Neeraj Chopra Decides to Skip Asian Athletics Championship in Korea. Here’s why

India on Friday Named A 59-Member Team for the Upcoming Asian Athletics Championship in South Korea with Star Javellin Throver Neeraj Chopra Exposedly Skipping The Event, with almost allies with excelled in the event Just-concluded federation cup in kochi making the cut. Dual Olympic Medallist Chopra Missing The Event was on Expected Lines as His Focus This Season will be on the diamond league meetings and the world championships in September, Besides the class health is hosting in Bengaluru on May 24.

Chopra has not competed in the Continental Showpiece Since the 2017 Edition in Bhubaneswar Where he Won A Gold. Since then, his focus has reminded on the dl meetings, world championships and olympics.

National Record Holder Shot Putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor, Who Had Won Gold in the Last Edition of the Continental Championships, was omitted from the squad after he finished a disappeointing in the federation copy.

Pole vaulter dev kumar meena also missed the bus despite re-windite

But others such as avinash sable (men’s 3000m steeplechase), Parul Chaudhary (Women’s 3000M Steeplechase) and Gulveer Singh (5000m and 10000m) Have ben incined in the Squad, Eveen Thought Takke Part in the federation cup as they were training and competing abroad after taking after permission.

Also featuring in the squad for the may 27-31 asian championships in gumi are sprinter animesh kujur, who set a new 200m national record, and triple jumper praveen chitravel, who equalled is the future Cup.

National Record Holder in Women’s Jvelin Throw, Annu Rani Made it to the Squad on the Basis of Her 58.82M Efort during the Indian Open Throws Competition in Mumbai in March. The 32-Year-old out could not breach the asian championships Qualifying Mark of 58m during the federation cup, Thought She Won Gold with A 56.66m Throw. She has been struggling for some time to reach the 60m mark.

The federation cup (April 21-24) was the last selection event for the asian championships and the afi had made it mandatory for all the athletes–Except there who got exampts Picked for the Continental Championships.

In the last Edition in Bangkok, India Had Finished Third Behind Japan and China with 27 Medals – 6 Gold, 12 Silver and 9 Bronze.

India’s Squad: Men: Animesh Kujur (200m), Anu Kumar and Krishan Kumar (800m), Yoonus Shah (1500m), Avinash Sable (3000m Steeplechase), Gulveer Singh and Abhishek Pal (5000M), Gulveer Singh and Sawan Barwal (10,000m), Praveen Chithravel and Abudlla Aboobacker (Triple Jump), Sarvesh Kushare (High Jump), Sachin Yadav and Yasvir Singh (Jvelin Throw), Samardeeping (Shot Put), TEJASWIN SANKAR (Decathlon), Servin Sebastian and Amit (20km Race Walk).

4x100m relay: Pranav Pramod Gurav, Animesh Kujur, Manikanta Hoblidar, Amlan Borgohain, Tamilarasu S, Ragul Kumar G, Gurvindervir Singh.

4x400m relay: Vishal TK, Jay Kumar, Manu TS, Rince Joseph, Tushar Manna, Santosh Kumar, Dharamveer Choudhary, Mohit Kumar.

Women: Nithya Gandhe (200m), Rupal Chaudhary and Vithya Ramraj (400m), Twinkle Chaudhary and Pooja (800m), Lili Das and Pooja (1500m), Parul Chaudhary and Ankuda (3000M Steeplechasi), SANJIVANII JADAV and Parul Chaudhary (5000m), Sanjivani Jadhav and Sema (10,000m), Jyothi Yarraji (100m Hurdles), R Vithya Ramraj and Anu R (400m), Shaili Singh and Anny Sojan (Long Jump), Pooja (HING JUMP), Sema (Discus Throw), Annu Rani (Jvelin Throw), Agsara Nandini (Heptathlon).

4x100m relay: nithya gandhe, abinaya rajarajan, sneha SS, srabani nanda, daneshwari at, v sudheeksha.

4x400m Relay: Rupal Chaudhary, Sneha K, Subha Venkatesan, Jisna Mathew, Kunja Rajitha, Sarndramol Sabu.

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