Athletics World Championship| A Strong Indian Contingent Qualifies For London

The last six months or so, since Rio Olympics, have seen a rise in performance of Indian Athletics at the International Platform. 

At recently concluded Asian Athletics Championship, India entered the history books bagging highest number of Gold & overall Medals, going past 1985 & 1989 tally and also finishing above China. During the course of the tournament, India earned 6 Individual World Championship berth & also qualification of 2 Relay Teams(4X400 m). There by India now have Athletes qualified for as many as 19 Events for 16th Edition of IAAF World Championships to be held in London from August 4-13, 2017.

Total 32 Indian Athletes Qualified in 19 Events(Max 3 can be fielded for each Event). 

This is the 1st time that Indian Athletes have qualified across so many events.

BELOW IS THE LIST OF QUALIFIED ATHLETES, THEIR QUALIFICATION TIMING, QUALIFICATION TOURNAMENT & WC QUALIFICATION MARK:

1. MEN'S 50KM WALK(Qual Mark- 04:06:00)-

A) Sandeep Kumar(NR)- 03:55.59 

B) Jitendar Singh- 04:02:11 

C) Chandan Singh- 04:04:18

Qual Tournament(For All 3)-Max Bupa National Race Walking Championships 2017

2.MEN'S 20KM WALK(Qual Mark- 01:24:00)-

A) Irfan K T- 1:20:59

B) Devender Singh- 1:21:38 

Qual Tournament- Asian race walking championship

C) Ganapathi K - 01:22:57

D) Sandeep Kumar Sangwan- 1:20:44 s

Qual Tournament-Max Bupa National Race Walking Championships 2017

E) Manish Singh Rawat- 1:23:58

Qual Tournament- IAAF Race Walking Challenge 2017

F) Gurmeet Singh- 1:20:29 s(Gold in Asian Championships, 2016)

Qual Tournament- Asian Championships, 2016

3.WOMEN'S SHOT PUT(Qual Mark- 17.75m)-

A) Manpreet Kaur (NR)- 18.03 m

Qual Tournament-Asian Grand Prix 2017, Leg 1

4.MEN'S JAVELIN THROW(Qual Mark- 83m)-

A) Neeraj Chopra- 83.32m

Qual Tournament-Asian Grand Prix 2017, Leg 2

B) Devender Singh- 84.57m

Qual Tournament-Indian Grand Prix 2017, Leg 1

5.WOMEN'S JAVELIN THROW(Qual Mark- 61.40 m)-

A)Annu Rani- 61.86m

Qual Tournament-Federation Cup 2017

6.MEN'S 400M(Qual Mark- 45.50s)-

A) Muhammed Anas-45.32 s

Qual Tournament-Indian Grand Prix 2017, Leg 3

7.WOMEN'S 400M(Qual Mark- 52.10s)-

A) Nirmala Sheoran-  51.28s(Also set Asia's leading time)

Qual Tournament-Federation Cup 2017

8.MEN'S MARATHON(Qual Mark- 2:19:00)-

A) Thonakal Gopi-2:15:25(PB)

Qual Tournament-Rio Olympics, 2016

B) Bahadur Singh Dhoni- 2:16:09

C) T H Sanjith- 2:17:20

Qual Tournament-Delhi Marathon, 2017

D) Elam Singh-2:18:50s

E) Kheta Ram-2:15:26 

Qual Tournament-Mumbai Marathon, 2017

9.WOMEN'S MARATHON(Qual Mark- 2:45.00)-

A) Monika Athare- 2:39:08

Qual Tournament-Delhi Marathon, 2017

10.WOMEN'S 20KM WALK(Qual Mark- 1:36:00)-

A) Khushbir kaur- 1:34:01

B) Sapna- 1:35:57

Qual Tournament-IAAF Race Walking Challenge, 2017

11.MEN'S 110M HURDLES(Qual Mark-13.48 s)-

A) Siddhanth Thingalaya-13.48s(NR)

Qual Tournament- Altis Invitational Meet in the United States

GOLD MEDALISTS WHO QUALIFIED FROM AAC,2017 REGARDLESS OF QUALIFICATION MARK:

12.MEN'S 5000 M- 

A) G. Lakshmanan- 14:54:58s

13.MEN'S 1500M-

A) Ajay Kumar Saroj-3:45.85

14.WOMEN'S 1500 M-

A) PU Chitra-4:17.92s

15.WOMEN'S 3000 M STEEPLECHASE-

A) Sudha Singh-9:59:47s

16.MEN'S 10,000 M-

A) G. Lakshmanan-29:55.87 s

17.WOMEN'S HEPTATHLON-

A) Swapna Barman-Total 5942 Point

18.WOMEN'S 4X400 M RELAY-

A) Poovamma, Nirmala, Jisna & Debashree- 3:31.34 s

19.MEN'S 4X400 M RELAY-

A) Muhammed Anas, Jacob, Kunju Muhammed & Rajiv Arokia- 3:02.92 s