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Indian Ahtletics - News - 53rd Open National Athletics Championships ©Indian Athletics
Indian Ahtletics – News – 53rd Open National Athletics Championships
Delhi – 4 September, 2013 – Ranchi, a fast improving sports centre in the eastern part of the country and capital of Jharkhand state, is hosting the 53rd edition of the National Open athletics championships in the beautiful state-of-the-art Birsa Munda Athletics Stadium from 7 to 10 September 2013.
First held at Delhi in 1963, the Open Nationals took place at Jamshedpur in Jharkhand state (or when it was part of the undivided Bihar state) at least four times in its fifty-year-old history! Jamshedpur hosted the above championship first in 1979, thereafter in 1983, 1995 and 2007. So it will be the fifth time the state received the honour of organising the mega athletics competition this year at Ranchi where around 900 athletes from 25 teams are expecting to take part.
With major global competitions like Asian and World championships were already over, the national open athletics will once again witness fierce battle for the top honours between ONGC, Railways and Services teams. Indian Railways team won the women’s and overall championships during last year in Chennai while Services team were defending champions in the men’s division.
Both Railways and ONGC are trying to raise their stakes this year by recruiting some top class athletes like long jumper Kumaravel Prem Kumar high hurdler Arumugam Suresh among others.
/ AFI /
