India will field a 24-member squad at the first of three 2005 Asian Athletics Grand Prix series at Sidoarjo, Indonesia June 18.
Track events for men during the one-day competition will include races over 100m, 400m, and 800m, as also the 110-metre hurdles. Field events will include long jump, high jump, shot put and javelin throw.
The women's events include 100m and 400m sprints, 400m hurdles, 1,500m, long jump, high jump, shot put, and discus throw.
One hundred and twenty-two athletes - 67 men and 55 women - from 18 Asian countries will participate in the event, according to an Athletics Federation of India release.
The second series will be held in Singapore June 21, and the third in Songkhla, Thailand, June 24.
The team: Men: 100m: Anil Kumar and Piyush Kumar; 400m: Bhupinder Singh and Satbir Singh; 800m: Ghamanda Ram; 110m hurdles: H. Krishna Mohan, Shot put: Ranvijay Singh and Navpreet Singh; Javelin: Jagdish Kumar Bishnoi and Sunil Goswami; Long jump: Maha Singh; High jump: Hari Shankar Roy.
Women: 100m: Poonam Tomar, 400m: S. Geetha and Manjeet Kaur; 1500m: Sinimol Paulose, Sunita Rani and Sunita Kanojia; 400m hurdles: K. Chitra Soman; Discus: Seema Antil, Neelam J. Singh, Krishna Poonia and Harwant Kaur; Long jump: Anju B. George.
Harvard students condemn Oxford University
Publish Date : 3/5/2007 7:11:00 AM
Two Harvard students, including an NRI, have condemned Oxford University, where they are Rhodes scholars, as "outdated" and "frustrating" and dismissed its world famous Bodleian library as "less than inspiring".
Indian embassy to outsource jobs to American firm
Publish Date : 3/5/2007 7:10:00 AM
After taking thousands of American jobs through outsourcing, India is planning to give a few back. The Indian embassy in the US capital is planning to outsource processing of visas to a US-based company.
Badal heads 18-member coalition ministry in Punjab(Final lead: Badal)
Publish Date : 3/3/2007 7:29:00 AM
Octogenarian leader of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Parkash Singh Badal, on Friday took oath as Punjab's new Chief Minister and will lead an 18-member SAD-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) coalition ministry.
Bareilly eunuch adopts a girl child
Publish Date : 3/3/2007 7:22:00 AM
It was a day of celebration for Saroj, a eunuch in Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh, as 'she' has become a 'mother' by adopting a baby girl.
Kalam offers prayer at Fatehpuri Masjid
Publish Date : 3/3/2007 7:16:00 AM
Keeping a promise made two years ago, President A P J Abdul Kalam today offered prayers at the historic Fatehpuri Masjid in Chandni Chowk here along with thousands of Muslims.
Union Budget directionless, says Modi
Publish Date : 3/1/2007 8:41:00 AM
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today criticised the Union Budget by terming it as "directionless".
Centre allocates over Rs 100 crore for minority zones
Publish Date : 3/1/2007 8:38:00 AM
Unfazed by the BJP's criticism over its welfare schemes for Muslims, the Congress-led Central Government has allocated over Rs 100 crore for development programmes in select districts with a sizeable population of minorities.
Kins of political bigwigs fail to find voters' favour
Publish Date : 3/1/2007 8:27:00 AM
The assembly polls in Punjab turned out to be unkind for several kins of political bigwigs as voters rejected most of them barring some of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) supremo Parkash Singh Badal's near and dear ones.
High Court order on age of nursery admission tomorrow
Publish Date : 3/1/2007 8:24:00 AM
The Delhi High Court today observed that the city Government's submission that a child should be four-years-old to get admission in nursery class was contrary to the law.
Parliament session may be stormy tomorrow on Quattrocchi issue
Publish Date : 3/1/2007 8:18:00 AM
After the lull, it is going to be storm again in Parliament tomorrow.
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