The Commonwealth Games 2022 will commence on the 28th of July in Birmingham, United Kingdom, with the games coming to an end on August 8. India finished third in the medals tally in 2018 behind leaders Australia and England with 66 medals, including 26 golds, 20 silvers, and 20 bronze medals.
While the Birmingham Commonwealth Games are scheduled for July 31st, the qualifications and selection processes are still going on.
Olympic champion and the golden boy Neeraj Chopra will lead India’s 37-member track and field squad for Commonwealth Games 2022 as announced by AFI ( Athletic Federation of India).
Here’s a list of sportspeople who have qualified for the upcoming event:
Athletics:
Men’s events
Avinash Sable – 3000m steeplechase
Nitender Rawat – marathon
M Sreeshankar – long Jump
Muhammed Anees Yahiya – long Jump
Abdulla Aboobacker – triple jump
Praveen Chithravel – triple jump
Eldhose Paul – triple jump
Tajinderpal Singh Toor – shot put
Neeraj Chopra – javelin throw
DP Manu – javelin throw
Rohit Yadav – javelin throw
Sandeep Kumar – 10km race walk
Amit Khatri – 10km race walk
Amoj Jacob – 4x400m relay
Noah Nirmal Tom – 4x400m relay
Arokia Rajiv – 4x400m relay
Muhammed Ajmal – 4x400m relay
Naganathan Pandi – 4x400m relay
Rajesh Ramesh – 4x400m relay
Women’s events
Dhanalakshmi Sekar – 100m and 4x100m relay
Jyothi Yarraji – 100m hurdles
Aishwarya B – triple and long jump
Ancy Sojan – long jump
Manpreet Kaur – shot put
Navjeet Kaur Dhilllon – discus throw
Seema Punia – discus throw
Annu Rani – javelin throw
Shilpa Rani – javelin throw
Manju Bala Singh – hammer throw
Sarita Romit Singh – hammer throw
Bhawna Jat – 10km race walk
Priyanka Goswami – 10km race walk
Hima Das – 4x100m relay
Dutee Chand – 4x100m relay
Srabani Nanda – 4x100m relay
MV Jilna -4x100m relay
NS Simi – 4x100m relay
A ten-member badminton squad is travelling to Birmingham for the event.
PV Sindhu
Aakarshi Kashyap
Treesa Jolly
Gayatri Gopichand
Ashwini Ponappa
Lakshya Sen
Kidambi Srikanth
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Chirag Shetty
B Sumeeth Reddy
Weightlifting :
Mirabai Chanu will be leading a 12 member squad.
Women’s
Mirabai Chanu – 55kg
Bindyarani Devi – 59kg
Popy Hazarika – 64kg
Usha Kumara – 87kg
Purnima Pandey – 87kg
Men’s
Sanket Mahadev – 55kg
Chanambam Rishikanta Singh – 55kg
Jeremy Lalrinnunga – 67kg
Achinta Sheuli – 73kg
Ajay Singh – 81kg
Vikas Thakur – 96kg
Ragala Venkat Rahul – 96kg
Boxing:
A four member women boxing squad and an eight member men boxing squad will approach CWG.
Men’s
Amit Panghal – men’s 51kg
Mohammad Hussamuddin – 57kg
Shiva Thapa – 63.5kg
Rohit Tokas – 67kg
Sumit Kundu – 75kg
Ashish Chaudhary – 80kg
Sanjeet – 92kg Sagar – 92+kg
Women’s
Nitu – 48kg
Nikhat Zareen – 50kg
Jaismine – 60kg
Lovlina Borgohain – 70kg
Wrestling
Top Indian wrestlers qualified are-
Men’s
Ravi Kumar Dahiya – 57kg
Bajrang Punia – 65kg
Naveen – 74kg
Deepak Punia – 86kg
Deepak – 97kg
Mohit Grewal -125kg
Women’s
Pooja Gehlot – 50kg
Vinesh Phogat – 53kg
Anshu Malik – 57kg
Sakshi Malik – 62kg
Divya Kakran – 68kg
Pooja Sihag – 76kg
Cricket
Till now Harmanpreet Kaur is expected to lead the women’s cricket team
Hockey
Both men’s and women’s hockey teams have qualified for the event on the basis of their FIH rankings. The men’s hockey team will be led by Manpreet Singh. The women’s squad hasn’t been announced yet.
