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22ND ASIAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 6-9 JULY 2017 BHUBANESWAR – ODISHA CIRCULAR – 1 : CLICK HERE 08 Apr. 17, AFI Media India will once again proudly host the prestigious Asian Athletics Championships from July 6-9, 2017 at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneshwar (Odisha). The 22nd edition of the Championships, which was earlier scheduled to be held in Ranchi, Jharkhand from

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15 April 2017, AFI Media India’s top Race Walker Manish Singh Rawat clocked his best timing of 2017 and finished fifth at the IAAF Men’s 20km Walkers Challenge (Grand-Prix) 2017 in Taicang, China on Saturday. Manish finished fifth overall and first among Asian athletes in the hot and humid conditions in Taicang by clocking 1h 23min 58 sec.  Brazil’s CaioOliveria

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To All National Coaches/Athletes, As you are aware about the national calendar of AFI for the year 2017, it has been made mandatory by AFI that every Athlete who is in the national camp and is interested to be selected in the Indian team for participation in any international competition he/she must take part in the meets organised by AFI

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Indian Ultra Marathon & Trail Runners to represent India at international level The Athletics Federation of India (AFI)recently became the 83rd member of the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU). The IAU operates under the patronage of the IAAF and is dedicated to promote and develop ultra-distance running internationally within the IAAF Rules & Regulations. Observing the enthusiasm and rapidly growing

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Introduction 1. The 12th IAU 24 Hour World Championships and WMA 24 Hour World Championships will be held on 01 to 02 July 2017, at Belfast, Northern Ireland. (http://www.iau-ultramarathon.org/). Athletics Federation of India (AFI) herein has set out the criteria for selecting athletes to represent India at the 12th IAU 24 Hour World Championships and WMA 24 Hour World Championships.

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Dear Editors, AFI invites nominations from Press reporters and photographers interested in covering IAAF World Championships to be held in London from 4-13 August, 2017. Kindly visit the link below for detailed information on Media Accreditation process- http://www.iaafworldchampionships.com/mediainfo You are requested to send the nominations on the official letterhead of the organisation duly signed by the Sports Editor by Saturday,

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To All Affiliated Units – AFI This is further to our circular informing you that Asian Athletics Championships has been postponed by one month and now will be held from 6th to 9thJuly 2017 at Bhubaneswar, Orissa. Accordingly domestic competitions have been planned as given below: 7 th May 2017 (SUNDAY) – IGP-I, Delhi 11th May 2017 (THRUSDAY) – IGP-II,

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