Premier Indian steeplechaser Avinash Sable will lead the India squad for the Asian Athletics Championships 2025 starting in Gumi, the Republic of Korea, from May 27.
The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) named a 58-member squad on Friday, including Jyothi Yarraji and Praveen Chithravel, who recently breached the World Championships qualification mark.
Indian athletes’ participation in the Federation Cup was mandatory for selection, with exceptions made for a few players.
Double Olympic medalist Neeraj Chopra will miss out with Annu Rani and Tajinderpal Singh Toor among the key athletes missing out.
The India squad includes a host of Olympians, Asian Games medalists, and national champions.
Asian Athletics Championships 2025: India Squad
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
- Shot put: Samardeep Singh Gill
- Javelin throw: Sachin Yadav, Yashvir Singh
- Decathlon: Tejaswin Shankar
- 20km race walk: Servin Sebastian, Amit
- 4x100m: Pranav Pramod, Animesh Kujur, Manikanta Hoblidar, Amlan Borgohain, Tamilarasu, Ragul Kumar, Gurvinder Singh
- 4×400m: 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