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Asian Athletics Association (AAA) Vice President Dr. Lalit K Bhanot who is also the Chairman of Athletics Federation of India (AFI) Planning Committee and Adille J Sumariwall, Council Member of International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and AFI President, attended the Council Meeting of AAA held in Bangkok (Thailand) on 3rd July 2018. The meeting was chaired by General Dahlan

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All eyes will be on Junior Asian 800m champion Anu Kumar at the Asian Area qualification leg of the 2018 Youth Olympic Games that will be held in Bangkok, Thailand on the 4th and 5th of July. Kumar is one of a contingent of 21 athletes – 10 men and 8 women —  who will be looking to secure qualification

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July 3, 2018, Bangkok (Thailand) :  The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has shortlisted a team of 23 men and 28 women athletes for the Asian Games to be held from 18 August to 2 September 2018 in Jakarta, Indonesia. The selection committee of AFI which met on Saturday 30th June 2018 after the conclusion of 58th National Inter State

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AFI Media 29 June 2018 Guwahati. Hima Das claimed the bragging rights on the final day of the 58th National Inter State Athletics Championships by winning the marquee women’s 400m race in Guwahati on Friday. The 18-year-old clocked 51.13 seconds to pip Haryana’s Nirmla Sheoran to the top of the podium at the Indira Gandhi Stadium. Das, who had earlier

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AFI Media 28 June 2018 Guwahati. Meet records continued to tumble and athletes continued to earn places in the Indian squad for the 2018 Asian Games, at the 58th National Inter State Athletics Championships in Guwahati. Five athletes earned the right to represent India in Jakarta even as six meet records were set in the third day of competition at

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AFI Media 27 June 2018 Guwahati. Jinson  Johnson created history at the Indira Gandhi Stadium in Guwahati on Wednesday as he shattered the oldest standing record in Indian athletics. The 27-year old from Kerala clocked 1:45.65 seconds to win the gold medal in the men’s 800m event at the 58th National Inter State Championships. In doing so he erased the

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AFI Media 25 June 2018 Guwahati. The opening day of the 58th  National Inter State Athletics Championships got off to a fine start with a total of seven athletes finishing inside the qualifying guidelines for the Asian Games 2018 set by the Athletic Federation of India. Another four meet records were set at the Sarusajai Sports Complex in Guwahati on

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