CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Due to COVID-19, the event was cancelled in 2020 and last year’s event was deferred. India have sent a 25-member contingent-13 male and 12 female-for this year’s Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, which will be the 10th edition.

Detailed explanation-2: -Asian Games shot put champion Tajinderpal Singh Toor and star hurdler Jyothi Yarraji will lead a 26-member Indian contingent at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2023, which will be held in Astana, Kazakhstan from February 10 to 12.

Detailed explanation-3: -The 2022 Asian Youth Athletics Championships (4th Asian U18 Athletics Championship) was the fourth edition of the biennial, continental athletics competition for Asian athletes aged 15 to 17. It was held at the Ahmed Al Rashdan Track & Field Stadium in Kuwait City from 13 to 16 October 2022.

Detailed explanation-4: -The 23rd edition of the Asian Athletics Championship was held in Doha, Qatar in 2019 in which 595 athletes from 43 nations participated. It was a 4-day long event. India secured 4th position in the medals tally (3 Gold, 7 Silver, and 7 Bronze) which was topped by Bahrain followed by China and Japan.

Detailed explanation-5: -The President of the Asian Athletics Association and IAAF Council Member Mr. Suresh Kalmadi has been re-elected for the second consecutive term announced the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) in a Press Release today.