The Athletics Federation of India on Thursday announced a 54-member Indian squad for the Asian Athletics Championships to be held in Bangkok, Thailand from July 12 to 16.

The team was picked based on performances throughout the season and as long as the athletes in various competitions met the qualification marks set by the AFI. A preliminary team was selected during the Federation Cup back in May and the team was confirmed after the Inter-State Athletics Championships which concluded on Monday in Bhubaneshwar.

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Leading the Indian contingent in Bangkok will be Sreeshankar Murali, the long jumper who recently qualified for the Asian Games and World Championships at the Inter-State competition earlier this week. He is also due to participate in the Lausanne Diamond League in Switzerland on June 30, his second Diamond League event of the 2023 season.

Olympic javelin champion Neeraj Chopra, who will join Sreeshankar in Lausanne, and Commonwealth Games silver medallist 3000m steeplechaser Avinash Sable have not been selected because of their preparation for the Athletics World Championships due to be held in August in Budapest, Hungary.

2018 Asian Games shotput champion Tajinderpal Singh Toor (who set a new national record in Bhubaneshwar), decathlon athlete Tejaswin Shankar, long jumper Shaili Singh and hurdler Jyothi Yarraji are also a part of the squad for the Asian Championships ahead of the Asian Games in September-October.

Indian squad for 2023 Asian Athletics Championships

Men: 

Rajesh Ramesh and Muhammed Ajmal (400m/4x400m Relay/4x400m Mixed Relay)

Amoj Jacob (4x400m Relay/4x400m Mixed Relay)

Nihal Joel William, Mijo Chacko Kurian and Muhammed Anas Yahiya (4x400m Relay)

Krishan Kumar and Mohammed Afsal (800m)

Ajay Kumar Saroj and Jinson Johnson (1500m)

Gulveer Singh, Abhishek Pal (5000m/10000m)

Mohammed Nurhasan and Bal Kishan (3000m Steeplechase)

Yashas Palaksha and Santhosh Kumar (400m hurdles)

Tejaswin Shankar (Decathlon)

Sarvesh Anil Kushare (High Jump)

Jeswin Aldrin and Murali Sreeshankar (Long Jump)

Praveen Chithravel and Abdulla Aboobacker (Triple Jump)

Tajinderpal Singh Toor and Karanveer Singh (Shot Put)

Rohit Yadav and D P Manu (Javelin Throw)

Akshdeep Singh and Vikash Singh (20km Race Walk)

Women:

Jyothi Yarraji (200m/100m Hurdles)

Nithya Ramraj (100m Hurdles)

Aishwarya Mishra (400m/4x400m Relay/4x400m Mixed Relay)

Chanda and Lavika Sharma (800m)

Lili Das (1500m)

Ankita (5000m)

Parul Chaudhary (5000m/3000m Steeplechase)

Sanjivani Jadhav (10000m)

Priti (3000m Steeplechase)

Pooja and Rubina Yadav (High Jump)

Baranica Elangovan (Pole Vault)

Shaili Singh and Ancy Sojan (Long Jump)

Abha Khatua and Manpreet Kaur (Shot Put)

Annu Rani (Javelin Throw)

Swapna Barman (Heptathlon)

Priyanka and Bhawna Jat (20km Race Walk)

Rezoana Mallick Heena and Jyothika Sri Dandi (4x400m Relay/4x400m Mixed Relay)

Anjali Devi, Jisna Mathew and Subha Venkatesan (4×400)