New Delhi, July 4: All the Asian Games-bound track and field athletes will compete in the final leg of the Indian Athletics Series scheduled to be held here on September 10, the national federation said on Saturday.
The Indian athletics team for the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya in Japan from September 19 to October 4 is yet to be announced.
The entries in the final-leg of the Indian Athletics Series will be through invitation as per their ranking in their respective events. It will be held on September 10 instead of September 12 scheduled earlier.
“All Japan Asian Games bound athletes will also compete in the final-leg of the series,” Athletics Federation of India (AFI) President Bahadur Singh Sagoo said.
The dates of the remaining legs of the Indian Athletics Series have been rejigged but the venues of the competition remained the same. After the revised schedule, the 13th-leg of the Indian Athletics Series will now be held on August 18, instead of August 14. The 14th leg of the Indian Athletics Series will be held on August 25 instead of August 16.
The date of the 15th leg of the series has been changed to September 2 from August 29.
The major domestic track and field event – the 65th National Inter State Senior Athletics Championships held between June 24 and 28 in Bhubaneswar – was the selection event for the Asian Games.
Meanwhile, a group of Indian athletes left for Europe on Saturday as part of their preparation for the Commonwealth Games starting on July 23 in Glasgow, Scotland. The second batch will leave early next week. (PTI)
