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Sports Ministry clears 321 for Asiad

By Our Sports Reporter

NEW DELHI SEPT 4. The Union Sports Ministry has cleared a first batch of 321 sportspersons, coaches and managers for participation in the Asian Games to be held in Busan, Korea, from September 29 to October 14.

The approved list comprises competitors and officials in 19 disciplines. Seven disciplines, badminton, cycling, fencing, gymnastics, volleyball, basketball and football still remain under the suspense category.

The contingent: Archery: Men: Satya Dev Prasad, Limba Ram, Kailash and Ved Kumar; Women: Dola Banerjee and Chekroviu Swuro; Coaches: Chae Woong Lin and C. K. Das; Manager: Anil Kamineni.

Athletics: Men: Anand Menezes (200m), K. J. Manojlal, Jata Shankar, Satbir Singh, Paramjit Singh, P. Ramachandran and Bhupender Singh (4x400m), K. M. Binu (800m), Gulab Chand (500m, 10,000m), Shakti Singh and Bahadur Singh (shot put) and Anil Kumar (discus). Women: Saraswati Saha (100m, 200m, 4x100m), Rachita Mistry, Mandeep Kaur, Anuradha Biswal and Vinita Tripathi (4x100m), K. M. Beenamol (400m, 800m), Madhuri Singh (800m, 1500m), Sunita Rani (1500m, 5000m), Manjeet Kaur, Sunita Dahiya, Manjima Kuriakose, Jincy Philip, and V. Jayalaxmi (4x400m), Anju Bobby George (long jump, triple jump), Bobby Aloysius (high jump), Neelam J. Singh and Harwant Kaur (discus), Hardeep Kaur (hammer), Gurmeet Kaur (javelin) and Soma Biswas and J. J. Shobha (heptathlon). Coaches: Bahadur Singh, Yuri Ogordonik, Harbans Singh, Harjeet Singh, Uladzimir Polahau, Renu Kohli, Anatoliy Fatyeyev, Kuntal Roy, Yuriy Minakov, Jaswant Singh, Gurmeet Singh, Yadvinder Singh Rai and Robert Bobby George; Manager: B. N. Lahiri; Doctor: Volodymyr Porteberkov; Masseurs: Pawan Kumar, Inna Zvereva and Sergiy Chevelev.

Billiards and snooker, pool and carrom: Geet Sethi, Alok Kumar, Devender Joshi, Pankaj Advani, Manan Chandra, Yasin Merchant, Mukesh Rehani, Dharmender Lilly, Rafath Habib, Amit Khansaheb, Mohammed Asim and Siddharth Anand; Coaches: Michael Ferreira, Sanjay Sawant and Subhash Aggarwal; Manager: Ravi K. Tandon.

Boxing: Mohammed Ali Qamar, Som Bahadur Pun, Jitender Kumar, Ng Dingko Singh and Harpal Singh; Coaches: Peter Stoychev Stoyanov and Gurbakash Singh Sandhu; Doctor: Prem Chand Verma; Manager: N. R. Chaudhary.

Bodybuilding: Pauly Varunny, Byju Gopinathaan, Sanayaima Nongmaithem Singh and Dinesh Singh; Coach: Suresh Kadam; Manager: Madhav Kumar.

Equestrian: Wg. Cdr. I. S. Lamba, Maj. Deep Ahlawat, Capt. Rajesh Pattu and Dfr. R. L. Mali; Coaches: Ralf Ehrenvimk and Lt. Col. A. S. Singh; Manager: Lt. Gen. Kishan Pal; Veterinarian: Maj. C. S. Ojha.

Golf: Shiv Kapur, Keshav Mishra, Manav Das and Harender Gupta; Manager: K. N. Shant Kumar.

Hockey: Men: Devesh Singh Chauhan, Bharat Kumar, Dilip Tirkey, Jugraj Singh, Dinesh Nayak, Sukhbir Singh Gill, Vikram Vishnu Pillay, Ignace Tirkey, Bimal Lakra, Gagan Ajit Singh, Prabhjot Singh, Daljit Singh Dhillon, Jagbir Singh, Arjun Halappa, Dhanraj Pillay and Deepak Thakur; Coaches: Rajinder Singh and N. S. Sodhi; Trainer: Sampath Kumar; Doctor: Raj Kumar Jaipal; Manager: Hardeep Singh Dhillon. Women: Tingoleima Chanu, Helen Mary, Kanti Baa, Suman Bala, Sita Gussain, Sumrai Tete, Masira Surin, Sanggai Ibemhal Chanu, Jyoti Sunita Kullu; Suraj Lata Devi Pritam Rani Siwach, Mamta Kharab, Adline Kerketta, Manjinder Kaur, Saba Anjum and Nishi Chouhan; Coaches: Gurdial Singh Bhangu and I. S. Gill; Trainer: Jaswinder Singh; Doctor: Ashok Ahuja; Manager: Rupa Saini.

Judo: Men: Akram Shah and Bhupinder Singh; Coach: Narender Singh; Women: Brojeshwori Devi; Coach: Nusrat Khan Valiev; Manager: Sidharth Chatopadhayay.

Kabaddi: B. C. Ramesh, Samsher Singh, Neer Gulia, Ramesh Kumar, B. C. Suresh, Sanjeev Kumar, Dinesh Kumar, Jagdish, Manpreet Singh, Sunder Singh, Jagadeesha K. K. and Ram Mehar Singh; Coaches: B. Prasad Rao and J. Udaya Kumar; Manager: M. Seetharam.

Karate do: Salauddin Mohammed Ansari and Damang Syngkon; Coach: Anant Ratna.

Rowing: Men: Kasam Khan, Inderpal Singh, Roshan Lal, Sunil Eknath Kakde, Mujeeb Rehman, Kudrat Ali, Jenil Krishnan, Poulose Pandari, Saji Thomas, Ratheesh Kumar Devi Bala, Udaybir Singh, R. K. Pillai and Sajit K. V.; Women: Jincymol Verghese, Monalisa Mohanty, Sobhini Rajan, Manjula Rai, Julee Varghese and Gurpreet Kaur; Coaches: Gopalakrishnan Paniker Sasidharan Nair, Nicolae Vulpe and Ismani Baig; Masseur: Aparesh Roy; Manager: Xavier Jhonson.

Shooting: Men: Abhinav Bindra, Sameer Ambekar, Bharat Singh, A. P. Subbiah, Satguru Das, T. C. Pelangappa, Charan Singh, Jaspal Rana, Samresh Jung, Ved Prakash, T. K. Sikdar, Munju Nath, Gangadhar Sharma, Anwer Sultan, Manavjit Singh Sandhu, Mansher Singh, Maj. R. V. S. Rathore, Moraad Ali Khan and Gaurav Sondhi. Women: Anjali Bhagwat, Suma Shirur, Deepali Deshpande, Kuheli Gangulee, Raj Kumari, Shweta Chaudhary, Shilpi Singh, Sheila Kanungo and Arti Singh Rao; Coaches: Prof. Sunny Thomas; Kanwar Randhir Singh, A. K. Balashanmugham, T. S. Dhillon and Tibor Gonczol; Armourer: D. K. Shukla; Manager: Rajiv Bhatia.

Squash: Men: Ritwick Bhattacharya and Sorauv Ghosal; Women: Joshna Chinappa and Vaidehi Reddy; Coach: Cyrus Poncha; Manager: Col. K. S. Randhawa.

Table Tennis: Men: Chetan P. Baboor, Soumyadeep Roy, Saurav Chakraborty, Subhajit Saha and A. Sarath Kamal; Coach: Kamlesh Mehta; Manager: N. K. Sharma.

Tennis: Men: Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi, Vishal Uppal, Rohan Bopanna, Sunil Kumar and Mustafa Ghouse; Women: Nirupama Vaidyanathan, Manisha Malhotra, Sania Mirza, Ishaa Lakhani, Ankita Bhambri and Rushmi Chakravarthi; Coaches: Ramesh Krishnan and C. G. K. Bhupathi; Doctor: Vece Paes; Manager: Manik Goswami.

Weightlifting: Women: Neelam Sethi Laxmi, Kunjarani Devi, P. Shailaja, Sanamacha Chanu and Pratima Kumari; Coach: Pal Singh Sandhu.

Wrestling: Men: Kripa Shankar Patel, Shokender Tomar, Ramesh Kumar, Anuj Kumar, Palwinder Cheema, Mukesh Khatri, Ravinder Singh, Ranbir Singh, Surinder Singh, Satish Kumar and Virender Singh; Women: Kamini Yadaav, Alka Tomar, Geetika Jakhar and Gursharan Preet Kaur; Coaches: Piara Ram Sondhi, Stanislou Harlo, Randhir Singh, Leanid Liberman and Usha Sharma; Doctor: P. S. M. Chandran; Masseurs: Anita Chingusubam Devi and Bhup Singh; Manager: Balasaheb Landge.

Yatching: Men: Aashim Mongia, Mahesh Ramachandran, Nitin Mongia, Rajesh Chaudhary, Farokh Tarapore, Vikar Kapila, Salil Sabir and Sandeep Srikant; Women: Shilpa Oberoi, Ridhi Jani and Aditi Jani; Coaches: Homi Dady Motivala, Surinder Mongia, Peter Martin, Campbell Whyte Rollin and Andrew Rushworth; Manager: Cdr Pushpendra Garg.

Sports scientists and officials: Ashwani Kuntar (Team wing officer), Oleksandra Krasilshchikev and Hardayal Singh (both training methods expert), S. P. Sahni, Jolly Roy and P. Majumdar, A. K. Ghosh (all Sports physiologists).

Contingent officials of IOA: Jagdish Tytler (Chef de Mission), Col. C. P. Singh Deo (Dy. Chef de Mission), Mukesh Kumar (Secretary).

Youth campers: Amrit Pal Singh (athletics), Aksway Pratap Singh Deo (rowing), Ronak Pandit (shooting), Abhishek Malik (wrestling).

Technical officials: M. C. Chowhan and V. Bawa (both table tennis).

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