Anju gets last chance to qualify for World Championship

New Delhi, July 19 (UNI) Ace long jumper Anju Bobby George gets her last chance to qualify for the World Championship in Osaka, Japan, in the Asian Athletics Championships to be held in Jordanian capital of Amman from July 25 to 29.

Anju, who failed to cross the 6.60m mark required to qualify for next month's Japan event in the three legs of Asian Grand Prix and subsequent national combined events for jumpers and throwers, will lead a 41-member Indian contingent in Amman.

India won four gold, five silver and four bronze at the last edition of the championship at Incheon, South Korea.

The team leaves for Jordan on July 21.

Contingent: Women: Manjeet Kaur, Chitra K Soman, Illyeen Samantha, Mandeep Kaur, Anu Mariam Jose, Sini Jose (4x400m Relay) Sinimol Paulose, Susma (800m, 1500m) Preeja Sreedharan (5000m, 10000m) Anju Bobby George (Long Jump) Krishna Punia, Harwant Kaur (Discus) JJ Shobha, Sushmita Singha Roy (Heptathlon) Men: BG Nagraj, Ajay Kumar, Sameer Mon, Ritesh Anand, Vilas Neelgund (4X100m Relay) KM Binu (400m, 4X400m Relay) Abraham Joseph (400m Hurdles, 4X400m Relay) Vinay Choudhary, SK Mortaza, Sareesh Paul (4X400m Relay) Kuldev Singh (400m Hurdles, 4x400m Relay) Francis Sagairaj, R Rajeev (800m) C Hamza, Sajeesh Joseph (1500m) Surender Singh, Sunil Kumar (5000m) Santosh Kumar (10000m) Saurabh Vij, Navpreet Singh (Shot Put) Vikas Gowda (Discus) M Renjith, Bibu Mathew (Triple Jump) Hari Shankar Roy (High Jump) PJ Vinod, Jora Singh (Decathlon) Nirbhay Singh (Hammer Throw) UNI