Asian Games 2023: Amlan Borgohain included in athletics squad, 100m relay teams fail to make the cut

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Sprinter Amlan Borghain and two other athletes were added to the Asian Games 2023 squad on Tuesday (September 11) by the Athletics Federation of India upon the completion of Indian Grand Prix 5 in Chandigarh.

There was heartbreak for 100m sprinters, including 100m national record holder Amiya Mallick, as both men's and women's 4x100m relay teams were overlooked after failing to breach the qualification standard.

Amlan Borgohain, who competed in the relay events, was shortlisted on the merit of his 200m performance during the World University Games in Chengdu last month where he breached the qualification standard as well. The two other names included in the now-68-member track and field squad are 3000m steeplechaser Priti Lamba and quarter-miler Prachi following a positive show at the IGP 5.

Priti Lamba clocked her new personal best of 9:45.13 seconds during a two-athlete race with her competitor clocking a sub-13 timing. Prachi, on the other hand, finished third in the women's 400m race with a timing of 53.01 seconds and was included in the women's 400m relay squad. There was another change in the track and field squad as Asian Championships medallist Vikash Singh replaced 20km racewalk Aksdeep Singh, who is out with an injury.

The men's 4x100m relay team, meanwhile, lost out on the automatic qualification standard of 39.00 seconds as Harjit Singh, Amiya, Amlan Borgohain and Siva Kumar B combined to clock 39.24 seconds. The women's relay team - consists of Jyothi Yarraji, Srabani Nanda, Nithya Gande, and Vijaya Kumari - fell short of the qualification mark by just 0.016 seconds as they clocked 44.66 seconds.

Meanwhile, Discus throw legend Seema Antil Punia proved her fitness for the Asian Games 2023 with a season-best throw of 57.96 metre while 800m and 1500m national record holder Jinson Johnson posted his season-best timing as well in 1500m at 3:39.32 seconds with his sole focus on the event for the Asian Games 2023.

Among the women's mid-distance runners, Chanda and Harmilan Bains also passed the re-screening with flying colours as the duo finished first and second spots in the 800m event. 400m hurdler Nithya Ramraj also proved her fitness with a sensational timing of 55.43 seconds, which was just 0.01 seconds short of PT Usha's long-standing national record, set in 1984.

Asian Games 2023 Athletics updated squad

Men's Javelin Throw: Neeraj Chopra, Kishore Kumar Jena

Men's Shot Put: Tajinderpal Singh Toor, Sahib Singh

Men's 20km Race Walk: Sandeep Kumar, Vikash Singh

Men's Long Jump: Murali Sreeshankar, Jeswin Aldrin, Praveen Chithravel

Men's Triple Jump: Abdulla Aboobacker

Men's 200m: Amlan Borgohain

Men's 1500m: Ajay Kumar Saroj, Jinson Johnson

Men's 800m: Krishan Kumar, Mohammed Afsal Pulikkalakath

Men's 400m Hurdles: T Santhosh Kumar, Yashas Palaksha

Men's 400m: Muhammed Anas Yahiya

Men's 10000m: Karthik Kumar, Gulveer Singh

Men's 3000m Steeplechase: Avinash Sable

Men's 5000m: Avinash Sable, Gulveer Singh

Men's High Jump: Sarvesh Anil Kushare, Jesse Sandesh

Men's Decathlon: Tejaswin Shankar

Men's Marathon: Man Singh, Belliappa Appachangada Bopaiah

Men's 4x400m Relay: Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Muhammed Ajmal, Arokia Rajiv, Amoj Jacob, Mijo Chacko Kurian, Rajesh Ramesh, Arul Rajalingam

4x400m Mixed Relay: Nihal Joel William, Rahul Baby, Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Soniya Baishya, Aishwarya Kailash Mishra, Jisna Mathew

Mixed 35km Race Walk: Ram Baboo, Manju Rani

Women's Long Jump: Shaili Singh, Ancy Sojan

Women's 5000m: Ankita, Parul Chaudhary

Women's 3000m Steeplechase: Parul Chaudhary, Priti Lamba

Women's Javelin Throw: Annu Rani

Women' Shot Put: Kiran Baliyan, Manpreet Kaur

Women's 20km Race Walk: Priyanka

Women's 400m Hurdles: Vithya Ramraj, Sinchal Kaveramma Ravi

Women's 400m: Aishwarya Kailash Mishra, Himanshi Malik

Women's Heptathlon: Swapna Barman, Nandini Agasara

Women's 800m: Harmilan Bains, Chanda

Women's 1500m: Harmilan Bains, Deeksha

Women's Hammer Throw: Tanya Chaudhary, Rachna Kumari

Women's High Jump: Rubina Yadav, Pooja

Women's 100m hurdles: Jyothi Yarraji, Nithya Ramraj

Women's 200m: Jyothi Yarraji

Women's Pole Vault: Pavithra Vengatesh

Women's Triple Jump: Sheena Nellickal Varkey

Women's 4x400m Relay: Soniya Baishya, Florence Barla, Subha Venkateshan, Aishwarya Kailash Mishra, Himanshi Malik, Jisna Mathew, Prachi

Women's Discus Throw: Seema Punia