NEW DELHI: Birmingham CWG gold medal-winning troika of weightlifters Mirabai Chanu, Jeremy Lalrinnunga and Achinta Sheuli, Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist wrestler Bajrang Punia and members of the champion Thomas Cup badminton team, Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy and Chirag Shetty, will be among a host of India international athletes who will be competing at the National Games Gujarat 2022 from September 27 to October 10.
According to a list in possession of TOI, several of the country's leading athletes - including Tokyo Olympics and Birmingham CWG medallists - have confirmed participation for the 36th edition of the Games, scheduled to take place in cities of Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot and Bhavnagar. Earlier this week, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) had issued a diktat to the country's "eminent" athletes to have mandatory participation at the Games.
