INDIA SENDS LARGEST SQUAD IN A DECADE | CAN INDIA GET HER FIRST WORLD CHAMPION?

WILL INDIA GET IT's FIRST WORLD CHAMPION?
CAN INDIA WIN THE EVER ELUDING MEDAL IN ATHLETICS

India will be busy this week in various sports current events like Asian Boxing Championship, World Wrestling Championship, Para Junior Athletics Championship and many others. Among the jam-packed sports schedule this week, the top news in world news sports, specifically Indian sports is that India is sending largest squad ever to the IAAF World Championships. This is probably the best athletics news for India among other successful outings that they have recently in athletics , a few to mention will be Asian Athletics Championship, and the rise of Neeraj Chopra in the world stage. India is sending a strong squad of 25 athletes for 14 events- 14 Men Athletes across 7 Events, & 11 Female Athletes across 7 Events. India has been long dreaming of track and field medals in World Championships and Olympics. This may be just the apt moment for India's chance of winning athletics medals.

Neeraj chopra, The Poster Boy of Indian Athletics

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Below is the Entire List of  Indian Athletes(And Their Events) Participating in 2017 IAAF World Championships:

MEN'S:(7 Events, 14 Athletes)

4X400m Relay-

Amoj Jacob

Raja Mohan Kumar

Kunhu Muhammed

Arokia Rajiv

Sachin Roby

Muhammed Anas

400m-

Muhammed Anas

Javelin Throw-

Neeraj Chopra

Davinder Singh

20km Walk-

Devender Singh

Irfan Thodi Kolothum

Ganapathi Krishnan

5000m-

Govindan lakshmanan

Marathon-

Gopi Thonakal

110m Hurdles-

Siddhantha Thingalaya

WOMEN'S:(7 Events, 11 Athletes)

4X400m Relay-

a)Anu Raghavan

b)Poovamma Raju

c)Jisna Mathew

d)Jauna Murmu

e)Nirmala Sheoran

f)Anilda Thomas



400m-

Nirmala Sheoran



Marathon-

a)Monika Athare



Heptathlon-

Swapna Barman



100m-

Dutee Chand



20km Walk-

Khushbir Kaur



Javelin Throw-

Annu Rani



The whole of nation will be waiting to see if Athletics, this time can award medals to India, probably the most aspiring of sports medals for the country, equivalent to qualifying for Football World Cup.