New Delhi
India’s promising 3,000m steeplechase runner, Sharuk Khan, might be amongst 55-member nationwide staff, together with 27 in ladies’s group chosen by Athletics Federation of India (AFI) that can compete on the September 11 to 13 South Asian Athletics Federation (SAAF) Junior Championships scheduled to be held in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Sharuk Khan twice improved the U20 nationwide 3,000m steeplechase report on the simply concluded World Athletics U20 Championships held in Lima, Peru. He completed 10th within the remaining with a time of 8:42.06 seconds.
Quarter-miler Jay Kumar is one other outstanding athlete within the nationwide staff.
Groups from Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Pakistan have additionally confirmed their entries for three-day competitors in Chennai.
Indian staff: Males: 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 (excessive bounce), Mohd Atta Sazid, RC Jithin Arjunan (lengthy bounce), Bhupendra Bisht, Raviprakash (triple bounce), 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).
Girls: 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 (excessive bounce), Prathiksha Yamuna, Lakshanya SN (lengthy bounce), Rishika Awasthi, Prathiksha Yamuna (triple bounce), 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).