Date:10/06/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/06/10/stories/2008061055632200.htm

Sport - Athletics

Team for Asian junior meet

NEW DELHI: The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has selected a 35-member team for participation in the Asian junior championships to be held in Jakarta from June 12 to 15.

The team: Junior men: Anoop Pallathil Kunjippa (100m, 4x100m); Amiya Kumar Mallick (200m); Jithin Paul (400m, 400m hurdles); Inderjeet Singh (400m); Pankaj Dimri (800m); Dileep Venugopal (110m hurdles); Shejil Verghese (400m hurdles); Pradeep Kumar (10,000m walk); Yogaraj Lakshmanan (high jump); Angelo Sarojini Simon (long jump); Dhiraj Kumar Mishra (triple jump); Naveen Kumar and Jasdeep Singh Dhillon (shot put); Dharmbir, Mohammad Wasim Akram and Praveen (4x100m).

Junior women: Srasni Nanda (100m, 200m, 4x100m); Shilpa Chamblon (100m, 200m, 4x100m); Harathi Gujjala (400m, 4x400m); Juana Murmu (400m, 4x400m); Tintu Luka (800m, 4x400m); Bindu Simon Rajam (800m, 1500m); Savita Dhankhar (1500m, 3000m); Hemasree Jayapal (100m hurdles); Sithara Thomas Ellath (pole vault); Aishwarya Govindappa Mahadev (long jump); Manpreet Kaur (shot put); Manju Bala (hammer); Radhika Sunder, Shamna Muhammad, Kowsalya Ramaswamy and Sayali Dravid (4x100m); Anu Mariam Jose, Chinchu Jose and Debashree Mazumdar (4x400m).