India athletics squad for Asian Games 2026 — Full list of athletes travelling to Aichi-Nagoya

A 75-member Indian track-and-field contingent will compete at the Asian Games, set to begin on September 19 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.

The Athletics Federation of India had initially listed 77 names for the continental event before injuries, loss of form and anti-doping violations reduced the strength of the squad.

Yash Vir Singh replaced the injured Neeraj Chopra in the men’s javelin throw, no replacement was named for the injured sprint hurdler Tejas Shirse. Long-distance runner Abhishek Pal was dropped after an anti-doping violation.

Javelin thrower Annu Rani, long jumper Shahnavaz Khan and sprinter Nithya Gandhe were dropped following the final assessment at the Indian Athletics Final Series in New Delhi on September 10.

Here is the full list of athletes representing India in track-and-field events at the Asian Games 2026:-

Indians in athletics at Asian Games 2026

Men

Gurindervir Singh: 100m

Animesh Kujur: 100m, 200m, 4x100m mixed relay

Vishal T.K.: 400m, 4x400m relay

Rajesh Ramesh: 400m, 4x400m relay

Manu T.S: 4x400m relay, 4x400m mixed relay

Dharamveer Chaudhary: 4x400m relay

Mohammed Ashfaq: 4x400m relay

Jay Kumar: 4x400m relay, 4x400m mixed relay

Mohammed Afsal P.: 800m

Krishan Kumar: 800m

Yoonus Shah: 1500m

Gulveer Singh: 1500m, 5000m, 10,000m

Avinash Sable: 3000m steeplechase

Yashas P.: 400m hurdles

Santhosh Tamilarasan: 400m hurdles

M. Sreeshankar: Long Jump

David Solomon: Long Jump

Praveen Chithravel: Triple Jump

Karthik Unnikrishnan: Triple Jump

Dev Meena: Pole Vault

Kuldeep Kumar: Pole Vault

Sarvesh Anil Kushare: High Jump

Aadarsh Ram: High Jump

Karanveer Singh: Shot Put

Tajinderpal Singh Toor: Shot Put

Yash Vir Singh: Javelin Throw

Rohit Yadav: Javelin Throw

Damneet Singh: Hammer Throw

Praveen Kumar: Hammer Throw

Tejaswin Shankar: Decathlon

Thowfeeq N.: Decathlon

Sawan Barwal: Marathon

Kartik Karkera: Marathon

Pranav Gurav: 4x100 mixed relay

Women

Harita Bhadra: 200m

Unnathi Aiyappa Bolland: 200m

Prachi Choudhary: 400m

Kiran Pahal: 400m

Gowthami Jayaraman: 800m

Pooja Olla: 800m, 1500m

Parul Chaudhary: 1500m, 3000m steeplechase, 5000m

Seema Kumari: 5000m, 10,000m

Ankita Dhyani: 3000m steeplechase

Jyothi Yarraji: 100m hurdles

Nandhini K.: 100m hurdles

Vithya Ramraj: 400m hurdles

Anu Raghavan: 400m hurdles

Ancy Sojan: Long jump

Shaili Singh: Long jump

I. Asha Ilango: Triple jump

Niharika Vashisht: Triple jump

Sindhushree G.: Pole vault

Baranica Elangovan: Pole vault

Pooja Singh: High jump

Supriya B.: High Jump