India pinning hopes on Mayookha and Ram for Asian Grand Prix
May 19th, 2011 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, May 19 (IANS) India will be pinning hopes on triple-jumper Mayookha Johny and middle-distance runner Ghamanda Ram in the Asian Grand Prix series to be held in the Chinese cities of Jiaxing, Kunshan and Wujiang.
Mayookha last year broke the eight-year-old record of Anju Bobby George by just one centimetre with an impressive effort of 13.68 metres at the National Interstate Senior Athletics Championship in Patiala.
Ram is also in fine form and won the gold in the recently concluded Indian Grand Prix in Patiala earlier this month. He clocked 1:47.59, which was his best in five years and brought him back into the spotlight after a liver ailment kept him out of action from 2006 to 2008.
The Jiaxing leg will be held May 22, Kunshan May 26 while Wujiang will host the last leg May 29.
Teams:
Men: Shameer Mon Naseema Manzile (100m), Kunhu Muhammed Puthanpurakka (400m), Ghamanda Ram (800m), Sajeesh Joseph (800m), Hari Shankar Roy, Jithin Thomas Chenapparambil (both high jump), Mahan Singh, Shamsher Partap Singh (both long jump), Arpinder Singh (triple jump), Vikas Poonia (discus throw).
Women: Debashree Majumdar (400m), Mayookha Johny (triple jump), Seema Antil (discus throw), Suman Devi (javelin throw).
Officials: Ranbir Singh (sprints coach), G.R. Shyamkumar (jumps coach), Noel William Dass (masseur) and Katikaneni Ranga Rao (manager).
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