World Athletics U20 Championships 2024: Dipanshu Sharma, Bapi Hansda among 43 Indian athletes to compete in Lima - full schedule, where to watch live

A 43-member Indian team will participate in the World Athletics U20 Championships 2024 in Lima, Peru, from August 27 to August 31.

A total of 23 Indian athletes will feature in men’s events and 20 in women’s competitions. India will also race in the 4x400m mixed relay race.

Live streaming of the World Athletics U20 Championships 2024 will be available in India.

Dipanshu Sharma, the reigning Asian U20 champion in the men’s javelin throw, will be in the spotlight from the Indian athletics team in Lima. India won seven gold medals at the Asian U20 Athletics Championships, held in Dubai in April this year.

Anurag Singh Kaler (shot put), Ranvir Singh (3000m steeplechase), Harshit Kumar (hammer throw), Pavana Nagaraj (long jump), Ekta Dey (3000m steeplechase) and the women’s 4x400m relay team also bagged gold medals at the Asian U20 Athletics Championships four months ago. They will compete in the track and field events in Lima as well.

Bapi Hansda, notably, will take part in the 4x400m relay and the 400m events after recovering from dengue. An Asian U18 Athletics Championships silver medallist, Hansda missed the Asian U20 Athletics Championships in April.

At Cali 2022, India won two silver (Selva Thirumaran in triple jump and mixed 4x400m relay) and one bronze medal (Rupal Chaudhary in 400m). Rupal, incidentally, had become the first Indian to win two medals at the same edition of the World U20 Athletics Championships.

The United States finished atop the medal tally at Cali 2022 with 15 medals - seven gold, four silver and four bronze.

Many Indian athletes have starred at the World U20 Athletics Championships over the years. Neeraj Chopra, a two-time Olympic medallist and reigning world champion, was the first Indian to win a U20 title. He registered a junior javelin world record effort of 86.48m to win gold at Bydgoszcz 2016.

Sprinter Hima Das is the other Indian to secure a gold medal in the competition, winning the 400m race at Tampere 2018.

Where to watch World Athletics U20 Championships 2024 live in India

The World Athletics U20 Championships 2024 will be available on live streaming in Indian on World Athletics' website. There will be no live telecast of the World Athletics U20 Championships 2024 on any TV channel in India.

World Athletics U20 Championships 2024: India’s schedule

All timings are in Indian Standard Time (IST)

Wednesday, August 28

• Men's shot put - 4:05 AM
• Mixed 4x400m relay - 5:20 AM

Thursday, August 29

• Women's discus throw - 2:59 AM
• Women's long jump - 3:50 AM
• Women's heptathlon 800m - 4:40 AM
• Women's 100m - 5:00 AM
• Men's 100m - 5:17 AM

Friday, August 30

• Men's hammer throw - 1:55 AM
• Men's javelin throw - 4:00 AM
• Women's 3000m steeplechase - 4:05 AM
• Men's 3000m steeplechase - 4:45 AM
• Women's 400m - 5:13 AM
• Men's 400m - 5:20 AM
• Men’s 10000m race walk - 7:55 PM
• Women's 10000m race walk - 8:55 PM

Saturday, August 31

• Men's pole vault - 2:30 AM
• Men's 800m - 3:05 AM
• Women's 800m - 3:20 AM
• Men's high jump - 3:25 AM
• Women's 100m hurdles - 3:40 AM
• Men's long jump - 3:45 AM
• Men's 110m hurdles -3:55 AM
• Women's 3000m - 4:20 AM
• Men's decathlon 1500m - 4:45 AM
• Women's 200m - 5:05 AM

Sunday, September 1

• Men's discus throw - 2:30 AM
• Women's high jump - 2:55 AM
• Women's 400m hurdles - 3:05 AM
• Men's 400m hurdles - 3:15 AM
• Women's 1500m - 3:30 AM
• Men's 3000m steeplechase - 3:45 AM
• Women's 4x100m relay - 4:15 AM
• Women's 4x400m relay - 5:00 AM
• Men's 4x400m relay - 5:10 AM

World Athletics U20 Championships 2024: India’s entry list and events

Men

• M Jayaram Dondapati - 100m
• Bapi Hansda - 400m, 4x400m relay
• Jay Kumar - 400m, 4x400m relay
• Sahil Khan - 800m
• Hariharan Kathiravan - 110m hurdles
• Nayan Pradip Sarde - 110m hurdles
• Murad Kallubhai Simran - 400m hurdles
• Karthika Raja Arumugam - 400m hurdles
• Sharuk Khan - 3000m steeplechase
• Ranvir Ajay Singh - 3000m steeplechase
• Himanshu -10000m race walk
• Sachin - 10000m race walk
• Mohd Atta Sazid - Long jump
• Dev Kumar Meena - Pole vault
• Siddharth Choudhary - Shot put
• Anurag Singh Kaler - Shot put
• Ritik - Discus throw
• Prateek - Hammer throw
• Dipanshu Sharma - Javelin throw
• Rohan Yadav - Javelin throw
• Ankul - 4x400m relay
• Rihan Chaudhary - 4x400m relay
• Abhiram Pramod - 4x400m relay

Women

• Unnathi Aiyappa Bolland - 200m, 100m hurdles
• Neeru Pathak - 200m, 400m, 4x400m relay
• Anushka Dattatray Kumbhar - 400m, 4x400m relay
• Laxita Vinod Sandilea - 800m/1500m
• Ekta Dey - 3000m steeplechase
• Shreeya Rajesh - 400m hurdles
• Aarti - 10000m race walk
• Nikita Kumari - Discus throw
• Amanat Kamboj - Discus throw
• Tamanna - Shot put
• Pooja - High jump
• Pavana Nagaraj - Long jump
• Abinaya Rajarajan - 100m, 4x100m relay
• Sudheeksha Vadluri - 4x100m relay
• Neole Anna Cornelio - 4x100m relay
• Rujula Amol Bhonsle - 4x100m relay
• Siya Abhijit Sawant - 4x100m relay
• Sandramol Sabu - 4x400m
• Kanista Teena Maria Deva Shekhar - 4x400m relay
• Shravani Sachin Sangle - 4x400m relay

Mixed

• Neeru Pathak - 4x400m relay
• Sandramol Sabu - 4x400m relay
• Shravani Sachin Sangle - 4x400m relay
• Rihan Chaudhary - 4x400m relay
• Bapi Hansda - 4x400m relay
• Jay Kumar - 4x400m relay