India to host athletic championship

Bhubaneswar will host the Asian Athletics Championships from July 6-9. Kalinga Stadium of the Odisha capital will host the continent's flagship event. Capital of Jharkhand, Ranchi was to host the event from June 1-4 but it made a late pull out due to financial issues and Bhubaneswar was then chosen by the Athletics Federation of India as the venue.

India has already hosted this event twice once in New Delhi in the year 1989 and in Pune, Maharashtra in the year 2013. In the year 1989 India successfully hold the gold medals in 8 events. And 9 silver medals and 5 bronze medals and India ranked second in that championship. In the year 2013 India earned 5 bronze, 6 silver and 2 gold medals.

With the hope of earning more medal this time team “Ideas Unlimited Sports Management Group “wish the athletes BEST OF LUCK.

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