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Press Release
Upbeat India Youth Athletics Team leaves for Doha
New Delhi, May 6, 2015: A 22-member India Youth Athletics Team, comprising
of some of the most promising talent in the country, left here early morning to
participate in the Asian Youth Championships at Doha. The first-ever Asian
Youth Championships will be held at the Qatari capital from May 8-11.
The India Youth Team consists of 9 girls and 13 boys and is expected to be one
of the largest delegations at the Asian Youth Championships. Upcoming talent
like Beant Singh in the 800 metres, Jisna Mathew (200m and 400m), a trainee
of the legendary PT Usha, high jumper Tejaswin Shankar, hammer throwers
Abhishek Drall and Ashish Jakhar are some of the athletes in the team who
shot into the limelight at the National level in season 2014.
The first Asian Youth Athletics Championship will witness more than 400
athletes competing from more than 40 countries, along with 170 coaches,
support staff and medical staff to back them.
The India Youth Team was selected on the basis of performance of the athletes
at the National Youth Championships held at Goa in April, which was followed
by a week-long training camp at SAI Centre-Sonepat. The India Youth Team has
a packed calendar this year, with the World Youth Championships and the
Commonwealth Youth Games slated to be held later this year.
On eve of the India Youth Team’s departure, Athletics Federation of India
President and Olympian Mr Adille J. Sumariwalla said, “The youth programme
is an integral and key component of AFI’s overall training programme to
produce elite athletes who can excel at the Olympics, and also popularise
athletics amongst the masses. I extend my best wishes to all the 22
participants of the India Youth Team and the coaches for the 1st Asian Youth
Athletics Championships.”
India Youth Team
Girls: Aleesha Panachikkal Raju, Anumol Thampi (3000m), Durga Pramod
Deore (1500m), Jisna Mathew (200m & 400m), Sayana Prabhakaran Omana
(400m H), Seema (discus throw), Tiasha Samadder (400m H), Laimwn Narzary
(high jump), Sonal Goyal (shot put & discus throw)
Boys: Abhishek Drall (javelin throw), Ashish Bhalothia (shot put), Ashish Jakhar
(hammer throw), Beant Singh (800m), Chandan Bauri (200m & 400m), Kishan
Narshi Tadvi (3000m), Meraj Ali (hammer throw), Mohd Hadeesh (javelin
throw), Nuzrat (100m), Sonu Kumar (long and triple jump), Tejaswin Shankar
(high jump), Rajesh Ramasamy (decathlon) and Chirag (200m). Coaches: Chief
coach-Wazir Singh; coaches: Jaipal Singh and Renu (Bala) Kohli.