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*     The Athletics Federation of India has announced a 47-member Indian squad, including four from Odisha for the above-mentioned championships.
*     The Odisha quartet includes woman sprinters Srabani Nanda, Dutee Chand, heptathlete Purnima Hembram and male sprinter Amiya Kumar Mallick.
*     The championship will feature competition in 42 events (21 for men and 21 for women).
*     India had finished sixth in the medal tally with 17 medals in the previous edition held at Pune in 2013.

INDIAN SQUAD:

MEN: Dharambir (200 m), Rajiv Arokia (400m), Jinson Johnson (800m), Lakshmanan Govindan (5000m/10,000m), Siddhanth Thingalaya (110m hurdles), Durgesh Kumar (400m hurdles), Naveen Kumar (3000m steeplechase), Jaiveer Singh (3000m steeplechase), Prem Kumar (Long Jump), Ankit Sharma (Long Jump), Inderjeet Singh (Shotput), Arjun (Discus Throw), Davinder Singh (Javelin Throw), Neeraj Chopra (Javelin Throw), Amiya Kumar Mallick, Jyotishankar Debnath, Krishnakumar Rane, Manikanda Arumugam, Mohammed Abdul Najeeb (all 4x100m relay), Sajin Vijaykumaran, Dharun Ayyasamy, Sachin Roby, Mohammed Imran Arafath, Noah Nirmal Tom (all 4x400m relay), Vikas Gowda (Discus Throw)

WOMEN: Srabani Nanda (100m), MR Poovamma (400m, 4x400m relay), Tintu Luka (800m, 4x400m relay), Gomathi Marimuthu (800m), Deepika Parasuraman (100m Hurdles), Gayathry Govindaraj (100m hurdles), Anu Raghavan (400m hurdles), Lalita Babar (3000m steeple chase, 5000m, 10,000m), Mayookha Johnny (Long Jump), Navjeet Kaur Dhillon (Discus Throw), Suman Devi, Annu Rani (both javelin throw), Purnima Hembram, Lisky Joseph (both Heptathalon), Dutee Chand, GM Padmini, Himashree Roy, Sini Sahadevan, Archana Suseentran (all 4x100m relay), Jisna Mathew, Debashree Mazumdar, Anju Thomas (all 4x400m relay).