NEW DELHI, May 14: The newly-built stadium at Sariahtali in Nalbari district of Assam will host the seventh leg of Indian Athletics Series on June 6, providing the athletes of the state and adjoining areas a chance to compete in a national level meet.
The one-day meet will feature 18 events in senior category — nine each for men and women — and 10 in junior section (five each in men’s and women’s U20).
“The meet being an inaugural meet will enable the athletes from the interior areas of Assam State to promote athletics,” said the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) in a circular.
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The meet will be organised by Assam Athletics Association under the aegis of the AFI.
The venue has a newly-laid 9-lane track, which is a part of the Nalbari District Sports Stadium Complex, inaugurated in February by chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The complex also houses Assam’s first Athletics Academy for elite training, besides having a football ground. Assam has earlier hosted major national athletics events such as National Inter-State Championships in the past at the Indira Gandhi Stadium in Guwahati. (PTI)
