Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will as soon as once more headline India’s marketing campaign within the World Athletics Championships starting on August 19 in Budapest, Hungary, because the nation will subject a 28-member workforce within the showpiece.

Surprisingly, the Sports Ministry introduced the workforce as a substitute of the Athletics Federation of India (AFI).

Asian document holder shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor has pulled out of the August 19-27 showpiece as he’s recovering from the groin harm sustained throughout the Asian Championships in July.

National document holder excessive jumper Tejaswin Shankar, 800m runner Ok M Chanda and 20km race walker Priyanka Goswami (additionally nationwide document holder) have additionally determined to skip the World Championships as they needed to concentrate on the Asian Games (September 23 to October 8) in Hangzhou, China.

Reigning Diamond League champion Chopra is looking for to clinch a gold medal in Budapest after profitable a silver within the final version in Eugene, USA, in 2022.

The Team:

Women: Jyothi Yarraji (100m Hurdles), Parul Chaudhary (3000m Steeplechase), Shaili Singh (Long Jump), Annu Rani (Javelin Throw), Bhawna Jat (20km Race Walk).

Men: Krishan Kumar (800m), Ajay Kumar Saroj (1500m), Santhosh Kumar Tamilarnsan (400m Hurdles), Avinash Mukund Sable (3000m Steeplechase), Sarvesh Anil Kushare (High Jump), Jeswin Aldrin (Long Jump), M Sreeshankar (Long Jump), Praveen Chithravel (Triple Jump), Abdulla Aboobacker (Triple Jump), Eldhose Paul (Triple Jump), Neeraj Chopra (Javelin Throw), DP Manu (Javelin Throw), Kishore Kumar Jena (Javelin Throw), Akashdeep Singh (20km Race Walk), Vikash Singh (20km Race Walk), Paramjeet Singh (20km Race Walk), Ram Baboo (35km Race Walk), Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal, Muhammed Anas, Rajesh Ramesh, Anil Rajalingam, Mijo Chacko Kurian (Men’s 4x400m Relay).

This story has been printed from a wire company feed with out modifications to the textual content.