Neeraj Chopra and Avinash Sable would lead the Indian charge at the World Championships next month as the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) on Thursday named a 22-member squad, with a couple of athletes being subject to satisfying the federation on their fitness and performance in the coming days.
Rohit Yadav is the other javelin thrower in the side with a world rank of 29 while the Commonwealth Games trio of triple jumpers — Abdulla Aboobacker, Praveen Chitravel and Eldhose Paul — have also been included.
Long jumper Jeswin Aldrin has been overlooked again despite achieving the qualifying mark for the same reason the AFI excluded him for the CWG — poor performance — even as Mohd. Anees Yahiya has been included by making the cut in world rankings.
