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List of 152 Athletes Selected Under the TOP Scheme in the 3Rd & 4Th Meeting of the TOPS Elite Athlete Identification Committ List of 152 Athletes selected under the TOP Scheme in the 3rd & 4th Meeting of the TOPS Elite Athlete Identification Committee held on 21.07.2017 and 01.09.2017 respectively. 1. ATHLETICS (19 Athletes) S. Name of the Athlete Category Event for which Remarks No. selected. 1. Neeraj Chopra Men’s Javelin Selected in 3rd Throw meeting held on 2. K T Ifran 20 km Race 21.07.2017 walking 3. Shri Ganpathy Krishnan. 20 Km Race CWG/Asian Games, Selected in 4th Walk Team 2018. Meeting held on 4. Shri Manish Rawat 01.09.2017. 5. Ajay Kumar Saroj 1500m Asian Games, 2018. 6. Annu Rani Javelin Throw Asian Games, 2018. 7. G Lakshmanan 5000m & Asian Games, 2018. 10,000m 8. Lalita Babar 3000m SC Asian Games, 2018. 9. Lilli Das 800m & Olympic Games 1500m 2020 10. Nayana James Long Jump CWG/Asian Games, 2018. 11. Om Prakash Shotput Asian Games, 2018. Selected in 4th Meeting held on 12. Tejender Toor Shotput 01.09.2017 (Support to be clubbed) 13. PU Chitra 1500m Asian Games, 2018. Selected in 4th Meeting held on 14. Poornima Hembram Heptathalon Asian Games, 2018. 01.09.2017. 15. Sanjivani Jadhav 5000m & Olympic Games 10,000m 2020 16. Sudha Singh 3000m SC CWG/Asian Games, 2018. 17. Swapna Barman Heptathalon Asian Games, 2018. 18. Tejaswin Shanker High Jump CWG/Asian Games, 2018 & Olympic Games, 2020. 19. V. Neena Long Jump CWG/Asian Games, 2018 2. BOXING (13 Athletes) 20. Shiva Thapa 60 Kg Selected in 3rd meeting held 21. Vikas Krishnan 75 Kg on 21.07.2017 22. Manor Kumar 69 Kg 23. Amit Kumar 49 Kg. 24. Shyam Kr. Kakara 49 Kg. 25. Sachin 49/52 Kg. 26. S. Sarjubala Devi 48 Kg CWG, 2018 Selected in 4th Meeting held 27. Sonia Lather 57 Kg Asian Games, 2018 on 01.09.2017 28. L Devendro Singh 52 kg Asian Games, 2018 29. KavinderBisht 52 kg Asian Games, 2018 30. Gaurav Bidhuri 56 kg Asian Games, 2018 31. Sumit Sangwan 91 kg Asian Games, 2018 32. Satish Kumar +91 kg Asian Games, 2018 3. WEIGHTLIFTING (13 Athletes) 33. Mirabai Chanu 48 Kg (W) Selected in 3rd meeting held 34. Jeremy Lalrinnunga 56 Kg (M) on 21.07.2017 35. S. Satish Kumar 77 Kg (M) 36. Muthupandi Raja 62 kg CWG, 2018 Selected in 4th Meeting held 37. Deepak Lather 62 kg CWG, 2018 on 01.09.2017 38. Ragala Venkat Rahul 85 kg CWG, 2018 39. Vikas Thakur 94/85 kg CWG, 2018 40. Ajay Singh 77 kg CWG, 2018 41. Jimjamg Deru 62/56 kg CWG, 2018 42. Pardeep Singh 94/105kg CWG, 2018 43. Khumukcham Sanjita 53 kg CWG, 2018 Chanu 44. Matasa Santoshi 53/58 kg CWG, 2018 45. Punam Yadav 63/69 kg CWG, 2018 4. WRESTLING (12 Athletes) 46. Vinesh Phogat 48 Kg. Freestyle Selected in 3rd meeting held 47. Sakshi Malik 60 Kg Freestyle on 21.07.2017 48. Sandeep Tomar 57 Kg Freestyle 49. Bajrang Punia 65 Kg Freestyle 50. Parveen Rana 74kg Freestyle CWG, 2018 Selected in 4th Meeting held 51. Satywart Kadian 97kg Freestyle CWG, 2018 on 01.09.2017 52. Sumit 125kg Freestyle CWG, 2018 53. Lalita 55kg Freestyle CWG, 2018 54. Sarita 58kg Freestyle CWG, 2018 55. Gyanendar Dahiya 59kg Greco- Asian Games, 2018. Roman 56. Hardeep Singh 98kg Greco- Asian Games, 2018. Roman 57. Harpreet Singh 80kg Greco Asian Games, 2018. Roman 5. WUSHU (09 Athletes): 58. Uchit Sharma 52kg Sanshou Asian Games, 2018. Selected in 4th Meeting held 59. Narendra Grewal 65kg Sanshou Asian Games, 2018. on 01.09.2017 60. Arunpama Devi 60 Kg Sanshou Asian Games, 2018. 61. Budha Chandra Singh 56kg Sanshou Asian Games, 2018. Support to be 62. Santosh Kumar Singh 56kg Sanshou Asian Games, 2018. clubbed. 63. Sanatombi Devi Eaijhiqan Asian Games, 2018. Selected in 4th Meeting held 64. Yumnam Sanathoi Devi 52 kg Sanshou Asian Games, 2018. on 01.09.2017 65. Surya Bhanu Partap 60 Kg Sanshou Asian Games, 2018. 66. Gyan Das Eaijhiqan Asian Games, 2018. 6. ARCHERY (16 Athletes): 67. Atanu Das Recurve Men’s Selected in team 3rd meeting held on 68. Deepika Kumari Recurve 21.07.2017. Women’s team 69. Jayanta Talukdar Recurve Men’s Asian Games, 2018 Selected in 4th team Meeting held 70. Sachin Asian Games, 2018. on 01.09.2017 71. Tarundeep Rai Asian Games, 2018. 72. Bombayla Devi Recurve Asian Games, 2018. Women’s team. 73. Laxmi Rani Manji Asian Games, 2018. 74. Monika Saren Asian Games, 2018. 75. Amanjeet Compound men Asian Games, 2018. Team 76. Abhishek Verma Asian Games, 2018. 77. CR Srither Asian Games, 2018. 78. Khusbhu Dhayal Compound Asian Games, 2018. women Team 79. Divya Dhayal Asian Games, 2018. 80. Jyoti Surekha Asian Games, 2018. 81. Trisha Deb Asian Games, 2018. 82. Lily Chanu Asian Games, 2018. 7. PARA SPORT (19 Athletes) 83. Amit Kumar Saroha Club Throw Asian Para Games, Selected in 4th 2018. Meeting held on 01.09.2017 84. Deepa Malik Shotput Asian Para Games, 2018. 85. Devendra Jhajharia Javelin Throw Asian Para Games, 2018. 86. Karamjyoti Discus/Shotput Asian Para Games, 2018. 87. Mariyappan Thangavelu High Jump Asian Para Games, 2018. 88. Ram Pal Chahar High Jump Asian Para Games, 2018. 89. Rinku Hooda Javelin Throw Asian Para Games, 2018. 90. Sandeep Choudhary Javelin Throw Asian Para Games, 2018. 91. Jayanti Behara 200m/400m Asian Para Games, 2018. 92. Rohit Kumar Discus Throw Asian Para Games, 2018. 93. Sharad Kumar High Jump Asian Para Games, 2018. 94. Sundar Singh Gurjar Javelin Throw Asian Para Games, 2018. 95. Varun Singh Bhati High Jump Asian Para Games, 2018. 96. Virender Dhankar Shotput/Javelin Asian Para Games, 2018. 97. Avani Lekhara Shooting Asian Para Games, 2018. 98. Pooja Agarwal Shooting Asian Para Games, 2018. 99. Rubina Francis Shooting Asian Para Games, 2018. 100. Farman Basha Powerlifting Asian Para Games, 2018. 101. Sachin Chaudhary Powerlifting Asian Para Games, 2018. 8. CYCLING (05 Athletes): 102. Deborah Herald Sprint, Team Asian Games, 2018. Selected in 4th Sprint, Keirin Meeting held on 01.09.2017 103. Aleena Reji Sprint, Team Asian Games, 2018. Sprint, Keirin 104. Sanuraj P Sprint, Team Asian Games, 2018. Sprint, Keirin 105. Ranjit Singh Sprint, Team Asian Games, 2018. Sprint, Keirin 106. Sahil Kumar Sprint, Team Asian Games, 2018. Sprint, Keirin 9. JUDO (04 Athletes): 107. Avtar Singh 90kg Asian Games, 2018. Selected in 4th Meeting held 108. Kalpana Devi 52kg Asian Games, 2018. on 01.09.2017 109. Vijay Kumar Yadav 60kg Asian Games, 2018. 110. Tulika Maan 78+kg Asian Games, 2018. 10. GYMNASTICS (05 Athletes): 111. Dipa Karmakiar Artistic Asian Games, 2018 Selected in 3rd meeting held on 21.07.2017. 112 Rakesh Kumar Artistic CWG, 2018 Selected in 4th Meeting held 113. Ashish Kumar Artistic CWG, 2018 on 01.09.2017 114. PranatiNayak Artistic CWG, 2018 115. Aruna Buddha Reddy Artistic CWG, 2018 11. BADMINTON (10 Athlete) 116. K. Srikanth Men’s Single Selected in 3rd meeting 117. Sai Praneet B. Men’s Single held on 21.07.2017. 118. H.S. Prannoy Men’s Single 119. Ajay Jayaram Men’s Single 120. P.V. Sindhu Women’s Single 121. Saina Nehwal Women’s Single 122. Sikki Reddy & Mixed Doubles 123. Pranav C 124 Ashwani Ponnapa & Women’s Doubles Sikki Reddy 125. Lakshya Sen Men’s Singles Olympics, 2020. Selected in 4th Meeting held on 01.09.2017 12. Tennis (07 Athletes) 126. Yuki Bhambri Men’s Singles Asian Games, 2018. Selected in 4th Meeting held 127. Ramkumar Ramanathan Men’s Singles Asian Games, 2018. on 01.09.2017 128. Sumit Nagal Men’s Singles Asian Games, 2018. (Long-term) 129. Rohan Bopanna Men’s Doubles Asian Games, 2018. 130. Sania Mirza Women’s Asian Games, 2018. Doubles 131. Prarthana Thombare Women’s Asian Games, 2018. Doubles 132. Karman Kaur Thandi Women’s Asian Games, 2018. Singles (Long-term) 13. SHOOTING (17 Athletes) 133. Zoravar Singh TRAP (M) Selected in 3rd meeting held on 134. Heena Sidhu 10 M Air Pistol 21.07.2017. (W) 135. Mairaj Ahmed Khan SKEET (M) 136. Sheeraz Sheikh 137. Angad Veer Singh Bajwa 138. Pooja Ghatkar 10 M Air Rifle (W) 139. Apurvi Chandela 140. Meghana Sajjanar 141. Deepak Kumar 10 M Air Rifle (M) 142. Ravi Kumar 143. Gagan Narang 144. Kynan Chenai TRAP (M) 145. Ankur Mittal Double Trap 146. Shapath Bhardwaj AG/CWG Item) 147. Sangram Dahya 148. Jitu Rai Air Pistol Asian Games, 2018 Selected in 4th Meeting held on 149. Onkar Singh Air Pistol Asian Games, 2018 01.09.2017 14. SQUASH (03 Athletes) 150. Dipika Pallikal Women’s Asian Games Selected in 3rd category 2018. Meeting held on 21.07.2017 151. Joshna Chinappa Women’s (AG/CWG category Item) 152. Saurav Ghosal Men’s categorty TOTAL ATHLETES SELECTED – 152 .
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