New Delhi

India’s 26 years previous Olympic and world champion in males’s javelin throw, Neeraj Chopra, is amongst 28-member monitor and area group shortlisted by Athletics Federation of India (AF) choice panel for the Paris Olympic Video games.

The 28-member Indian athletics contingent consists of 11 feminine athletes for the Olympic Video games beginning July 26. The monitor and area competitors will probably be carried out at Stade de France stadium in Paris between August 1 to August 11.

World Athletics has additionally launched marathon race stroll combined relay occasion on the Paris Olympic Video games, whereas males’s 50km race stroll has been excluded from the Olympics programme.

Workforce: Males: Avinash Sable (3,000m steeplechase), Neeraj Chopra, Kishore Kumar Jena (javelin throw), Tajinderpal Singh Toor (shot put), Praveen Chithravel, Abulla Aboobacker (triple leap), Sarvesh Kushare (excessive leap), Akshdeep Singh, Vikash Singh, Paramjeet Singh Bisht (20km race stroll), Muhammed Anas, Muhammed Ajmal, Amoj Jacob, Santhosh Tamilarasan, Rajesh Ramesh, Mijo Chacko Kurian (4x400m relay), Suraj Panwar (race stroll combined marathon)

Ladies: Kiran Pahal (400m), Parul Chaudhary (3,000m steeplechase and 5,000m). Jyothi Yarraji (100m hurdles), Annu Rani (javelin throw), Abha Khatua (shot put), Jyothika Sri Dandi, Subha Venkatesan, Vithya Ramraj, Poovamma MR, Prachi (4x400m relay), Priyanka Goswami (20km race stroll/ race stroll combined marathon).