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Toor, Sreeshankar and Dutee Chand to compete in World Indoor Championships
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 12 (ANI): India will field Shot Putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor, Long Jumper M Sreeshankar and sprinter Dutee Chand in the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 2022 starting from March 18 at the Stark Arena in the Serbian Capital.
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Eknath Turambekar, Priyanka Goswami rewrite 35 Km Race Walk National Recor
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Muscat [Oman], March 6 (ANI): Eknath Sambhaji Turambekar and Priyanka Goswami set new National Records in the men and women's 35 Km events in the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships Muscat. They finished 27th and 20th respectively in hot conditions that added to the challenge of
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Indian Athletics calendar starts with Indian Open Throws competition in Pa
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Patiala (Punjab) [India], February 26 (ANI): As many as 67 athletes, including 29 women, will compete in the inaugural Indian Open Throws Competition 2022 here at the Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports on Sunday. It marks the start of the athletics calendar at the National level for
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Athletics Federation of India partners with IOS to raise bar of athletics
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 27 (ANI): Athletics Federation of India (AFI) joined hands with IOS Sports and Entertainment to bring them on as exclusive commercial partners of the federation for a period of three years.
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AFI to redesign junior programme and provide more competitions
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], September 13 (ANI): In a major decision, the Athletics Federation of India on Monday decided that it would redesign and strengthen its junior programme to be able to build on the gains of Neeraj Chopra's Olympic Games gold medal and the three-medal haul in the Wor
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AFI invites applications for foreign coaches and support staff
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] September 9 (ANI): Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has invited applications for the recruitment of foreign coaches and support staff in various disciplines of athletics from the current period until the 2024 Olympics and extendable until 2028.
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AFI to stage javelin throwing competition every year on Aug 7 to honour Ne
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): Lalit Bhanot, the Chairman of Athletics Federation of India's (AFI) Planning Committee, on Tuesday said they will stage javelin throwing competitions every year on August 7.
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'Couldn't have asked for greater reward', says AFI chief after Neeraj Chop
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 7 (ANI): Athletics Federation of India (AFI) president Adille Sumariwalla on Saturday congratulated Neeraj Chopra for winning the gold medal in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics.
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AFI names 28-member squad for World Athletics U20 Championships
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): The selection committee of the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has picked a 28-member team that will compete in 19 different disciplines at the World Athletics U20 Championships.
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Tokyo Olympics: AFI selectors decide against withdrawing Sreeshankar, Irfa
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): Athletics Federation of India (AFI) selection committee on Friday decided, after great consideration, against withdrawing the entries of long jumper M Sreeshankar and 20km race walking athlete KT Irfan from the Tokyo Olympics.
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AFI names 26-member squad for Tokyo Olympics
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI) The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) on Monday announced a 26-member team to compete in the Tokyo Olympics.
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AFI recommends Oly-bound javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra for Khel Ratna
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has recommended the name of javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.
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