Shahnavaz Khan In Indian Team For Asian U-20 Athletics Championships

India has announced its team for the Asian U20 Athletics Championships in Hong Kong, featuring promising athletes like Shahnavaz Khan and Mohammed Ashfaq.

Shahnavaz Khan

IMAGE: Shahnavaz Khan's outstanding performance of 8.23m, a national U-20 long jump record, was recorded at the recently-concluded 24th National Junior Athletics Federation Cup. Photograph: Shahnvaz Khan/Instagram

Key Points

Shahnavaz Khan, a long jumper, has been selected for the Indian team for the Asian Under-20 Athletics Championships.
The Athletics Federation of India chose athletes based on their performance in domestic competitions.
Khan set a national U-20 long jump record of 8.23m at the National Junior Athletics Federation Cup.
Mohammed Ashfaq (400m and relay), Nitin Gupta (5000m race walk) and Pooja (high jump) are also key members of the team.

Talented long jumper Shahnavaz Khan was on Wednesday named in the 48-member Indian team for the Asian U20 Athletics Championships to be held in Hong Kong from May 28.

The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) selected the athletes on the basis of their performance in the domestic competitions.

Shahnavaz Khan's outstanding performance of 8.23m, a national U-20 long jump record, was recorded at the just concluded 24th National Junior Athletics Federation Cup held in Karnataka.

Key Athletes To Watch

Mohammed Ashfaq (400m and relay), Nitin Gupta (5000m race walk) and Pooja (high jump) are the other prominent athletes in the national team for the continental U20 meet.

Indian Team:

Men U20: Rudra Sachin Shinde (200m 4x100m relay), Mohammed Ashfaq (400m, 4x400m relay and mixed 4x400m relay), Piyush Raj (400m, 4x400m relay, mixed 4x400m relay), Venkatram Reddy Mogali (800m), Sandeep Yadav, Vikas Kumar (3000m), Nikhil C (3000m steeplechase), Kiran Kunchan (110mh), Jashanpreet Singh, Amit Kumar (400mh), Nitin Gupta, Tushar Panwar (5000m race walk), Basant (high jump), Shahnavaz Khan, Jithin Arjunan Raman (long jump), Royshan Poorna Chandrasekar (triple jump), Nishchay (discus throw), Ashuvendra Pratap Singh, Aman (hammer throw), Ashish Yadav (javelin throw), Upkar, Rahul Jakhar (Decathlon), Anshu Rajak, Aditya Pisal, Nived Krishna J, Mehebubul Ahamed, Ranjith Kumar Senthil Kumar, Sayed Sabeer, Nakul Prabhu, Abhay Kumar Dubey (4x100m relay).

Women U20: Nipam (100, 4x100m relay), Bhumika Sanjay Nehate (200m, 4x100 relay, mixed 4x100m relay), Aarti (200m, 4x400m relay, mixed 4x400m relay), Neeru Pathak (400m, 4x400m relay, mixed 4x400m relay), Tahura Khutan (400m, 4x400m relay, mixed 4x400m), Muskan (5,000m), Mansi Avinash Yadav, Aisha Verma (3000m SC), Pooja (high jump), Sadhana Ravi (triple jump), Amanat Kamboj (discus throw), Poonam (javelin throw), Bhavana G (4x100m relay), Rujula Amol Bhonsle (4x100m relay), Kajal Hirabhai Vaja (4x100m relay), Sehnoor Bawa (4x400m relay, mixed 4x400m relay), Kavita (400m, 4x400m relay, mixed 4x400m relay), Mehardeep Kaur (4x400m relay, mixed 4x400m relay).