Archive · 23 Aug 2026
Neeraj Chopra Leads India’s 73-Member Asian Games Squad
India has selected 73 athletes for the 2026 Asian Games.
Neeraj Chopra will lead the athletics team.
He will try to win the men’s javelin gold medal for the third time in a row.
The Games will take place in Japan from September 19 to October 4.
Rohit Yadav will compete alongside Chopra in the javelin event.
Yadav recently threw 87.68 metres, his personal best.
Several athletes who won medals in 2023 will compete again.
Some returning champions include Avinash Sable, Tajinderpal Singh Toor, Parul Chaudhary and Annu Rani.
Neeraj Chopra will lead India’s 73-member athletics squad at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.
Chopra will seek a third consecutive Asian Games men’s javelin throw title.
Sixteen squad members won medals at Hangzhou 2023, including five returning individual champions.
Rohit Yadav will join Chopra in javelin after recording an 87.68-metre personal best.
India won a record 29 athletics medals at Hangzhou 2023, including six golds.
- Who
- Neeraj Chopra will lead India’s 73-member athletics squad, which includes 16 athletes who won medals at Hangzhou 2023.
- What
- India has announced its athletics contingent for the 2026 Asian Games, with Chopra seeking a third consecutive men’s javelin title.
- When
- The Asian Games are scheduled for September 19 to October 4, 2026.
- Where
- Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.
- Why
- The athletes will represent India, while returning champions will attempt to retain their Asian Games titles.
- Indian athletics squad
- 73 athletes
- Asian Games venue
- Aichi-Nagoya, Japan
- Games dates
- September 19–October 4, 2026
- Hangzhou 2023 medallists selected
- 16 athletes
- Returning individual champions
- Five
- Rohit Yadav’s personal best
- 87.68 metres in the javelin throw
- India’s Hangzhou 2023 athletics haul
- 29 medals: six gold, 14 silver and nine bronze
