Led by star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, India on Sunday named a 19-member team for the World Athletics Championships to be held in Tokyo from September 13-21.

For the first time in the country’s history, India will have four men’s javelin throwers in the showpiece with Sachin Yadav, Yashvir Singh and Rohit Yadav also making the cut, along with two-time Olympic medallist Chopra.

The Indian team, which has five women, was named after a meeting of the senior selection committee of the Athletics Federation of India (AFI). India had sent 28 athletes in the last edition in Hungary in 2023.