beijing their record nothing to be proud of in the prestigious event indian athletes will begin their campaign in the world championships on sunday with shot putter inderjeet singh facing the severest test of his fledging career while three 20km race walkers seek to post their personal bests on the second day of competitions india has won just one bronze through long jumper anju bobby george in the 2003 edition in paris in the 32yearold history of the championships dubbed as the second biggest single sport event after fifa world cup anju later finished fourth in the 2005 edition before discus thrower vikas gowda ended at seventh both in 2011 and 2013 championships in fact anju and gowda were the only two athletes to have reached the finals of a world championships since its inception in 1983 gowda will once again be the one on whom india will be banking upon for a best finish if not a medal the national record holder indian has competed in the most number of top flight events this year having taken part in a few legs of the diamond league series even winning a bronze in shanghai in may he will have both his qualification and final round events on august 27 baljinder singh chandan singh and gurmeet singh will be the indian faces in mens 20km race walk the starting event for indians early morning on sunday gurmeet singh double asian championships medallist in 2012 and 2013 has been listed 27th among 62 entered in the event the indians will try their best to gain a place among the top10 in a strong field asian champion and world university games gold medallist shot putter inderjeet will be the other indian featuring on sunday the 27yearold indian tossed the iron ball to a personal best of 2065m during federation cup at mangalore and attained both world championships and rio olympics tickets the above performance is matching with the cutoff mark set by the iaaf for throwers to enter the final round in beijing inderjeet has been in an impressive run of form in the recent months but world championships will be a completely different ball game and he will have to surpass his best to even make it to the finals halfmiler tintu luka will be making her second appearance at the world championships after her first in 2011 and will try her best to attain the rio olympics qualification ranked 10th among the list of athletes entered in beijing the best among the indian team members tintu has every chance to make it to the final although getting a medal could be a remote possibility for the prodigy of legendary p t usha who will also be by her side india will be fielding three athletes in marathon for the first time at a global competition with o p jaisha lalita babar and sudha singh taking part lalita will also run in her pet 3000m steeplechase event jaisha had erased the 19yearold