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New Delhi: India on Sunday announced a 19-member team led by star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra for the World Athletics Championships to be held in Tokyo from September 13 to 21. For the first time in the countrys history four male javelin throwers from India will participate in the championship including two-time Olympic medalist Chopra apart from Sachin Yadav Yashveer Singh and Rohit Yadav. In the last tournament too four Indians had qualified but Rohit was ruled out due to injury. Did India qualify for any relay event? The Indian team which includes five women was selected after a meeting of the senior selection committee of the Athletics Federation of India (AFI). India had sent 28 athletes including seven relay runners to the last tournament in Hungary in 2023. This time the country could not qualify for any relay event. How did Neeraj Chopra perform? Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal in Budapest in 2023 and this time too no other Indian apart from him has any realistic chance of winning a medal. Mens 20km walk athlete Akshdeep Singhs name is not included despite qualifying through the world rankings as he is not medically fit. Heptathlete Nandini Agasara who made the cut by being the Asian champion is also yet to fully recover from an elbow injury as reported earlier by PTI. What was AFI spokesperson Adille Sumariwallas statement? Star 3000m steeplechase Avinash Sable qualified by achieving the automatic eligibility limit but will not be able to participate in the event due to ACL surgery in July. AFI spokesperson Adille Sumariwalla said in a virtual media interaction Sable Akshdeep and Nandini are not in the team as they are not medically fit. Who is in the Team India squad? Men: Neeraj Chopra Sachin Yadav Yashvir Singh and Rohit Yadav (mens javelin) Murali Sreeshankar (mens long jump) Gulveer Singh (mens 5000m and 10000m) Praveen Chithravel and Abdulla Aboobacker (mens triple jump) Sarvesh Anil Kushare (mens high jump) Animesh Kujur (mens 200m) Tejas Shirse (mens 110m hurdles) Servin Sebastian (mens 20km race walk) Ram Baboo and Sandeep Kumar (mens 35km race walk). Women: Parul Chaudhary and Ankita Dhyani (womens 3000m steeplechase) Annu Rani (womens javelin) Priyanka Goswami (womens 35km race walk) Pooja (womens 800m and 1500m).