The document lists Indian and world stars to watch at the Commonwealth Games (CWG). For India, top athletes are mentioned in badminton, boxing, weightlifting, tennis, shooting, athletics, table tennis, archery, wrestling, swimming and squash. The men's hockey team is also highlighted. World stars mentioned compete in swimming, track and field from countries like Australia, England, Canada, New Zealand and Kenya. They are Olympic and world champions in swimming, diving, pole vault, long jump, shot put, steeplechase and 5000m events.
The document lists Indian and world stars to watch at the Commonwealth Games (CWG). For India, top athletes are mentioned in badminton, boxing, weightlifting, tennis, shooting, athletics, table tennis, archery, wrestling, swimming and squash. The men's hockey team is also highlighted. World stars mentioned compete in swimming, track and field from countries like Australia, England, Canada, New Zealand and Kenya. They are Olympic and world champions in swimming, diving, pole vault, long jump, shot put, steeplechase and 5000m events.
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The document lists Indian and world stars to watch at the Commonwealth Games (CWG). For India, top athletes are mentioned in badminton, boxing, weightlifting, tennis, shooting, athletics, table tennis, archery, wrestling, swimming and squash. The men's hockey team is also highlighted. World stars mentioned compete in swimming, track and field from countries like Australia, England, Canada, New Zealand and Kenya. They are Olympic and world champions in swimming, diving, pole vault, long jump, shot put, steeplechase and 5000m events.
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Badminton: Saina Nehwal, Chetan Anand, V Diju-Jwala Gutta Boxing: Vijender Singh, Akhil Kumar Weightlifting: K Ravi Kumar, Sonia Chanu, Renu Bala, Monika Devi Tennis: Leander-Bhupathi, Sania Mirza, Somdev Devvarman, Rohan Bopanna Shooting: Abhinav Bindra, Manavjit Singh Sandhu, Ronjon Sodhi, Samaresh Jung, Gagan Narang, Tejaswini Sawant, Asher Noria Athletics: R Maheshwary, Tintu Luka, Mayookha Johny, K Poonia, Seema Antil TT: Sharath Kamal Archery: Dola Bannerjee, Deepika Kumari Wrestling: Sushil Kumar Swimming: Virdhawal Khade, Sandeep Sejwal Squash: Sourabh Ghosal, Deepika Pallikal, Joshna Chinnappa PLUS Men's Hockey Team
WORLD STARS TO WATCH
Swimming: Leisel Jones (Aus) Olympic champion (breaststroke), Brenton
Rickard (Aus) World champ (breaststroke), Rebecca Adlington (Eng) Olympic medal winner, Annamay Pierse (Canada) World record holder in 200m breaststroke, Tom Daley (Eng) youngest world champion in Diving Track & Field: Steve Hooker (Aus) world pole vault champ, Fabrice Lapierre (Aus) world indoor long jump champ, Valerie Vili (NZ) world champ in shot put, Nancy Jebet Lagat ( Kenya) Olympic champ 1500m, Ezeliel Kemboi (Kenya) world steeplechase champ, Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) Olympic steeplechase champ Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya) world women's 5000m champ