Athletics
AFI announces 55-member Indian team for SAAF Junior C'ships
The SAAF Junior Championships will start on September 11 in Chennai.
Sharuk Khan, who broke the men's 3000m steeplechase U20 national record twice at the World U20 Athletics Championships in Lima, Peru, will be a prominent feature at the SAAF Championships in Chennai.
The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) named a 55-member Indian contingent for the forthcoming South Asian Athletics Federation (SAAF) Junior Championships, which will start September 11 in Chennai.
Among the notable names who made it to the list was Sharuk Khan, the promising 3,000m Indian steeplechaser.
Sharuk broke the national U20 3,000m steeplechase record twice at the recently concluded World U20 Athletics Championships in Lima, Peru.
He finished tenth in the final for clocking a creditable timing of 8:42.06s.
Jay Kumar, a quarter-miler, is another promising name who made to the Indian team.
The three-day Championships will draw athletes from Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Pakistan.
Indian contingent for SAAF Junior Championships 2024:
MEN
Varun Oori Manohar, Mrutyam Jayaram Dondapati (100m), Partik Maharana, Mrutyam Jayaram Dondapati (200m), Jay Kumar, Rihan Ch (400m), Vinod Kumar, Bopanna Klappa (800m), Rahul Sarnaliya, Priyanshu (1500m), Sharuk Khan, Mohit Choudhary (3,000m steeplechase), Hariharan Kathiravan, Nayan Pradip Sarde (110m hurdles), Sagar Roy, Juwel Thomas (high jump), Mohd Atta Sazid, RC Jithin Arjunan (long jump), Bhupendra Bisht, Raviprakash (triple jump), Anurag Singh Kaler, Siddharth Choudhary (shot put), Ritik, Atul (discus throw), Dipanshu Sharma, Rohan Yadav (javelin throw) and 4x100m relay (M Jayaram Dondapati, Mahendra Santa, Karthikeyan S, Varun Oori Manohar, Vallipi Himateja).
WOMEN
Abinaya Rajarajan, V Sudheeksha (100m), Unnathi Aiyappa Bolland, Neeru Pathak (200m), Neeru Pathak, Sandra Mol Sabu (400m), Laxita Vinod Sandilea, Tanvi Malik (800m), Laxita Vinod Sandilea, Vinita Gurjar (1,500m), Prachi Ankush, Shilpa Dihora (3,000m), Unnathi Aiyappa Bolland, Sabita Toppo (100m hurdles), Pooja, Mohur Mukerjee (high jump), Prathiksha Yamuna, Lakshanya SN (long jump), Rishika Awasthi, Prathiksha Yamuna (triple jump), Tamanna, Pooja Kumari (shot put), Amanat Kamboj, Anisha (discus throw), Deepika, Poonam (javelin throw), 4x100m relay (Abhinaya Rajarajan, V Sudheeksha, Nancy, Neole Anna Cornelio, Rujula Amol Bhonsle).
