The event was slated in Bhopal from January 27-29 and was to serve as selection trials for the Asian Athletics Championships, which was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Both the male and female 400m runners, who were training at the NIS Patiala, left for the Kerala capital on Monday.
16-year-old Rupal was the cynosure of all eyes, with her girls U-18 triumph coming in a personal best time of 53.73 seconds. She bettered her previous best of 55.37 seconds.
Following a successful season that saw Harmilan Kaur Bains rewrite the 1500m national record last week, the Jalandhar athlete is now aiming for success in the 2022 Asian and Commonwealth Games.
In an exclusive conversation with Indiatvnews.com upon her return from Nairobi with a World U-20 Athletics Championships silver medal, Shaili Singh says she will change the colour of her medal next time.
The Georges' protege Shaili Singh clinched World U-20 Athletics Championships silver medal on Sunday with a jump of 6.59m in Nairobi.
Indian runners -- Priya Mohan, Barath Sridhar, Summy and Kapil -- clocked season-best of 3:20.60 seconds to finish third behind Nigeria (gold at 3:19.70 seconds) and Poland (3:19.80 secs).
Neeraj Chopra's former coach's contract with SAI ran out at the end of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) felicitated the Indian athletics team of Tokyo Olympics in Delhi on August 10. Gold medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra also attended the event.
India's leading women's 400m runner MR Poovamma has quit the national camp in Patiala due to an injury.
Punia raised concerns about improvement in Kaur's performance in a short period and seeking a hyperandrogenism test on her.
Hima and Dutee, who are yet to qualify for the Olympics, were to be a part of the 4x100m women's relay team, which was earlier planned events to be held in the two Central Asian countries.
In an exclusive conversation with Indiatvnews.com, AFI president Adille Sumariwalla explains how champions like Neeraj are honed and handled with care while revealing that the athlete will be training and competing in Europe in May.
Deol had won many medals for the country and the state since 1951 and was awarded the Dhyan Chand National Award in 2009 for his lifelong contribution towards sports.
Hima's performance of 23.31 seconds in 200m fell short of the Olympic qualification timing of 22.80 secs; Dutee clocks 11.44 seconds to take 100m gold.
According to sources in the AFI, Jadam tested positive for COVID-19 last month and died of complications related to the dreaded virus.
Herrmann said on his Facebook page that he had resigned from the post "three weeks ago" after he was convinced that he could no longer "meet the self-imposed expectations" of his role.
The World Athletics president attends AFI Annual General Meeting via video conference in Gurugram on Sunday.
Anju's senior vice-presidentship is the highest post to have been occupied by a woman in AFI's history. She is also the first woman vice-president of the AFI
The Athletics Federation of India on Saturday pulled up chief national coach Radhakrishnan Nair for allowing some of the national campers leave for home "without permission".
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