India’s Tajinderpal Singh Toor competes in the men’s shot put final during the Commonwealth Games 2026, in Glasgow, Scotland, Friday, July 31, 2026.
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Altogether 15 Indians, including Tajinderpal Singh Toor, Avinash Sable, Parul Chaudhary, Annu Rani and Murali Sreeshankar, who medalled in the previous Asian Games have been named in the country’s athletics squad for the upcoming Aichi-Nagoya Games.
Other 2022 medallists returning to the Asiad include Rajesh Ramesh, Jyothi Yarraji, Ancy Sojan, Vithya Ramraj, Mohammed Afsal, Tejaswin Shankar, Gulveer Singh, Praveen Chithravel, Manju Rani and Prachi Choudhary.
The squad: Men: Gurindervir Singh (100m, mixed 4x100m relay), Animesh Kujur (100m, 200m, mixed 4x100m relay), Vishal T.K. and Rajesh Ramesh (400m, 4x400m relay), Manu T.S. (4x400m relay, 4x400m mixed relay), Dharamveer Chaudhary and Mohammed Ashfaq (4x400m relay), Jay Kumar (4x400m relay, 4x400m mixed relay), Mohammed Afsal and Krishan Kumar (800m), Yoonus Shah (1500m), Gulveer Singh (1500m, 5000m, 10000m), Avinesh Sable (3000m steeplechase), Yashas P. and Santhosh Tamilsaran (400m hurdles), Murali Sreeshankar and Shahnavaz Khan (long jump), Praveen Chithravel and Kartik Unnikrishnan (triple jump), Dev Meena and Kuldeep Kumar (pole vault), Sarvesh Kushare and Aadarsh Ram (high jump), Karanveer Singh and Tajinderpal Singh Toor (shot put), Yashvir Singh and Rohit Yadav (javelin), Damneet Singh and Praveen Kumar (hammer), Tejaswin Shankar and Thowfeeq N. (decathlon), Sawan Barwal and Kartik Karkera (marathon) and Pranav Gurav (mixed 4x100m relay).
Women: Harita Bhadra and Unnathi Bollanda (100m, 4x100m mixed relay), Prachi Choudhary and Kiran Pahal (400m, 4x400m relay), Gowthami Jayaraman (800m), Pooja (800m, 1500m), Parul Chaudhary (1500m, 3000m steeplechase, 5000m), Seema (5000m, 10000m), Ankita Dhyani (3000m steeplechase), Jyothi Yarraji and Nandhini K. (100m hurdles), Vithya Ramraj (400m hurdles, 4x400m relay), Anu R. (400m hurdles), Ancy Sojan and Shaili Singh (long jump), Lasha Ilango and Niharika Vashisht (triple jump), Sindhushree G. and Baranica Elangovan (pole vault), Pooja and Supriya B. (high jump), Manpreet Kaur and Krishna Jayasankar (shot put), Annu Rani (javelin), Seema and Sanya Yadav (discus), Anushka Yadav and Tanya Chaudhary (hammer), Manju Rani and Priyanka Goswami (full marathon race walk), Pooja and Anamika K.A. (heptathlon), Sudeshna Shivankar, Nithya Gandhe, Srabani Nanda and Abinaya Rajarajan (4x100m relay), Sneha S.S. and Tamanna (4x100m relay, mixed 4x100m relay), Neeru Pathak, Poovamma R. and Saloni Nagar (4x400m relay), Rashdeep Kaur and Ansa Babu (4x400m relay, 4x400m mixed relay).
Published – September 04, 2026 06:23 pm IST
