BANGALORE: The Swimming Federation of India (SFI) will field a 13-member Indian

29/10/09

Sporty India Updated

BANGALORE: The Swimming Federation of India (SFI) will field a 13-member Indian squad, comprising six men and seven women, in the Asian Indoor Games (AIG) which gets underway at Ho Chi Minh City on October 31.

The swimming events are slated to be held from November 3 and the Indian team, which includes internationals Virdhawal Khade, Rehan Poncha, Aaron D’Souza and Richa Mishra, will leave on Nov. 1.

Chennai lad J. Agnishwar, who was originally in the squad, will be skipping the trip on health grounds, according to the chief National coach, S. Pradeep Kumar.

SFI will also send an eight-member men’s swimming team for the Asian championship at Busan from November.22.

The squads:

For Asian Indoor Games: Men: Virdhawal Khade (50m, 100m, 200m freestyle), Aaron D’Souza (100 and 200m freestyle and 100m butterfly), J.P. Arjun (50 and 100m freestyle), Rehan Poncha (100m backstroke, 100m and 200m IM), Sandeep Sejwal (50 and 100m breast stroke) and M. Balakrishnan (50m and 100m backstroke).

Women: Shubha Chittaranjan (50, 100, 200m freestyle and 50m butterfly), Richa Mishra (200m freestyle, 50 and 100m butterfly, 100 and 200m IM), Pooja R. Alva (100 and 200m IM).

Talasha Prabhu (50 and 100m freestyle), Fariha Zaman (50 and 100m backstroke), Vandita Dhariwal (100m butterfly) and Poorva Shetty (50m breast stroke).

Coaches: Satish Suri and Nihar Ameen.

Asian championship: Virdhawal Khade, Aaron D’Souza, M. Balakrishnan, Rehan Poncha, Sandeep Sejwal, Ashwin Menon, Rohit Hawldar and Mandar Divase.

Diving: Men: Tushar Gitye; Women: Hrithika Sriram.

Coaches: S. Pradeep Kumar, Nihar Ameen (swimming) and Mayur Vyas (diving).