India, May 23 -- Some of India's top stars such as Jyothi Yarraji, Avinash Sable and Tejaswin Shankar would be in action at the Asian Championships in Gumi, South Korea, starting next week. India will look to surpass its medal count of the previous edition. At the 2023 Asian meet in Bangkok, India returned with 27 medals that included six gold, 12 silver and nine bronze medals.

"This is the first big competition for our athletes after the Olympics and it will test our athletes," said Athletics Federation of India secretary general Sandeep Mehta. "We are expecting 25-30 medals this time."

"We are hoping that our relay teams in men's and women's 4x100m and 4x400m to qualify for the World Championships," the AFI secretary general said.

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