{"id":21340,"date":"2026-06-14T17:40:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T12:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/india-reveal-cwg-2026-athletics-squad-neeraj-chopra-selection-comes-with-twist-more-sports-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T17:40:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T12:10:33","slug":"india-reveal-cwg-2026-athletics-squad-neeraj-chopra-selection-comes-with-twist-more-sports-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/india-reveal-cwg-2026-athletics-squad-neeraj-chopra-selection-comes-with-twist-more-sports-news\/","title":{"rendered":"India reveal CWG 2026 athletics squad; Neeraj Chopra selection comes with twist | More sports News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131720466,imgsize-101944,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/neeraj-chopra-classic-2025.jpg\" alt=\"India reveal CWG 2026 athletics squad; Neeraj Chopra selection comes with twist\" title=\"India's Neeraj Chopra (PTI Photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"India's Neeraj Chopra (PTI Photo)\">India&#8217;s Neeraj Chopra (PTI Photo)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>India&#8217;s athletics squad for the 2026 Commonwealth Games has been finalised, with the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) naming a 32-member contingent that blends established international stars with several emerging talents across track and field events.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>The squad, announced on Sunday, consists of 22 male athletes and 10 female athletes, filling the entire quota allocated to India for the Glasgow Games. Olympic and world champion <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/neeraj-chopra\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Neeraj Chopra<\/a> is among the biggest names included in the list, although his participation remains subject to fulfilling selection requirements ahead of the competition.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>India&#8217;s men&#8217;s team features considerable strength in the jumps and throws disciplines. <!-- -->Athletes such as M. Sreeshankar, Tejaswin Shankar, Tajinderpal Singh Toor, Praveen Chithravel and Rohit Yadav have all secured places in the squad, while Gurindervir Singh, Animesh Kujur and Gulveer Singh will lead the country&#8217;s challenge in sprint and distance events on the track.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>The women&#8217;s contingent will rely heavily on experienced performers including Parul Chaudhary in the endurance events. In the field competitions, Manpreet Kaur, Seema and Nidhi Rani have earned selection in the throwing disciplines, while Ravina and Priyanka will represent India in the 10,000m race walk.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>AFI has also announced a dedicated pool for the mixed 4x400m relay, comprising Vishal T.K., Rajesh Ramesh, Ansa Babu, Rashdeep Kaur and Neeru Pathak.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>World Athletics vice-president and former AFI president Adille Sumariwalla explained that the final selections strictly followed the federation&#8217;s established policy, including the consideration of athletes who competed abroad after obtaining prior approval from the federation.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>\u201cWe have selected the team today. As you are aware that we have a quota of 32 athletes. We have selected 22 men and 10 women to fill the quota. As we have mentioned earlier, our selection has been as per the policy of AAFI. We have also in the policy mentioned that athletes who have asked for special permission, who have participated abroad, taken prior permission, their performances have been taken into consideration,\u201d Adille Sumariwalla said during a virtual media interaction on Sunday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>One of the major discussion points following the announcement was the inclusion of Neeraj Chopra and triple jumper Selva Prabhu under conditional selection. Both athletes have requested that upcoming performances be taken into account before their participation is formally confirmed for Glasgow.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>According to Sumariwalla, the federation agreed to evaluate their results from scheduled competitions before making a final decision.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>\u201cThere are two people who we have selected and they have requested that their performances, one in the coming interstate meet be considered. That is Selva Prabhu who is also an NCAA athlete as well as Neeraj who has requested that he would be participating in a couple of competitions before the Commonwealth Games. If he achieves his qualifying standard, he has also requested to be selected. Neeraj would participate in a couple of international meets before the Commonwealth Games,\u201d Sumariwalla added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">India squad at CWG 2026:<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Men:<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"36\"\/>Gurindervir Singh \u2013 100m, Animesh Kujur \u2013 200m, Gulveer Singh \u2013 5000m, 10,000m, Tejas Ashok Shirse \u2013 110m hurdles, Yashas P \u2013 400m hurdles, Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan \u2013 400m hurdles, Sarvesh Anil Kushare \u2013 High jump, Adarsh Ram J \u2013 High jump, Dev Meena \u2013 Pole vault, Kuldeep Kumar \u2013 Pole vault, M. Sreeshankar \u2013 Long jump, Lokesh Sathyanathan \u2013 Long jump, Praveen Chithravel \u2013 Triple jump, Selva Prabhu* \u2013 Triple jump, Samardeep Singh Gill \u2013 Shot put, Tajinderpal Singh Toor \u2013 Shot put, Neeraj Chopra* \u2013 Javelin throw, Rohit Yadav \u2013 Javelin throw, Yash Vir Singh \u2013 Javelin throw, Tejaswin Shankar \u2013 Decathlon, High jump<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"38\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Women<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"40\"\/>Parul Chaudhary \u2013 3000m steeplechase, 5000m, Pooja \u2013 High jump, Manpreet Kaur \u2013 Shot put, Seema \u2013 Discus throw, Nidhi Rani \u2013 Discus throw, Ravina \u2013 10,000m race walk, Priyanka \u2013 10,000m race walk<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"42\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Mixed relay pool<\/span> (4x400m mixed relay)- Vishal T.K., Rajesh Ramesh, Ansa Babu, Rashdeep Kaur, Neeru Pathak<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"45\"\/>Neeraj Chopra and Selva Prabhu&#8217;s selections remain provisional and will depend on their performances in competitions scheduled before the Commonwealth Games.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"47\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/more-sports\/athletics\/india-reveal-cwg-2026-athletics-squad-neeraj-chopra-selection-comes-with-twist\/articleshow\/131720473.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India&#8217;s Neeraj Chopra (PTI Photo) India&#8217;s athletics squad for the 2026 Commonwealth Games has been finalised, with the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) naming a 32-member contingent that blends established international stars with several emerging talents across track and field events.The squad, announced on Sunday, consists of 22 male athletes and 10 female athletes, filling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}