the assam olympic association on sunday unveiled a starstudded contingent for the upcoming 36th national games in gujarat wherein it expects the states athletics team led by star sprinters hima das and amlan borgohain to fetch four gold medals from the track and field eventsthe states contingent also comprises star boxers lovlina borgohain and shiva thapa along with the likes of ankushita boro and jamuna boro while cwg gold medallist nayanmoni saikia will spearhead the lawn bowls team that consists of tania choudhary and bangita hazarikaweightlifter poppy hazarika will be looking to put behind the disappointment in birmingham as she aims for a podium finish in the 59kg category while india open quarterfinalist ashmita chaliha will lead the states badminton team assams aquatics team boasts of promising names in national championships medallists shivangi sarma gold and bikram changmai bronzemeanwhile hima who has been on a break after competing at the birmingham commonwealth games expressed hopes of assam doing reasonably well at the national games given the kind of support from the aoa and the state governmentunlike the past the state government and the association have been quite supportive of the athletes in the last fourfive years as a result of that the states athletes have been able to perform on the national and international stage without any mental baggage hima told reporters during an interactionaway from the national camp for almost a month now hima said that she has restarted her regime with light training and believes she will be in the best shape in gujaratbesides hima all eyes will be on the national record holder in both mens 100m and 200m sprint amlan borgohain the assam lad recently set a new national record in the 100m event by clocking 1025s at the interrailway athletics championships 2022 in rae bareli up the previous record was set by amiya kumar mallick 1026s in 2016amlan also holds the 200m nr with a timing of 2052s set at the federation cup in april this yearapart from track and field boxing fans will expect tokyo bronze medallist lovlina borgohain to return to her best at the games especially after underwhelming campaigns at the world championships and the commonwealth gamesas of now the continents strength lies at 272 but according to aoa general secretary lakhya konwar the number could rise to 278 as the states rowing and gymnastics team are also expected to make the cut he also informed that four golfers two in individual and two as team from each state have been granted wildcard entrykonwar also informed that the state chief minister himanta biswa sarma is taking keen interest in the welfare of the athletes and their respective training schedules and therefore has decided to sponsor air tickets for all the athletesas per instruction by the chief minister we will be sending all the athletes by air to gujarat this is the first time that the state government is organising flight travel for athletes competing at the national games the government has already