Manikanta Hoblidhar, centre, doesn’t discover a place within the 100m. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: SUDHAKARA JAIN
Karnataka’s Manikanta had damaged the 100m meet document within the semifinal, clocking 10.25s which can be the qualification customary set by the Athletics Federation of India for the Asians however the selectors weren’t impressed.
“Had he completed first or second, he would have been thought of,” defined National chief coach Radhakrishnan Nair after the group was introduced right here on Friday.
“We have additionally not included Gurindervir Singh who clocked 10.20s (breaking the nationwide document) within the latest Indian Grand Prix in Bengaluru as a result of he completed final within the Federation Nationals (with 11.21).”
Incidentally, Mankanta had clocked 10.22s in that Bengaluru meet.
Neeraj not within the fray
World champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, who will likely be in motion within the Neeraj Chopra Classic in Bengaluru on May 24, is not going to be going for the Asian Championships which start on May 27.
Asian and Asian Games champion Tajinderpal Singh Toor is without doubt one of the outstanding names lacking within the checklist. The former Asian record-holder (private greatest 21.77m, 2023), who has been battling accidents the final couple of years, suffered his first loss in almost eight years ending second within the Federation Nationals right here on Thursday with 18.77m (AFI’s Asian qualification customary: 19.1m).
While saying the group for the Asians, AFI president Bahadur Singh Sagoo revealed that the federation is not going to embrace athletes who qualify for this September’s Tokyo World Championships by means of the world rankings route on the final minute, after the withdrawal of athletes above them on the planet rating checklist. But the selectors can have the ultimate say on the matter.
The Indian group: Men: 200m: Animesh Kujur; 800m: Anu Kumar, Krishan Kumar; 1500m: Yoonus Shah; 3000m steeplechase: Avinash Sable; 5000m: Gulveer Singh, Abhishek Pal; 10,000m: Gulveer Singh, Sawan Barwal; triple leap: Praveen Chithravel, Abdulla Aboobacker; excessive leap: Sarvesh Kushare; shot put: Samardeep Singh Singh; javelin throw: Sachin Yadav, Yashvir Singh; decathlon: Tejaswin Shankar; 20km race stroll: Servin Sebastian, Amit; 4x100m relay: Pranav Pramod Gurav, Animesh Kujur, Manikanta Hoblidhar, Amlan Borgohain, S. Tamilarasu, G. Ragul Kumar, Gurindervir Singh; 4x400m relay: TK. Vishal, Jay Kumar, T.S. Manu, Rince Joseph, Dharamveer Chaudhary, Tushar Manna, Santosh Kumar, Mohit Kumar.
Women: 200m: Nithya Gandhe; 400m: Rupal Chaudhary, Vithya Ramraj; 800m: Twinkle Chaudhary, Pooja; 1500m: Lili Das, Pooja; 3000m steeplechase: Parul Chaudhary, Ankita; 5000m: Sanjivani Jadhav, Parul Chaudhary; 10000m: Sanjivani Jadhav, Seema; 100m hurdles: Jyothi Yarraji; 400m hurdles: Vithya Ramraj, R. Anu; lengthy leap: Shaili Singh, Ancy Sojan; excessive leap: Pooja; discus throw: Seema; javelin throw: Annu Rani; heptathlon: Agasara Nandini; 4x100m relay: Nithya Gandhe, Abhinaya Rajarajan, S.S. Sneha, Srabani Nanda, A.T. Daneshwari, V Sudeeksha; 4x400m relay: Rupal, Okay. Sneha, Subha Venkatesan, Jisna Mathew, Kunja Rajitha, Sandramol Sabu.
Published – April 25, 2025 08:51 pm IST









