Neeraj Chopra is set to compete at the Doha Diamond League and NC Classic in May 2025.
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Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra is a notable absentee as the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) announced the Indian squad for the Asian Athletics Championships, which will be held from May 27 to 31 in Gumi, South Korea.
Neeraj, who is currently preparing for the Doha Diamond League (May 16) and the Neeraj Chopra Classic (May 24), has opted to skip the continental championships.
The AFI announced the Indian squad for the Asian Athletics Championships following the conclusion of the Federation Cup in Kochi on Friday.
Neeraj began his season by winning the Potchefstroom Invitational with a throw of 84.52 metres last week.
In his absence, promising youngsters Sachin Yadav and Yash Vir Singh will represent India in the men's javelin throw event. Sachin won the Federation Cup gold with a throw of 83.86m.
He has been a consistent performer this year, having earlier won the gold medal at the 38th National Games with a Games record. His throw of 84.39m broke the previous record of 82.23m, held by Rajendra Singh of Haryana.
Yash, meanwhile, emerged as the champion at the Indian Open Athletics 2025, edging out Asian Games silver medallist Kishore Jena to claim the men’s javelin throw title.
Indian Squad For Asian Athletics Championships 2025:
Men
200m: Animesh Kujur
800m: Anu Kumar, Krishan Kumar
1500m: Yoonus Shah
3000m Steeplechase: Avinash Sable
5000m: Gulveer Singh, Abhishek Pal
10,000m: Gulveer Singh, Sawan Barwal
Triple Jump: Praveen Chithravel, Abdulla Aboobacker
High Jump: Sarvesh Kushare
Javelin throw: Sachin Yadav, Yash Vir Singh
Shot Put: Samardeep Singh
Decathlon: Tejaswin Shankar
20km Race walk: Servin Sebastian, Amit
4x100m: Pranav Pramod, Animesh Kujur, Manikanta Hoblidhar, Amlan Borgohain, Tamilarasu, Ragul Kumar, Gurindervir Singh
4x400m: Vishal TK, Jay Kumar, Manu TS, Dharamveer Chaudhary, Rince Joseph, Tushar Kanti, Santosh Kumar, Mohit Kumar
Women
200m: Nithya Gandhe
400m: Rupal Chaudhary, Vithya Ramraj
800m: Twinkle Chaudhary, Pooja
1500m: Lili Das, Pooja
3000m Steeplechase: Parul Chaudhary, Ankita
5000m: Sanjivani Baburao, Parul Chaudhary
10000m: Sanjivani Baburao, Seema
100m hurdles: Jyothi Yarraji
400m hurdles: Vithya Ramraj, Anu R
Long jump: Shaili Singh, Ancy Sojan
Heptathlon: Nandini Agasara
4x100m: Nithya Gandhe, Abhinaya Rajarajan, Sneha S, Srabani Nanda, Daneshwari, V Sudeeksha
4x400m: Rupal, Sneha K, Subha Venkatesan, Jisna Mathew, Kunja Rajitha, Sandramol Sabu
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