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July 29th, 2004, 10:58 PM
78-member squad named for Olympics
New Delhi, July 28
India will field a 78-member contingent (excluding officials) for the Athens Olympics, to be held from August 13 to 29. The contingent includes the women’s relay squad, but the men’s relay team has not made the grade. US-based discus thrower Vikas Gowda also figures in the athletics squad though the Athletics Association of India had earlier expressed its reservations regarding his citizenship status.
Indian Olympic Association (IOA) secretary-general Randhir Singh, while releasing the list here today, said Indian sportspersons had qualified in 14 disciplines. He said every effort had been made to provide the best of training facilities to the sportspersons who had qualified for the Olympics.
He said this was the best-ever contingent to represent India in the Olympics. Randhir Singh hoped that “we will improve our record of medals at the Olympics”.
Randhir Singh, who is also a member of the International Olympic Council (IOC), said the latest reports about the performance of the sportspersons was very encouraging. He said the contingent would leave for Athens in batches, and some sportspersons would join directly from various countries where they were undergoing training.
Though the IOA had earlier announced the three key officials who would be accompanying the contingent, it has not named the other officials and coaches. Union Water Resources Minister Priya Ranjan Das Munshi has been named as the chef-de-mission while Basketball Federation of India secretary-general Harish Sharma will be the deputy chef-de-mission. Indian Hockey Federation secretary-general K. Jyotikumaran will be the secretary-general-cum-treasurer of the contingent.
Following is the complete list of the sportspersons:
Archery: Men: Majhi Sawaiyan, Satyadev Prasad and Tarundeep Rai. Women: Dola Banerjee, Sumangala Sharma and Reena Kumari.
Athletics: Men: Amritpal Singh (long jump), Binu Mathew (400m), Bahadur Singh (shot put), Vikas Gowda and Anil Kumar (both discus throw). Women: Anju Bobby George (long jump), J.J. Shoba (heptathlon), Manjit Kaur (400m and 400m relay), Neelam J. Singh, Seema Antil and Harwant Kaur (all discus throw), Bobby Aloysius (high jump), Soma Biswas (heptathlon) and Sarswati Saha (200m). 4x400 m relay team: Rajwinder Kaur, K. M. Beenamol, S. Geeta and Sagardeep Kaur. (Manjit Kaur and Chitra K. Soman have also been listed to run the relay).
Badminton: Men: Abhin Shyam Gupta and Nikhil Kanetkar. Women: Aparna Poppat.
Boxing: Akhil Kumar (51 kg), Diwakar Prasad (54 kg), Vijender (64 kg) and Jitender Kumar (81 kg).
Hockey: Devesh Chauhan and Adrian D’Souza (goalkeepers), Dilip Tirkey (captain), William Xalxo and Harpal Singh (defenders), Ignace Tirkey, Arjun Halappa, Viren Rasquinha, Vikram Pillay and Sandeep Singh (all half line), Gagan Ajit Singh, Prabhjot Singh, Deepak Thakur Sonkhla, Dhanraj Pillay, Baljeet Singh Dhillon and Adam Sinclair (forwards).
Judo: Akram Shah (extra lightweight 60 kg).
Rowing: P.T Paulose (single scull).
Shooting: Men: Abhinav Bindra (10m air rifle), Mansher Singh (trap), Manavjit Singh Sandhu (trap), Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (double trap) and Gagan Narang (10m air rifle). Women: Anjali Bhagwat (10m air rifle and 50m rifle 3-prone position), Suma Shirur (10m air rifle) and Deepali Deshpande (50m rifle 3-position).
Swimming: Shikha Tandon (50m free style and 100m freestyle).
Tennis: Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi (doubles).
Table tennis: Achanta Sharath Kamal and Mouma Das.
Weightlifting: Women: Namecpakpam Kunja Rani Devi (48 kg), Thingbaijama Sana Macha Chanu (53 kg), Pratima Kumari (63 kg) and Karnam Malleswari (63 kg).
Wrestling: Freestyle: Yogeshwar Dutt (55 kg), Sushil Kumar (60 kg), Ramesh Kumar (66 kg), Sujeet Maan (74 kg), Anuj Kumar (84 kg) and Palwinder Singh Cheema (120 kg). Greco-Roman: Mukesh Khatri (55 kg).
Yachting/sailing: Malav Shroff (double- handed dinghy, 49er) and Sumeet Patel (double-handed dinghy, 49er).
Umamaheswari Devi (athletics) and Ronak Pandit (shooting) will be the representatives for the youth camp which will be held during the Olympics.
GOOD LUCK TO INDIA-
WE EXPECT AND PRAY FOR A FRIST OLYMPICS GOLD MEDAL FOR INDIA.
I WISH IT WILL BE A PROUD JAT/JATNI.
HOW MANY OF THEM ARE JATS FOR MIND
EXERCISE QUIZ ?
DHARMPAL DUDEE
New Delhi, July 28
India will field a 78-member contingent (excluding officials) for the Athens Olympics, to be held from August 13 to 29. The contingent includes the women’s relay squad, but the men’s relay team has not made the grade. US-based discus thrower Vikas Gowda also figures in the athletics squad though the Athletics Association of India had earlier expressed its reservations regarding his citizenship status.
Indian Olympic Association (IOA) secretary-general Randhir Singh, while releasing the list here today, said Indian sportspersons had qualified in 14 disciplines. He said every effort had been made to provide the best of training facilities to the sportspersons who had qualified for the Olympics.
He said this was the best-ever contingent to represent India in the Olympics. Randhir Singh hoped that “we will improve our record of medals at the Olympics”.
Randhir Singh, who is also a member of the International Olympic Council (IOC), said the latest reports about the performance of the sportspersons was very encouraging. He said the contingent would leave for Athens in batches, and some sportspersons would join directly from various countries where they were undergoing training.
Though the IOA had earlier announced the three key officials who would be accompanying the contingent, it has not named the other officials and coaches. Union Water Resources Minister Priya Ranjan Das Munshi has been named as the chef-de-mission while Basketball Federation of India secretary-general Harish Sharma will be the deputy chef-de-mission. Indian Hockey Federation secretary-general K. Jyotikumaran will be the secretary-general-cum-treasurer of the contingent.
Following is the complete list of the sportspersons:
Archery: Men: Majhi Sawaiyan, Satyadev Prasad and Tarundeep Rai. Women: Dola Banerjee, Sumangala Sharma and Reena Kumari.
Athletics: Men: Amritpal Singh (long jump), Binu Mathew (400m), Bahadur Singh (shot put), Vikas Gowda and Anil Kumar (both discus throw). Women: Anju Bobby George (long jump), J.J. Shoba (heptathlon), Manjit Kaur (400m and 400m relay), Neelam J. Singh, Seema Antil and Harwant Kaur (all discus throw), Bobby Aloysius (high jump), Soma Biswas (heptathlon) and Sarswati Saha (200m). 4x400 m relay team: Rajwinder Kaur, K. M. Beenamol, S. Geeta and Sagardeep Kaur. (Manjit Kaur and Chitra K. Soman have also been listed to run the relay).
Badminton: Men: Abhin Shyam Gupta and Nikhil Kanetkar. Women: Aparna Poppat.
Boxing: Akhil Kumar (51 kg), Diwakar Prasad (54 kg), Vijender (64 kg) and Jitender Kumar (81 kg).
Hockey: Devesh Chauhan and Adrian D’Souza (goalkeepers), Dilip Tirkey (captain), William Xalxo and Harpal Singh (defenders), Ignace Tirkey, Arjun Halappa, Viren Rasquinha, Vikram Pillay and Sandeep Singh (all half line), Gagan Ajit Singh, Prabhjot Singh, Deepak Thakur Sonkhla, Dhanraj Pillay, Baljeet Singh Dhillon and Adam Sinclair (forwards).
Judo: Akram Shah (extra lightweight 60 kg).
Rowing: P.T Paulose (single scull).
Shooting: Men: Abhinav Bindra (10m air rifle), Mansher Singh (trap), Manavjit Singh Sandhu (trap), Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (double trap) and Gagan Narang (10m air rifle). Women: Anjali Bhagwat (10m air rifle and 50m rifle 3-prone position), Suma Shirur (10m air rifle) and Deepali Deshpande (50m rifle 3-position).
Swimming: Shikha Tandon (50m free style and 100m freestyle).
Tennis: Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi (doubles).
Table tennis: Achanta Sharath Kamal and Mouma Das.
Weightlifting: Women: Namecpakpam Kunja Rani Devi (48 kg), Thingbaijama Sana Macha Chanu (53 kg), Pratima Kumari (63 kg) and Karnam Malleswari (63 kg).
Wrestling: Freestyle: Yogeshwar Dutt (55 kg), Sushil Kumar (60 kg), Ramesh Kumar (66 kg), Sujeet Maan (74 kg), Anuj Kumar (84 kg) and Palwinder Singh Cheema (120 kg). Greco-Roman: Mukesh Khatri (55 kg).
Yachting/sailing: Malav Shroff (double- handed dinghy, 49er) and Sumeet Patel (double-handed dinghy, 49er).
Umamaheswari Devi (athletics) and Ronak Pandit (shooting) will be the representatives for the youth camp which will be held during the Olympics.
GOOD LUCK TO INDIA-
WE EXPECT AND PRAY FOR A FRIST OLYMPICS GOLD MEDAL FOR INDIA.
I WISH IT WILL BE A PROUD JAT/JATNI.
HOW MANY OF THEM ARE JATS FOR MIND
EXERCISE QUIZ ?
DHARMPAL DUDEE