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AFI Media 09 October 2018 Patiala, October 9: Athletics Federation of India has articulated its strong resolve to upgrade the training programme for its athletes to help raise the profile of the country’s track and field sport from an Asian giant to one that will realise the long-standing dream of Olympic medals. “It is time to follow up the good

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2018 IAU 24-HOUR ASIA & OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS, TAIPEI (01 – 02 DECEMBER 2018) ANNOUNCEMENT OF TEAM 1. India will be sending a team for the 2018 IAU 24 Hour Asia & Oceania Championships to be held on 01 – 02 December 2018 at Soochow University, Taipei, in the special municipality of Taiwan. The Asia and Oceania IAU members invited for

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AFI Media 01 October 2018 New Delhi. The national athletics coaching camps will commence from 10th October 2018 at different venues. The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) will also organise an orientation course for all the coaches on 7th and 8th October 2019. The AFI has advised all athletes, coaches and support to report on 10th October 2018 at their

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AFI Media 28 September 2018 Bhubaneswar (Odisha). Avinash Sable ended the 58th Open National athletics Championships with a new national record erasing the 37-year-old mark in the men’s 3000m steeplechase. Sabale representing Serivices clocked 8:29.80 seconds at the Kalinga Stadium on Friday to go past the old mark of 8:30.88 seconds recorded by Gopal Saini in Tokyo in 1981. Sable

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AFI Media 27 September 2018 Bhubaneswar (Odisha). Murali Sreeshankar was the star performer on the third day of the 58th National Open Athletics Championships, setting a new national record en route a gold medal in the men’s long jump competition. The 19-year-old representing Kerala cleared a distance of 8.20m erasing the old mark of 8.19 m set by Ankit Sharma

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25 Sep. 18 AFI Media Bhubaneswar (Odisha). Railways athlete Sharmila Kumari produced the first upset in the opening day of the 58th National Open athletics Championships by pipping National Record holder Annu Rani to the gold medal in the women’s javelin throw event at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneshwar, Orissa on Tuesday. The 23-year-old Kumari threw a personal best throw

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