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31 July 2018 AFI Media New Delhi. The 23rd Asian Athletics Championships will be held from 19-24 April 2019 in Doha, Qatar. The biennial continental event which is usually held in July-August is preponed by Asian Athletics Association (AAA) due to intensely hot and humid summers in Doha. The six-day competition will be held at the Khalifa International Stadium which

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AFI Media 23 July 2018 Vadodara. Punjab shot-putter Dhanvir Singh and Kerala hurdler Vishnu Priya wrote themselves into the record books on the final day of the 15th National Youth Athletics championships as they registered meet records in the men’s shotput and women’s 400m hurdles respectively. Dhanvir Singh had begun his event on a very strong note, erasing the earlier

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AFI Media 22 July 2018 Vadodara. Haryana athlete Mohit Kumar set the stage alight on the second day of the 15th National Youth Athletics Championships, even as he set a new youth national record in the men’s decathlon. Mohit tallied 6707 points at the end of the ten events to erase the old mark of 6618 points set by A

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AFI Media 21 July 2018 Vadodara.Rakesh Gond was the star performer on the opening day of the 15th National Youth Athletics Championships currently underway in Vadodara, setting a new youth national record in the pole vault competition. Gond, 18 cleared a height of 4.90m to erase both the old meet record of 4.72m set by Dhirendra Kumar in the 2016

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AFI Media 19 July 2018 Vadodara:India’s emerging track and field athletes in the Under-18 (Youth) category will be in action during the 15th National Youth Athletics Championships which will kick-off at the Manjalpur Sports Complex here on Saturday. A total of 634 athletes including 364 boys and 270 girls from 24 states the country has registered for the prestigious U18

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AFI Media 18 July 2018 New Delhi. Six Indian ultra-runners will take part in the 30th IAU 100km World Championship to be held at Sveti Martin na Muri, Croatia on 08th September 2018. This is the first time an Indian team will participate in the 100km World Championships. The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has selected Vikash Malik, Lt Cdr

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AFI Media 04 July 2018 Bangkok (Thailand). Kunwer Ajairaj Singh Rana was the star of the show for India on the opening day of the Asian Area qualification leg of the 2018 Youth Olympic Games currently underway in Bangkok, Thailand. The 18-year-old javelin thrower managed to both win the gold medal and qualify for the Youth Olympic Games to be

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