Kanpur: Yugant Shekhar Singh from Barabanki and Hienbankel Chandel from Saharanpur will lead a team of men and women in the 60-2021 National Athletics Championship to be held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Hanamkonda in Warangal (Telangana) from September 15 to September 19.
According to Hridayanand Singh, the chairman of the selection committee, only the athletes who have been selected have reached the minimum standards set by AFI.
Some athletes close to qualification standards have also been tentatively selected subject to approval by AFI.
PK Srivastava, Secretary General of Honor, Animal Athletics Association (UPAA) said Gaurav Kumar from Agra and Neeraj Panwar from Shamli had time as a team manager while Saurabh and Ajay Kumar had been appointed as team coach.
Vivek Singh from Azamgarh will be a team physiotherapist.
This team is like under Male: Yugant Shekhar Singh- (Long Jump), Captain (Barabanki) Ajit Chauhan, Naresh Yadav (Agra), Nishant Saini (Hapur), Gurmet Singh (Saharanpur), Ankush Dangi, Sachin Yadav (both of Baghpat )), Ajay Kumar Bind and Raj Shekhar Pathak (both of them from Sant Ravidas Nagar), Aftab Alam (Pratapgarh), Vishal Chauhan (Barabanki), Avnish Kumar, Dhirendra Kumar (both of Prayagaja), Alok Kumar (UPAA), Shivan Chaudhary ( Ghaziabad)), Aryagi Aryagi (Meerut), Adarsh Singh and Banging (both of Amroha), Deepak Yadav and Banvir Singh (Moradabad), Prakash Singh (Kaushambi), Ashwani Kumar Saharawat and Ram Baboo (both of Etawah).
* 23 Women’s Athletes: Himani Chandel- (100m.
And 200m) -Captain, Seema Kumari and Priti Chauhan (All of Saharanpur), Teena (Moradabad), Deepshikha (Ballia), Sabhya Patel, Phoway Dhama, Shailia, Bandana Patel and Priyanka Patel (all of Varanasi), Savita Pal, Neetu Kumari and Neetika Verma (All of Prayagraj), Jyoti and Kiran Baliyan (both of Meerut), Richa Bhadauria (Farrukhabad), Shivangi Dubey and Vibha Yadav (both of them from Sant Kabir Nagar), Sonam (Amroha), Anshika and Shameena Khatoon (both of them from Unnao), Kashish (Kaushambi), Tanya Chaudhary (Baghpat) Pallavi (UPAA) * 25 athletes The athletes will report to Team Manager Gaurav Kumar and Head of Coach Saurabh Warangal one day before participation They are in the national championship.
The entry of athletes submitted at the reception by Athletics Federation of India (AFI) based on the performance verification record achieved and submitted to enter, said Srivastava.