AFI cancels national championships this year in view of COVID-19 pandemic

The Nationwide Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships will probably be held in Bengaluru from June 25-29. (Supply: Report)

The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) on Wednesday cancelled this yr’s nationwide championships in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly bringing the season to an finish with none festival.

The transfer was once on anticipated traces after the AFI on August 28 determined to defer the season, previous scheduled to begin on September 12 in view of the worldwide well being disaster. There has no longer been any athletics festival thus far this season.

A countrywide throws open championships will probably be held in Patiala on October 26 and 27 and that would be the best profitable match on the senior stage this yr. A couple of zonal occasions in November and the nationwide formative years championships in Vijaywada in December are the opposite competitions to be held this yr.

The AFI gave the look to be hoping that the following season, which will probably be a very powerful for Olympics qualification for a variety of athletes, will probably be a regular one with the primary Indian Grand Prix in Thiruvananthapuram kick-starting the competitions for 2021 on February 12.

This will probably be adopted through the second one and 3rd Grand Prix occasions on February 19 and 27 in Thiruvananthapuram and Patiala respectively.

The 2021 Federation Cup Senior Nationwide Championships will probably be held in Patiala from March 10-14, in line with the calendar issued through AFI.

The Nationwide Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships will probably be held in Bengaluru from June 25-29.

The calendar additionally pencilled within the first Nationwide Beneath-23 Championships in New Delhi from August 24-26.

The entire Indian Grand Prix occasions, the Federation Cup and the Nationwide Inter-State are Olympic qualifying occasions.

“The contest calendar was once re-drawn retaining in thoughts the upward push within the COVID-19 circumstances around the nation…AFI is responsibility certain to supply competitions to our athletes however because of the existing cases we need to care for the protection of our athletes,” AFI President Adille Sumariwalla stated in a liberate.

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