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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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AFI Media 25 June 2018 Guwahati. With spots in the Indian squad for the 2018 Asian Games up for grabs, the 58th National Inter State Athletics Championships, beginning June 26th in Guwahati, is expected to be a keenly contested affair. While a few high profile names including Commonwealth gold medalist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra and Commonwealth silver medalist discus thrower

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The venue has been changed from Kolkata to Guwahati With the Olympic Council of Asia and the Asian Athletics Association not responding to the Athletics Federation of India’s request to extend the entry deadline for the coming Asian Games, the AFI has advanced the four-day National inter-State championship from July 15 to the last week of June. There is also

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NEW DELHI: India’s leading track and field athletes like discus throwers Vikas Gowda and Seema Punia or high jumper Tejaswin Shankar and hurdler Siddhanth Thingalaya, who are training privately in India and abroad away from the national camp, will have to mandatorily appear for the Asian Games selection trial at the Interstate meet in Guwahati later next month. A no-show

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