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Here is the complete list of the full Indian contingent for Asian Games 2018:
Asian Games 2018 will kick off from August 18 to September 2 in the Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Palembang. Around 10,000 athletes from 45 countries will participate in the event.
India have also sent a very strong contingent this year with 572 Indian athletes, 312 men and 260 women, participating in 36 different sports. These athletes will be accompanied by 232 coaches, support staff and officials.
Ace javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will be India’s flag bearer at opening ceremony.
India had sent 541 athletes to 2014 Incheon Asian Games and won 57 medals including 11 Gold, 9 Silver, and 37 Bronze medals. India were placed 8th in the medals tally.
INDIA ASIAN GAMES SQUAD FOR ARCHERY
Men
Recurve: Atanu Das, Jagdish Chaudhary, Sukhchain Singh, Vishwas
Compound: Abhishek Verma, Rajat Chauhan, Sangamprit Bisla, Aman Saini
Women
Recurve: Promila Daimary, Deepika Kumari, Ankita Bhakat, Laxmirani Majhi
Compound: Trisha Deb, Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Madhumita Kumari, Muskan Kirar
INDIA ASIAN GAMES SQUAD FOR ATHLETICS
Men
Track Events
200m – Mohammed Anas
400m – Arokiarajiv, Mohammed Anas
800m – Jinson Johnson, Manjit Singh
1500m – Jinson Johnson, Manjit Singh
5000 m – G Lakshmanan
10000 m – G Lakshmanan
4x400m relay – Dharun Ayyasamy, Mohammed Anas, Jeevan Karekoppa Suresh, Jithu Baby, Arokiarajiv, Kunhu Mohammed Puthanpurakkal
400m Hurdles – Dharun Ayyasamy, Santosh Kumar
3000m Steeplechase – Shankar Lal Swami
Neeraj Chopra to be India’s flag-bearer at Asian Games opening ceremony
Field Events
Triple Jump – Arpinder Singh, Rakesh Babu AV
Javelin Throw – Shivpal Singh, Neeraj Chopra
Long Jump – Sreeshankar
High Jump – Chethan Balasubramanya
Shot Put – Tajinderpal Singh Toor, Naveen Chikara
Road Events
20 km Walk – Manish Singh Rawat, KT Irfan
50 km Walk – Sandeep Kumar
Women
Track Events
100m – Dutee Chand
200m – Dutee Chand, Hima Das
400m – Hima Das
800m – Tintu Luka
1500m – PU Chitra, Monika Chaudhary
5000m – Sanjivani Jadhav, Suriya Longanathan
10000m – Sanjivani Jadhav, Suriya Longanathan
4x400m relay – Jisna Mathew, MR Poovamma, Saritaben Laxmanbhai Gayakwad, Sonia Baishya, Vijayakumari
400m Hurdles – Jauna Murmu, Anu Raghavan
3000m Steeplechase – Sudha Singh, Chinta Yadav
Field Events
Hammer Throw – Sarita Romit Singh
Discus Throw – Sandeep Kumari, Seema Punia
Javelin Throw – Annu Rani
Long Jump – Nayana James, Neena Varakil
Road Events
20km Walk – Soumya Baby, Khushbir Kaur
Combined Events
Heptathlon – Purnima Hembram, Swapna Barman
Mixed
4x400m mixed relay – Kunhu Mohammed Puthanpurakkal, Arokiarajiv, Mohammed Anas, Hima Das, MR Poovamma
INDIA ASIAN GAMES SQUAD FOR BADMINTON
Men
Singles – Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy
Doubles – Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty, Manu Attri, Sumeeth Reddy
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Women
Singles – PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal
Doubles – Ashwini Ponnappa, N Sikki Reddy; Rutaparna Panda, Arathi Sara Sunil
Mixed doubles – Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Sumeeth Reddy, Pranav Jerry Chopra, N Sikki Reddy, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Ashwini Ponnappa
Team – Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy, B Sai Praneeth, Sameer Verma, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty, Manu Attri, Sumeeth Reddy, Pranav Jerry Chopra, PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, N Sikki Reddy, Ashwini Ponnappa, Sourabh Verma, Sai Uttejitha Rao, Ashmita Chaliha, Rutaparna Panda, Arathi Sara Sunil, Aakarshi Kashyap, Gayathri Gopichand
INDIA ASIAN GAMES SQUAD FOR BASKETBALL
Women’s Team 5X5: Nisha Sharma, Pushpa Senthil Kumar, Prasannan Geetha Anjana, Hemmige Mahesha Bhandavya, Palanilkumakalayil Skaria Jeena, Rajapriyadharshini Rajaganapathi, Raspreet Sidhu, Shireen Limaye, Priyanka Prabhakara, Madhu Kumari, Sangeeta Kaur, Stephy Nixon
INDIA ASIAN GAMES SQUAD FOR BOXING
Men
Light Flyweight (49 kg) – Amit Panghal
Flyweight (52 kg) – Gaurav Solanki
Bantamweight (56 kg) – Mohammad Hussamuddin
Lightweight (60 kg) – Shiva Thapa
Light Welterweight (64 kg) – Dheeraj Rangi
Light Welterweight (69 kg) – Manoj Kumar
Middleweight (75 kg) – Vikas Krishan Yadav
Women
Flyweight (51 kg) – Sarjubala Devi
Featherweight (57 kg) – Sonia Lather
Lightweight (60 kg) – Pavitra
INDIA ASIAN GAMES SQUAD FOR BOWLING
Men
Trios: Dhruv Sarda, Shabbir Dhankot, Akaash Ashok Kumar; Parvez Ahmed Saud, Ramachandraiah Kishan, Shoumick Datta
Team of 6: Dhruv Sarda, Shabbir Dhankot, Aakaash Ashok Kumar, Parvez Ahmed Saud, Kishan Ramachandriah, Shoumick Datta
Masters: Parvez Ahmed Saud, Shoumick Datta
INDIA ASIAN GAMES SQUAD FOR BRIDGE
Men: Pranab Bardhan, Sapan Desai, Subhash Gupta, Rajeev Khandelwal, Ajay Khare, Finton Lewis, Debabrata Majumder, Gopinath Manna, Sumit Mukherjee, Shibhnath Dey Sarkar, Bachiraju Satyanarayana, Jaggy Shivdasani, Arun Kumar Sinha, Rajeshwar Tewari and Raju Tolani.
Women: Rita Choksi, Feroza Chothia, Hema Deora, Bharati Dey, Marianne Karmarkar, Himani Khandelwal, Kiran Nadar, Aparna Sain and Vasanti Shah.
INDIA ASIAN GAMES SQUAD FOR CANOE-KAYAK
Men
Sprint: Chingching Singh Arambam, Albert Raj Selvaraj, Naocha Singh Laitonjam, Prohit Baroi, Jamesboy Singh Oinam, Gaurav Tomar, Prakant Sharma, Sunil Singh Salam
Traditional Boat Race: Bijender Singh, Ravinder, Sivasankar Thayyil Baburaj, Manmohan Dangi, Dilip singh Negi, Abhay Singh, Arun Nandal, Suraj Singh Negi, Ankit Pachori, Satypal Tomar, Kiran Singh Moirangthem, Hariom Kurmi, Sachin Kumar, Parminder Singh, Manjeet Singh, Heisnam Nganba Meitei
Women
Sprint: Ragina Kiro, Sandhya Kispotta, Soniya Devi Phairembam, Meena Devi Laishram, Inoacha Devi M, Anjali Bashisht, Meera Das
Slalom: Aarti Pandey, Champa Mourya
Traditional Boat Race: Rajeshwari Kushram, Sanjana Singh, Nazis Mansoori, Dimita Devi Toijam, Manju, Oinam Yaiphabi Devi, Sushila Chanu Shoibam, Aarti Nath, Neetu Varma, Thajamanbi Chanu, Sarju Devi Kojenbam, Yumnam Shamashakhi Devi, Menu, Manisha Rani, Kirti Kewat, Ramkanya Dangi.
INDIA ASIAN GAMES SQUAD FOR CYCLING
Men: Ranjit Singh, Manjeet Singh, Raju Bati, Manohar Lal, A. Bike Singh, Rajbeer Singh, Esow, Appolonious and Dilawar
Women: Deborah Herold, Aleena Reji, M. Sonali Chanu, T. Manorama Devi, Nayana Rajesh Priyadarshini, E. Chaoba Devi and Megha Gugad
INDIA ASIAN GAMES SQUAD FOR EQUESTRIAN
Men: Ashish Malik, Rakesh Kumar, Jitender Singh, Fouaad Mirza, Kaevaan Kevic Setalvad, Chetan Reddy Nukala
INDIA ASIAN GAMES SQUAD FOR FENCING
Women: Thoudam Kabita Devi, Ena Arora, Jas Seerat Singh, Jyotika Dutta
INDIA ASIAN GAMES SQUAD FOR GYMNASTICS
Men
Individual/Team: Rakesh Patra, Yogeshwar Singh, Gaurav Kumar, Ashish Kumar, Siddharth Verma
Women
Individual/Team: Dipa Karmakar, Pranati Das, Aruna Reddy, Mandira Chowdhury, Pranati Nayak
INDIA ASIAN GAMES SQUAD FOR GOLF
Men
Individual/Team: Kshitij Naveed Kaul, Harimohan Singh,Rayhan Thomas, Aadil Bedi
Women
Individual/Team: Diksha Dagar, Ridhima Dilawari, Sifat Sagoo
INDIA ASIAN GAMES SQUAD FOR HANDBALL
Men Team: Kamaljeet Singh, Bajrang Thakur, Atul Kumar, Harender Singh, Sachin Kumar Bhardwaj, Karamjeet Singh, Deepak, Davinder Singh, Harjinder Singh, Navdeep, Naveen, Ramesh Chand, Avin Khatkar, Adithya Nagaraj, Rahul Dubey, Greenidge Dcunha
Women Team: Diksha Kumari, Kajal, Nina Shil, Nidhi Sharma, Deepa, Ritu, Sushma, Indu Gupta, Maninder Kaur, Sanjeeta, Priyanka Thakur, Jyoti Shukla, Banita Sharma, KM Manjula Pathak, Khila Devi, Rimpi
INDIA ASIAN GAMES SQUAD FOR HOCKEY
Men's Team: PR Sreejesh (Captain), Chinglensana Singh Kangujam (Vice-Captain), Krishan B Pathak, Harmanpreet Singh, Varun Kumar, Birendra Lakra, Surender Kumar, Rupinder Pal Singh, Amit Rohidas, Manpreet Singh, Simranjeet Singh, Sardar Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, SV Sunil, Mandeep Singh, Akashdeep Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Dilpreet Singh
Women's Team: Rani Rampal (Captain), Savita (Vice-Captain), Rajani Etimarpu, Deep Grace Ekka, Sunita Lakra, Deepika, Gurjit Kaur, Reena Khokhar, Namita Toppo, Lilima Minz, Monika, Udita, Nikki Pradhan, Neha Goyal, Vandana Katariya, Lalremsiami, Navneet Kaur, Navjot Kaur
INDIA ASIAN GAMES SQUAD FOR JUDO
Men: Vijay Kumar Yadav, Harshdeep Singh Brar, Avtar Singh
Women: Th. Kalpana Devi, Garima Chaudhary, Rajwinder Kaur
INDIA ASIAN GAMES SQUAD FOR KABADDI
Men's team: Ajay Thakur (captain), Pardeep Narwal, Monu Goyat, Rishank Devadiga, Rahul Chaudhari, Rohit Kumar, Girish Ernak, Surender Nada, Deepak Niwas Hooda, Manjeet Chillar, Surjeet Singh Narwal, Rajulal Chaudari, Sandeep Narwal, Mohit Chillar.
Women's team: Sakshi Kumari, Kavita Devi, Priyanka, Manpreet Kaur, Payel Chowdhury, Ritu Negi, Sonali Vishnu Shingate, Sayali Sanjay KeriPale, Randeep Kaur Khehra, Shalini Pathak, Usha Rani Narasimhalah, Madhu. Standby: Priyanka, Shama Parveen
INDIA ASIAN GAMES SQUAD FOR KARATE
Men: Jayendran Sharath Kumar, Vishal
INDIA ASIAN GAMES SQUAD FOR MARTIAL ARTS (KURASH)
Men: Jatin, Jacky Gahlot, Kunal, Manish Tokas, Divesh, Danish Sharma, Parikshit Kumar, Ashwin Pandari Chandran
Women: Pincky Balhara, Malaprabha Yallappa Jadhav, Binisha Nayakattu Biju, Megha Tokas, Jyoti Tokas, Amisha Tokas
INDIA ASIAN GAMES SQUAD FOR MARTIAL ARTS (PENCAK SILAT)
Men: Boynao Singh Naorem
Women: Sonia, Simran
INDIA ASIAN GAMES SQUAD FOR ROLLERSPORTS
Men: Amitesh Mishra, Harshveer Singh Sekhon
Women: Aarathy Kasturi Raj, Varsha Puranik
INDIA ASIAN GAMES SQUAD FOR ROWING
Men: Dattu Baban Bhokanal, Sawarn Singh, Om Prakash, Sukhmeet Singh, Monu, Arjun Lal Jat, Malkeet Singh, Gurinder singh, Dushyant, Rohit Kumar, Bhagwan Singh, Jagvir Singh, Tejash Shinde Hanamant, Jegan Sekhar, Bhopal Singh, Manish Yadav, Hardeep Singh, N. Pranay Ganesh, Rahul Giri, Pandu Rang, Lucky, Akshat, M. Lakshman Rohith, Sumith, Sono Laxmi Narayan, Arvind Singh and Manpreet Singh.
Women: Navneet Kaur, Yamini Singh, Harpreet Kaur, Annu, Sanjukta Dung Dung, Sayali Shelke and Pooja Sangwan.
INDIA ASIAN GAMES SQUAD FOR SAILING
Men: Govind Bairagi, Dayna Edgar Coelho, Varun Ashok Thakkar, Ganpathy Kelapanda
Women: Katya Ida Coelho, Nethra Kumanan, Sweta Shervegar, Harshita Tomar, Varsha Gautham
INDIA ASIAN GAMES SQUAD FOR SEPAK TAKRAW
Men: Niken Singh Khangembam, Sandeep Kumar, Malemnganba Singh Sorokhaibam, Seitaram Singh Thokchom, Henary Singh Wahengbam, Sanjeck Singh Waikhom, Akash Yumnam, Harish Kumar, Lalit Kumar, Ngathem Jotin Singh, Dheeraj, Gurumayum Jiteshor Sharma
Women: Tharangini Annam, Dolly Srivastava, Maipak Devi Ayekpam, Khushbu, Manisha Kumari, Nganthoi Chanu Yanglem, Aruna Devi Mutum, Chaoba Devi Oinam, Linthoingambi Chanu Pangambam, Rashmi, Ronita Devi Elangbam, Jwensinle Kesen
INDIA ASIAN GAMES SQUAD FOR SHOOTING
Men
Rifle
50m Rifle 3 Positions – Sanjeev Rajput, Akhil Sheoran
10m Air Rifle – Ravi Kumar, Deepak Kumar
300m Standard Rifle 3 Positions – Harjinder Singh, Amit Kumar
Pistol
10m Air Pistol – Abhishek Verma, Saurabh Chaudhary
25m Rapid Fire Pistol – Shivam Shukla, Anish
Shotgun
Trap – Lakshay, Manavjit Singh Sandhu
Skeet – Sheeraz Sheikh, Angadwir Singh Bajwa
Double Trap – Ankur Mittal, Shradul Vihaan
Women
Rifle
50m Rifle 3 Positions – Anjum Moudgil, Gaayathri N
10m Air Rifle – Apurvi Chandela, Elavenil Valarivan
Pistol
10m Air Pistol – Manu Bhaker, Heena Sidhu
25m Pistol – Manu Bhaker, Rahi Sarnobat
Shotgun
Trap – Shreyasi Singh, Seema Tomar
Skeet – Ganemat Sekhon, Rashmmi Rathore
Double Trap – Shreyasi Singh, Varsha Varman
Mixed
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team – Ravi Kumar, Apurvi Chandela
10m Air Pistol Mixed Team – Abhishek Verma, Manu Bhaker
Trap Mixed – Lakshay, Shreyasi Singh
INDIA ASIAN GAMES SQUAD FOR SQUASH
Men: Saurav Ghosal, Harinder Pal Sandhu, Ramit Tandon, Mahesh Mangaonkar
Women: Joshna Chinappa, Dipika Pallikal, Sunayna Kuruvilla, Tanvi Khanna
Team: Saurav Ghosal, Harinder Pal Sandhu, Joshna Chinappa, Dipika Pallikal
INDIA ASIAN GAMES SQUAD FOR SWIMMING
Men: Sajan Prakash, Aaron Agnel D’Souza, Virdhawal Khade, Sandeep Sejwal,Advait Page, Srihari Nataraj, Anshul Kothari, Arvind Mani, Avinash Mani, Neel Roy, Sidharth Bajrang Pardeshi, K Ramananda Sharma
INDIA ASIAN GAMES SQUAD FOR SPORT CLIMBING
Men: Chingkheinganba Maibam, Bharath Stephen Pereira Kamath
Women: Shreya Sanjay Nankar
INDIA ASIAN GAMES SQUAD FOR TENNIS
Men
Singles: Prajnesh Gunneswaran, Ramkumar Ramanathan
Doubles: Sumit Nagal, Leander Paes, Rohan Bopanna, Divij Sharan
Women
Singles: Karman Kaur Thandi, Ankita Raina
Doubles: Pranjala Yadlapalli, Prarthana Thombare, Riya Bhatia, Rutuja Bhosale
Mixed doubles: Leander Paes, Rohan Bopanna, Ankita Raina, Prarthana Thombare
INDIA ASIAN GAMES SQUAD FOR TAEKWONDO
Men: Navjeet Maan, Akshay Kumar
Women: Kashish Malik, Anamika Walia, Latika Bhandari, Mamta Kumari Shah, Rodali Barua, Shilpa Thapa
INDIA ASIAN GAMES SQUAD FOR SOFT TENNIS
Men: Rohit Dhiman, Jay Meena, Jitender Mehlda, Aniket Chirag Patel, Kamlesh Kumar Shukla
Women: Abhilasha Mehra, Namita Seth, Saayana Sreedetha Prakash, Aadhya Tiwari, Shubh Gulati
INDIA ASIAN GAMES SQUAD FOR TABLE TENNIS
Men
Singles: Achanta Sharath Kamal, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Women
Singles: Manika Batra, Mouma Das
Mixed doubles
Achanta Sharath Kamal, Anthony Amalraj, Manika Batra, Madhurika Patkar
Team
Achanta Sharath Kamal, Anthony Amalraj, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Harmeet Desai, Manav Thakkar, Manika Batra, Mouma Das, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Ayhika Mukherjee, Madhurika Patkar
INDIA ASIAN GAMES SQUAD FOR VOLLEYBALL
Men Team: Akhin Gopala Ammal, Ashok Karthik, Deepesh Kumar Sinha, Prabagaran, Amit, Ajithlal Chandran, Rohit Kumar, Gurinder Singh, Jerome Vinith Charles, Vinit Kumar, Ranjit Singh, Ukkrapandian Mohan, Prabakaran Pattani, Pankaj Sharma
Women Team: Anju Balakrishnan, Soorya, Anusri Ghosh, Aswani Kandoth, Nirmala, Rekha Sreesailam, Anusree Kambrath Poyilil, Sruthi Murali, Minimol Abraham, Anjali Babu, Jini Kovat Shaji, Ruksana Khatun, Priyanka Khedkar, Aswathi Raveendran
INDIA ASIAN GAMES SQUAD FOR WEIGHTLIFTING
Men: Sathish Kumar Sivalingam (77 kg), Ajay Singh (77 kg); Vikas Thakur (94 kg)
Women: Rakhi Halder (63 kg)
INDIA ASIAN GAMES SQUAD FOR WRESTLING
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Men
Freestyle
Sandeep Tomar – 57 kg
Bajrang Punia – 65 kg
Sushil Kumar – 74 kg
Pawan Kumar – 86 kg
Mausam Khatri – 97 kg
Sumit Malik – 125 kg
Greco-Roman
Gyanender – 60 kg
Manish – 67 kg
Gurpreet Singh – 77 kg
Harpreet Singh – 87 kg
Hardeep – 97 kg
Naveen – 130 kg
(Source: IOA)
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