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27
Jul

Commonwealth Games 2022 a Chance for Youngsters to Shine- AFI

AFI Media July 27, 2022 New Delhi- A 32-member Indian athletics team comprising 17 men and 15 women athletes is all set to compete in the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham from July 28 to August 8, 2022. The larger Indian athletics contingent compared to 26 athletes in the previous edition of the Games at Gold Coast will start its

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26
Jul

Neeraj Chopra pulls out of the CWG Due to Fitness Concerns

AFI Media New Delhi, July 27: Fitness concerns will prevent Olympic Games Javelin Throw champion, Neeraj Chopra, from competing in the Commonwealth Games beginning in Birmingham on July 28. He suffered a minor injury when competing at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 in Eugene on Sunday and made the decision after an MRI scan on Monday. Athletics Federation of India

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11
Jul

AFI clears Jeswin Aldrin to compete in World Championships

AFI Media New Delhi, July 10: Athletics Federation of India today decided, in consultation with the members of the Selection Committee, to include long jumper Jeswin Aldrin in the squad for the World Athletics Championships Oregon22, after he jumped close to 8.00m in the trials held at the Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports in Patiala on Friday. AFI President

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6
Jul

AFI replaces Arokia Rajiv with Tejaswin Shankar

AFI Media New Delhi, July 6: Athletics Federation of India has replaced Arokia Rajiv with Tejaswin Shankar in the Indian team for the Commonwealth Games to be held in Birmingham from July 28. “We have requested the Indian Olympic Association to replace Arokia Rajiv, who withdrew from the National Inter-State Athletics Championships due to illness, with Tejaswin Shankar,” AFI President

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4
Jul

AFI offers Second Trial to Three Athletes seeking World Championships Berth

AFI Media New Delhi, July 4: Athletics Federation of India has offered Long Jumper Jeswin Aldrin, 400m sprinter Aishwarya Kailash Mishra and relay runner Arokia Rajiv a second set of trials on July 8 to make it to the Indian squad for the World Athletics Championships to be held in Eugene from July 15. AFI President Adille J. Sumariwalla said

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3
Jul

Parul Chaudhary breaks Women’s 3000m National Record with a sub-9 Minute Race

AFI Media New Delhi, July 3: Parul Chaudhary became the first Indian runner to clock a sub-9 minute time in the women’s 3000m when she rewrote the National Record with a time of 8:57.19 in the Sound Running Sunset Tour #1 in the Jack Kemp Stadium in Los Angeles on Saturday as part of her preparations for the World Athletics

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1
Jul

Javelin Throw Competition on 7th Aug 2022 – Circular

Javelin Throw Competition on 7th Aug 2022 – Click Here