File picture of Dutee Chand.
The Indian Grand Prix (IGP) IV will probably be held on June 21 in Patiala, the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) introduced on Wednesday.
The AFI will even conduct the Nationwide Inter-State Athletics Championships from June 25 on the identical venue.
“The choice to organise IGP IV was taken to offer further competitors to Indian athletes as a 40-member crew won’t be competing within the upcoming T. Kolpakova Worldwide in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, and the Qosanov Memorial meet in Almaty, Kazakhstan,” AFI mentioned in a press release on Wednesday.
The change in quarantine guidelines for the Indians was the principle cause for the cancellation of the Asian athletics circuit.
“The Athletics Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Athletics Federation of Kyrgyz Republic knowledgeable AFI through e-mails that new restrictive measures mandating 14-day isolation had been ordered for these arriving from India, no matter a detrimental PCR check or perhaps a vaccination certificates,” mentioned the AFI.
Competitors in Bishkek is scheduled for June 12 and 13 the Almaty meet will probably be held on June 19 and 20.
“We don’t wish to impression the coaching schedule of our athletes by making them undergo a 14-day quarantine course of with six weeks left for the Olympic Video games,” mentioned AFI president Adille Sumariwalla.
The occasions throughout the IGP IV within the males’s group will probably be held in 400m, 1500m, lengthy soar, triple soar, shot put, javelin throw and 400m hurdles
Competitors within the girls’s class will probably be organised in 100m, 200m, 400m, 1500m, 5000m, discus throw, javelin throw and 4x100m relay.