New Delhi

Promising Rajasthan thrower Siddharth Choudhary and middle distance runner Laxita Sandilea from Gujarat are ready to showcase their opportunity and protect their shot set and 1500m titles in guys and women’s group, respectively, through the four-day Asian U20 Athletics Championships that will start on Wednesday in Dubai.

The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has shortlisted 60-member workforce, which includes 31 male athletes to contend at the Asian U20 meet up with that will also act as a qualifying celebration for the August 27 to 31 Entire world U20 Athletics Championship to be held in Lima, Peru.

At the 2023 edition of Asian U20 fulfill held in Yecheon, Korea from June 4 to 7, Indian contingent claimed 19 medals, 6 of them gold. The Indian crew also received seven silver and 6 bronze medals to complete third powering Japan and China.

N Ramesh, chief junior athletics coach, was self-assured of strengthening the all round medal tally in the 2024 version of Asian U20 meet up with in Dubai.

“Last year the men’s 4x100m relay workforce gained bronze even though the 4x400m squad claimed silver,” the athletics mentor added. “This time we have good probabilities of successful gold medals in both equally the relays.”

Team

Abiram Pramod (400, 4x400m relay), Aman Choudhary (4x400m relay), Anurag Singh Kaler (shot set), Bapi Hansda (400m, 4x400m relay), Dev Kumar Meena (pole vault), Dipanshu Sharma (javelin throw), Mrutyam Jayaram Dondapati (200m, 4x400m relay), Gaurav Bhaskar Bhosale (3,000m, 5,000m), Harshit Kumar (hammer toss), Himanshu (10,000m race walk), Hima Teja Vallipi (4x100m relay), Karthikeyan Soundararajan (4x100m relay), Kuldeep Kumar (pole vault), Mahendra Santa (4x100m relay), Mohd Atta Sazid (very long leap), Navpreet Singh (4x400m relay), Nikhil Suhas Dhake (4x400m relay), Prateek (hammer toss), Priyanshu (1500m), Rahul Sarnaliya (1500m), Ranvir Ajay Singh (3,000m steeplechase), Ritik (discus toss), Rohan Ghosh (4x100m relay), Rohan Yadav (javelin throw), Sachin (10,000m race walk), Sahil Malik (4x400m relay), Shahnavaz Khan (lengthy leap), Sharuk Khan (3,000m steeplechase), Siddharth Choudhary (shot set), Vikas Kumar Bind (3,000m), Vinod Singh (5,000m).

Women

Aarti (10,000m race stroll), Abinaya Rajarajan (4x100m relay), Amanat Kamboj (discus throw), Anushka Yadav (hammer toss), Anushka Dattatray Kumbhar (400m, 4x400m relay), SAI Sangeetha Dodla (400m, 4x400m relay), Ekta Dey (3,000m steeplechase, 5,000m), Jeyavindhiya Jegadish (400m hurdles, 4x400m relay), Kanista Teena Maria Deva Shekhar (4x400m relay), Laxita Vinod Sandilea (800m. 1,500m), Mishthi Kajla (4x400m relay), Nandini (hammer throw), Neole Anna Cornelio (4x100m relay), Nikita Kumari (discus throw), Pavana Nagaraj (very long soar, heptathlon), Prachi Ankush Devkar (3,000m), Prathiksha Yamuna Ashok Kumar (prolonged leap), Rishika Awasthi (triple soar), Rujula Amol Bhonsle (4x100m relay), Sabita Toppo (100m hurdles, 4x100m relay), Sakshi Champalal Chavan (4x100m relay), Sandramol Sabu (4x400m relay), Shilpaben Veljibhai Dihora (3,000m), Shreeya Rajesh (400m hurdles), Siya Abhijit Sawant (4x100m relay), Sunita Devi (5,000m), Tanvi Malik (800m), Unnathi Aiyappa Bolland (100m hurdles).