Maheshwary, Mayookha, Omprakash to appear for re-trials

The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) Wednesday announced a 56-member contingent, including 30 women, but asked triple jumper Renjith Maheshwary, jumper Mayookha Johny, shot putter Omprakash Singh Karhana and all the three relay teams to undergo retrial Sep 15 at the National Institute of Sports (NIS) Patiala.

They will only be selected for the 2014 Asian Games, to be held in the South Korean city of Incheon, Sep 19-Oct 4, if they achieve a medal-winning-level performance in the trial.

The AFI selection committee comprising, G.S. Randhawa, Shiny Wilson, Mercy Kuttan, former national coach J.S. Saini, current chief coach Bahadur Singh and his deputy Radhakrishnan Nair met here Wednesday, a day after the conclusion of the Federation Cup, which was a qualifying tournament for the Asian Games.

The selection committee considered various factors, such as the dismal performance of some of the athletes at the Commonwealth Games 2014, the current form of some of the leading athletes and the performance at the Federation Cup.

"We have selected only those athletes who seem to be our best medal hopes in the collective wisdom of the members of the selection committee. Those athletes who did not live up to expectations at the Commonwealth Games 2014 will have to further prove themselves and cannot take their position in the team for guarantee," said AFI president Adille Sumariwala.

The Indian squad:

Men:

400m: Kunhu Mohammed, Arokia Rajiv

800m: Sajeesh Joseph

5000m: Kheta Ram, Suresh Kumar Patel

10,000m: Rahul Kumar Pal

3000m steeplechase: Naveen Kumar

110m hurdles: Siddanth Thingalaya

400m hurdles: Jithin Paul, Joseph Abraham

High jump: Nikhil Chittarasu

Triple jump: Arpinder Singh, Renjith Maheswary

Shot put: Inderjit Singh, Omprakash

Discus throw: Vikas Gowda

Hammer throw: Chandrodaya Narayan Singh

Javelin throw: Rajinder Singh

20 km walk: Irfan K.T, Ganapathy.K

50 km walk: Sandeep Kumar, Basant Bahadur Rana

4x400 m relay: Kunhu Muhammed, Arokia Rajiv, Jibin Sebastian, Arun K.J, Jithu Baby, Sandeep

Women:

100m: Sharadha Narayanan

200m: Asha Roy, Srabani Nanda

400m: M.R. Poovamma

800m: Tintu Luka, Sushma Devi

1500m: O.P. Jaisha, Sini A Markose

5000m: O.P Jaisha, Preeja Sreedharan

10,000m: Preeja Sreedharan

3000m steeplechase: Lalita Babbar, Sudha Singh

400m hurdles: Ashwini Akkunji

High jump: Sahana Kumari

Long jump: Prajusha M.A, Mayookha Johny

Triple jump: Prajusha M.A, Mayookha Johny

Discus throw: Seema Punia, Krishna Poonia

Hammer throw: Manju Bala

Javelin throw: Annu Rani

Heptathlon: Sushmita Singha Roy, Swapana Barman

20 km walk: Khushbir Kaur

4x100m relay: Sarbani Nanda, Asha Roy, Merlin K. Joseph, Sini. S, Shantini V, H.M Jyothi

4x400m relay: M.R Poovamma, Priyanka Panwar, Debashree Majumdar, Mandeep Kaur, Ashwini Akkunji, Arya C