The Athletics Federation of India named a 37-member squad headlined by Neeraj Chopra for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games with quite a few entrants being subject to achieving the qualifying mark in Kazakhstan later this month.
Missing out was long jumper Jeswin Aldrin despite achieving the AFI-set standard at the Federation Cup in April and marathoner Srinu Bugatha who had done the same in January. High jumper Tejaswin Shankar, who cleared the 2.27m mark in the NCAA recently, was not considered. The Indian contingent is expected to participate in the XXXI Qosanov Memorial, a World Athletics Continental Tour event, in Kazakhstan on June 25-26 before the final list.
“There are a few athletes we have included whose performances we are not satisfied with and their entries will be subject to achieving the standard in Kazakhstan,” AFI president Adille Sumariwalla said. These include shot-putter Tajinder Pal Singh Toor and discus thrower Seema Punia.
