Toor, Chitra lead 75-member Indian athletics team for South Asian Games

Asian Games gold medallist shot putter Tejinderpal Singh Toor and two-time Asian 1500m champion P U Chitra will lead a 75-member strong Indian athletics squad in the South Asian Games to be held in Kathmandu, Nepal, from December 1 to 10.

The squad is a mixture of top athletes and some talented youngsters.

Metric miler Ajay Kumar Saroj, javelin thrower Shivpal Singh and Parul Chaudhary, who runs in 5000m and 3000m steeplechase events, are the other Asian Athletics Championships medallists in the squad.

The new faces include the likes of 200m sprinters Nallabothu Shanmugha Srinivas and VA Shashikanth.

The Squad:

Men:

100m: Amiya Kumar Mallick and Gurindervir Singh.

200m: Nallabothu Shanmugha Srinivas and VA Shashikanth.

400m & 4x400m relay: K S Jeevan, Angrej Singh, Rashid, T Santhosh and Abdul Razak.

800m: Mohammed Afsal P and Ankit.

1500m: Ajay Kumar Saroj and Ajith Kumar.

5000m: Bugatha Srinu and Sunil Dawar.

10000m: Suresh Kumar and Ranjeet Kumar Patel.

110m Hurdles: Maymon ...