New Delhi: India will send a team of 14 athletes to the fifth IAAF World Youth Athletics Championship that is being held in Ostrava, Czech Republic from July 11-15.
The team consists of six boys and eight girls with Delhi and Kerala having the maximum representation with three athletes each.
Orissa has two athletes in the team while Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Punjab, Maharashtra and West Bengal have one representative each.
All the participants were selected on the basis of performance at the
National Youth Athletics Championship held in Bangalore on June 1-2.
1978 Bangkok Asian Games gold medallist Suresh Babu is the manager of the team.
Team:
Boys: Sahil Mahindra (800m-Delhi), Ajay Pal Singh (Shot Put-Delhi), Jithin Paul (400m hurdles-Kerala), Shivam Singh (Discus throw-Uttar Pradesh), Ajaj Ahmed (Hammer throw-Delhi), Virender Kumar (Javelin throw-Haryana).
Girls: MR Poovamma (400m-Karnataka), Anu Mariam Jose (800m-Kerala), Neethu Mathew (Triple jump-Kerala), Manpreet Kaur (Shot Put-Punjab), Debashree Majumdar (4x400m relay-West Bengal), Jauna Marmu (4x400m relay-Orissa), Nanda Sarbani (4x400m relay-Orissa), Shriya Vidwans (4x400m relay-Maharashtra).
Manager: Suresh Babu.
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