AFI announces Indian squad for Asian Athletics Championships 2025

Neeraj Chopra, the reigning world champion in javelin throw, will not compete at the Asian Athletics Championships, set to be held from May 27 to 31 in Gumi, South Korea.

The squad, announced by the Athletics Federation of India on Friday following the conclusion of the Federation Cup in Kochi, did not have Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Neeraj’s name.

Neeraj is set to compete at the Neeraj Chopra Classic in Bengaluru on May 24.

Here’s the complete squad:

Men

200m: Animesh Kujur

800m: Anu Kumar, Krishan Kumar

1500m: Yoonus Shah

3000m Steeplechase: Avinash Sable

5000m: Gulveer Singh, Abhishek Pal

10,000m: Gulveer Singh, Sawan Barwal

Triple Jump: Praveen Chithravel, Abdulla Aboobacker

High Jump: Sarvesh Kushare

Javelin throw: Sachin Yadav, Yash Vir Singh

Shot Put: Samardeep Singh

Decathlon: Tejaswin Shankar

20km Race walk: Servin Sebastian, Amit

4x100m: Pranav Pramod, Animesh Kujur, Manikanta Hoblidhar, Amlan Borgohain, Tamilarasu, Ragul Kumar, Gurindervir Singh

4x400m: Vishal TK, Jay Kumar, Manu TS, Dharamveer Chaudhary, Rince Joseph, Tushar Kanti, Santosh Kumar, Mohit Kumar

Women

200m: Nithya Gandhe

400m: Rupal Chaudhary, Vithya Ramraj

800m: Twinkle Chaudhary, Pooja

1500m: Lili Das, Pooja

3000m Steeplechase: Parul Chaudhary, Ankita

5000m: Sanjivani Baburao, Parul Chaudhary

10000m: Sanjivani Baburao, Seema

100m hurdles: Jyothi Yarraji

400m hurdles: Vithya Ramraj, Anu R

Long jump: Shaili Singh, Ancy Sojan

Heptathlon: Nandini Agasara

4x100m: Nithya Gandhe, Abhinaya Rajarajan, Sneha S, Srabani Nanda, Daneshwari, V Sudeeksha

4x400m: Rupal, Sneha K, Subha Venkatesan, Jisna Mathew, Kunja Rajitha, Sandramol Sabu