Full list of 29 India's athletic squad for the Paris Olympics 2024

A 29-member Indian athletics team will compete at the Paris 2024 Olympics. The 29-member athletics squad for the Paris 2024 Olympics includes eight athletes, who were part of the Tokyo Olympics. This time the squad includes 18 men and 11 women athletes. As the days pass, the expectations are rising and a lot will depend upon Neeraj Chopra who made history three years ago by becoming the first Indian track and field athlete to win a medal at the Olympics, that too a gold. This time he will have Olympic debutant Kishore Jena on his side.

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Annu Rani, who won the gold medal at the Asian Games last year, will compete in the women’s javelin throw event. Besides Neeraj Chopra and Annu Rani, men’s 3000m steeplechase athlete Avinash Sable, one of Asia’s top men’s shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor, Women’s race walker Priyanka Goswami and 4x400m relay runners Muhammed Anas, Amoj Jacob and Subha Venkatesan competed in the Tokyo Olympics.

Muhammed Anas (men’s 4x400m relay team) will be making his third straight appearance at the Summer Games. Ace hurdler Jyothi Yarraji and steeplechaser Parul Chaudhary will make their Olympic debuts. Parul Chaudhary will compete in the 3000m steeplechase and 5000m race and is the only athlete who will compete in two individual events. She won the gold medal in the 5000m race at the Asian Games last year and a silver in the 3000m steeplechase.

Priyanka Goswami, the Commonwealth Games silver medallist, will be the only Indian in the women’s 20km race walk event in Paris. Jeswin Aldrin and Ankita Dhyani made their place in this squad too. National record-holders Akshdeep Singh, Vikash Singh, and Paramjeet Singh Bisht will compete in the men’s 20km race walk event while Suraj Panwar will feature in the mixed marathon event alongside Priyanka Goswami.

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Indian athletics team for the Paris 2024 Olympics

1. Avinash Sable (men’s 3000m steeplechase)
2. Neeraj Chopra (men’s javelin throw)
3. Kishore Jena (men’s javelin throw)
4. Tajinderpal Singh Toor (men’s shot put)
5. Praveen Chithravel (men’s triple jump)
6. Abdulla Aboobacker (men’s triple jump)
7. Sarvesh Kushare (men’s high jump)
8. Akshdeep Singh (men’s 20km race walk)
9. Vikash Singh (men’s 20km race walk)
10. Paramjeet Singh Bisht (men’s 20km race walk)
11. Muhammed Anas (men’s 4x400m relay)
12. Muhammed Ajmal (men’s 4x400m relay)
13. Amoj Jacob (men’s 4x400m relay)
14. Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan (men’s 4x400m relay)
15. Rajesh Ramesh (men’s 4x400m relay)
16. Mijo Chacko Kurian (men’s 4x400m relay)
17. Suraj Panwar (race walk mixed marathon)
18. Jeswin Aldrin (men's long jump)
19. Kiran Pahal (women’s 400m)
20. Parul Chaudhary (women’s 3000m steeplechase and 5,000m)
21. Jyothi Yarraji (women’s 100m hurdles)
22. Annu Rani (women’s javelin throw)
23. Jyothika Sri Dandi (women’s 4x400m relay)
24. Subha Venkatesan (women’s 4x400m relay)
25. Vithya Ramraj (women’s 4x400m relay)
26. MR Poovamma (women’s 4x400m relay)
27. Prachi (women’s 4x400m relay)
28. Priyanka Goswami (women’s 20km race walk and race walk mixed marathon)
29. Ankita Dhyani (women's 5000m)