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AFI Media 07 June 2018 Gifu- Japan. India got their campaign at the 2018 Asian Junior Athletics Championships off to a strong start winning four medals – a gold, a silver and two bronze – on the first day of the four day event. Ashish Jakhar was the star of the opening day, as he set a new national record

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AFI Media 6 June 2018 New Delhi. Over 500 runners from all over the Delhi defied hot and humid weather to celebrate the Global Running Day, an initiative of International Federation of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on Wednesday evening. The Delhi-leg of the IAAF campaign which included 1-mile run for all age groups started from Raj Ghat and concluded at the

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AFI Media 02 June 2018 New Delhi. Former Indian quarter miler Paramjit Singh, is named as the City Captain by Athletics Federation of India (AFI) for the International Federation of Athletics Associations (IAAF) Global Running Day to be celebrated on 6 June 2018. Pramjit, who represented India at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and was part of India’s 4x400m relay team

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30 May 2018 AFI Media New Delhi. India’s one of the most celebrated track and field athlete Vikas Gowda, on Wednesday officially announced his retirement from athletics. Gowda, who holds current national record of 66.28m in discus throw, informed Athletics Federation of India (AFI) about his decision to retire from athletics through an email. “After a lot of thinking and

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AFI Media 23 May 2018 New Delhi. On 12th May 2018, Penyagolosa, Castellón de la Plana in Spain, was witness to 331 runners from 49 countries, which included 198 men, and 133 women who gently tread their ‘Trails’ at the 8th World Trail Championships. India was not to be left out and was represented by Ullas Narayana, Lokesh Meena, Ajit

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AFI Media 23 May 2018 New Delhi. Quarter miler Jisna Mathew, triple jumper Kamalraj Kanagraj, shot putter Ashish Bhalothia and Ashish Jhakhar are some of the top names in the 51-member Indian contingent selected for 18th Asian Junior Athletics Championships to be held at Gifu, Japan from 7-10 June 2018. The Indian team consists of 30 junior men and 21

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AFI Media 14 May 2018 Dear Participants, This is to inform IAAF CECS Level 1 coaching course participants of Bhopal center from 19-30 May, 2018. Kindly note, the venue for the course is now being changed from Bhopal to Gwalior. The course will be held at LNIPE Gwalior from 19-30 May 2018. The candidates are requested to report at LNIPE

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