Ahmedabad, Sept. 27 -- A total of 40 swimmers, including 20 men and 20 women, will compete in the 11th Asian Aquatics Championships starting on Sunday at the newly-built state-of-the-art Veer Savarkar Sports Complex in Naranpura, Ahmedabad.

The Indian contingent has been based in Naranpura over the past month for the national coaching camp and are all-geared up to compete against the creme-de-le-creme of Asian continent. Over 1,100 swimmers, coaches and technical officials have arrived from 29 countries for the marquee event in the Asian Aquatics calendar, which will serve as a qualifying event for the Asian Games to be held in Nagoya, Japan, next year, as per a press release from the Swimming Federation of India (SFI).

Headlining India...