala last month.

In men’s section, 2010 CWG gold medalist Ravi Kumar will lead the Indian challenge whereas Sanjita Chanu will spearhead the campaign in the women’s category.

In the Delhi Commonwealth Games Indian weightlifters bagged two gold, two silver and four bronze medals.

Women’s category:

Sanjita Chanu (48kg)

S Mirabai Chanu (48kg)

Matsa Santoshi (53kg)

Swati Singh (53kg)

Meena Kumari (58kg)

Punam Yadav (63kg)

Vandna Gupta (63kg)

Men’s category:

Sukhen Dey (56kg)

Ganesh Mali (56kg)

Rustam Sarang (62kg)

Omkar Otari (69kg)

S Sathish Kumar (77kg)

Katulu Ravi Kumar (77kg)

Vikas Thakur (85kg)

Chandrakant Mali (94kg)

ATHELTICS

Till now only one Indian athlete has qualified for the CWG 2014. In the ongoing 54th National inter-state senior athletics championship in Lucknow, long jumper Mayookha Johny jumped 6.56m to clear the 6.44m qualification mark.

All the qualification marks are set by Athletics Federation of India and not by the CWG comittee.

As per the chief athletics coach Bahadur Singh, “the qualifying marks were only guidelines” and the selection committee would have the final say.

So in the coming days a number of other Indian athletes might make the cut for Commonwealth Games.

HOCKEY

A total of 32 players (16 each in men and women) will represent the nation in the game of hockey in the upcoming CWG.

The world no. 8 Indian men’s team, who are currently playing the Hockey World Cup in Netherlands, will start their campaign against the World No. 35 Wales team on 25th July. The other teams in Pool A include the current World No. 1 Australia, World No. 24 Scotland and World No. 12 South Africa.

The women’s team will start their journey on 24th July when they will take on the 23rd-ranked Canada. Apart from India and Canada, the other teams in the pool include World No. 5 New Zealand, World No. 11 South Africa and the unranked Trinidad and Tobaggo team.

Edited by Staff Editor