Athletics Federation of India Announces Indian Grand Prix-IV Series on June 21 Ahead of Inter State Championships

New Delhi, June 9: The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) on Wednesday introduced the fourth spherical of the Indian Grand Prix sequence, slated to start on June 21 at NS-NIS Patiala.

"AFI has taken this decision to provide additional competition to Indian athletes as the 40-member national team will not be participating in the T. Kolpakova International Competition in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) and the Qosanov Memorial in Almaty (Kazakhstan) to be held later this month in view of the changed quarantine rules in those countries," acknowledged an official assertion launched by AFI.

The Athletics Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Athletics Federation of Kyrgyz Republic knowledgeable AFI through e-mails that new restrictive measures mandating 14-day isolation had been ordered for these arriving from India, regardless of a damaging PCR take a look at or perhaps a vaccination certificates.

In view of that, AFI determined to drop the plan of sending the crew because it didn't make sense to have the athletes undergo 14-day quarantine in both location for the June 12-13 and June 19-20 occasions respectively.

"We do not want to impact the training schedule of our athletes by making them go through a quarantine process with six weeks left for the Olympic Games," AFI President Adille J Sumariwalla mentioned.

"AFI has always put the athletes first in making the decisions. We will focus on providing them with good competition in the Indian Grand Prix and National Inter-State Championships from 25-29th June in Patiala," he added.

The record of occasions that shall be carried out within the fourth IGP are: Men- 400m, 1500m, lengthy leap, triple leap, shot put, javelin throw, and 400m hurdles; Women- 100m, 200m, 400m, 1500m, 5000m, discus throw, javelin throw, and 4x100m relay.

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