India all set for Asian Beach Games

BANGALORE: As London gears up for the Olympics, a little-known Chinese seaside town of Haiyang is all set to host nearly 2,000 athletes for the third edition of the Asian Beach Games.

The tournament, which kicks-off on Saturday, will feature competitions in 14 beach sports - basketball, football, handball, sepak takraw, kabbadi, woodball, waterpolo, volleyball, body-building, waterski, sailing, marathon swimming, tent pegging and triathlon.

The Basketball Federation of India (BFI) announced its men's and women's teams for the tournament with the experienced Geethu Anna Jose and Yadwinder Singh expected to play a pivotal role in the nation's campaign in China.

The men's team won gold while the women clinched bronze at the inaugural Asian beach Games held in Bali, Indonesia, in 2009. In the next edition at Muscat, India bagged three gold and 1 bronze and finished sixth in the medals tally.

Last year in Hambantota, Sri Lanka, both teams' clinched gold medals at the 1st South Asian Beach Games.American coach Kenny Natt will lead the men's team while Prem Kumar will be incharge of the women's squad.

Squads:

Men: Vishesh Bhriguvanshi, Hareesh Koroth, Yadwinder Singh, Jagdeep Singh. Coach:Kenny Natt.
Women: Geethu Anna Jose, Anitha Paul Durai, Shireen Vijay Limaye, Kiranjit Kaur. Coach:Prem Kumar

Groupings:

Men: Group A: Bhutan, Mongolia, Thailand, Qatar; Group B: Afghanistan, Nepal, Palestine, Turkmenistan; Group C: India, Vietnam, Bangladesh and China.
Women: Group A: India, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand; Group B: Mongolia, Maldives, Turkmenistan and China

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