Athletics Federation of India
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| Sport | Athletics |
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| Jurisdiction | National |
| Abbreviation | AFI |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Affiliation | World Athletics |
| Regional affiliation | Asian Athletics Association |
| Headquarters | New Delhi, India |
| President | Adille Sumariwalla |
| Vice president(s) | Anju Bobby George |
| Secretary | Ravinder Chaudhry |
| Official website | |
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The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) is the national governing body for Athletics sport in India, and is responsible for conducting competitions in the country. It was formed in 1943.[1][2] It is affiliated to World Athletics and Asian Athletics Association (AAA).
It was formerly called as Amateur Athletic Federation of India (AAFI). Anju Bobby George an Indian Olympian was appointed as the vice president of AFI.
History
Athletics Federation of India, then Amateur Athletic Federation of India (AAFI), was formed in 1946 at the initiative of Prof. G.D. Sondhi and
Competitions
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AFI organises following national level Athletics competitions annually, periodically in the country:
- Indian National Open Athletics Championships
- Indian National Inter-State Senior Athletics championships
- National Federation Cup Senior Athletics Competition
- Indian Open Reacewalking competition
- Indian Open Javelin throw competition
- National Federation Cup under-20 Athletics championships
- National Javelin Throw Competition [note 1]
- North Zone Junior Athletics championship
- Indian open 400m competition
- South zone junior Athletics championship
- West zone junior Athletics championship
- East zone junior Athletics championship
- National youth Athletics championship
- National open athletics championship
- Indian open Under 23 Athletics competition
- National junior Athletics championship
- National Inter-district junior Athletics meet.
- Source - [4]
Controversies
AFI has been under pressure for the last several years due to doping scandals. The entire 4 × 400 m women's relay that won gold in the 2010 Commonwealth Games were tested positive for anabolic steroid.
The governing body's selection process for international teams have received public criticism.
Footnotes
- ^ This competition was founded, announced by AFI in 2021. It is scheduled to host on 7 August 2022, to commemorate India's first Olympic gold medal in Javelin throw by Neeraj Chopra[3]
See also
- Sports in India– Overview of sports in India
References
- ^ "National Sports Games". Yssgfd.com. 2 February 2006. [Yssgfd.com Archived] from the original on 3 February 2006. Retrieved 3 February 2006.
{{cite web}}: Check|archive-url=value (help) - ^ About Us Archived 22 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Indian Athletics. Retrieved 2019-06-29.
- ^ Venkat, Rahul (8 May 2022). "Indian athletics calendar 2022: Season to start February 26". Olympics.com. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ "Indian athletics calendar 2022: Full schedule". www.olympics.com. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ Mohan, KP (2017-07-31). Utter mess: India’s athletics body took the right call with PU Chitra but handled it poorly. Scroll. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
