202-member Indian team is participating in the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) hosted by Ashgabat, Turkmenistan from September 17-27. The Indian team comprising 13 men and nine women athletes will participate in nine athletics disciplines. The event held every 4 years will have a total of 13 track & field events. Indians have won 24 Gold medals in the last four events where in 2013 they had to participate under Olympic Committee banner. G Lakshmanan led the Indian contingent during the opening ceremony. Check the Indian squad for the 2017 event.
Indian Team
Men
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Amiya Kumar Mallik (60m), Amoj Jacob & Mohan Kumar Raja* (400m), Ajay Kumar Saroj (1500m), Lakshmanan Govindan (3000m), Ankit Sharma & Samsheer Sullia Ebrahim (long jump), Arpinder Singh & Karthik Unnikrishnan (triple jump), Tajinderpal Singh Toor & Omprakash Singh Karhana (shotput), Abhishek Shetty (heptathlon), Chetan B (high jump)
Women
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Dutte Chand (60m), Anilda Thomas* (400m), PU Chitra & Lily Das* (1500m), Sanjivani Jadhav (3000m), Neena Varakil (long jump), Anamika Das* (shot put) Sheena NV (triple jump), Purnima Hebram (heptathlon)
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