The competition is a sprint race consisting of a 750 m swim, 20 km cycle and 5 km run.
India had swept the podium places in the last edition, with the country's most famous female triathlete Pragya winning her third consecutive South Asian title, while finishing ninth in the women's overall category.
The Maharashtra pair of Sanjana Joshi and Mansi Mohite, who had won silver and bronze respectively last year behind Gujarat's Pragya, are part of the 13 Indian athletes in the women's elite field.
Services' Muralitharan Sinimol, who finished third last year, was the 2022 winner, and heads India's field in the men's elite field, which includes Manipur's promising pair of Telheiba Soram and Kshetrimayum Kabidash Singh.
In the Indian field:
Men: Telheiba Soram, Kshetrimayum Kabidash Singh, Tushar Deka, Anagh Wankhade Partha Sankhla, Angad Inglekar, Abhishek Modanwal, Ankur Chahar, Partha Miraj Krishiv Patel, Kaushik Vinayak Malandkar, Sai Lohitaksh KD, Dev Ambokar, Ra Kumar Pawar, Puskar Das, Vishwanath Yadav, Adarsh Muralitharan Nair, Sinimol Ankan Bhattacharjee, Arnab Bhattacharya, Safa Mustafa Shaikh.
Women: Durvisha Pawar, Dolly Devidas Patil, Dhriti Koujalgi, Rama Sonkar, Hein Zalavadia, Prerna Shravan Kumar, Riddhi Kadam, Sanjana Joshi, Snehal Joshi Mansi Mohite, Nafisa Milwala, Pragya Mohan, Punam Biswas.
India had swept the podium places in the last edition, with the country's most famous female triathlete Pragya winning her third consecutive South Asian title, while finishing ninth in the women's overall category.
The Maharashtra pair of Sanjana Joshi and Mansi Mohite, who had won silver and bronze respectively last year behind Gujarat's Pragya, are part of the 13 Indian athletes in the women's elite field.
Services' Muralitharan Sinimol, who finished third last year, was the 2022 winner, and heads India's field in the men's elite field, which includes Manipur's promising pair of Telheiba Soram and Kshetrimayum Kabidash Singh.
In the Indian field:
Men: Telheiba Soram, Kshetrimayum Kabidash Singh, Tushar Deka, Anagh Wankhade Partha Sankhla, Angad Inglekar, Abhishek Modanwal, Ankur Chahar, Partha Miraj Krishiv Patel, Kaushik Vinayak Malandkar, Sai Lohitaksh KD, Dev Ambokar, Ra Kumar Pawar, Puskar Das, Vishwanath Yadav, Adarsh Muralitharan Nair, Sinimol Ankan Bhattacharjee, Arnab Bhattacharya, Safa Mustafa Shaikh.
Women: Durvisha Pawar, Dolly Devidas Patil, Dhriti Koujalgi, Rama Sonkar, Hein Zalavadia, Prerna Shravan Kumar, Riddhi Kadam, Sanjana Joshi, Snehal Joshi Mansi Mohite, Nafisa Milwala, Pragya Mohan, Punam Biswas.
