MUMBAI: The Athletics Federation of India has decided to set qualifying standards well in advance for the upcoming big meets, the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games in 2018.
The AFI’s Planning, Coaching, Monitoring and Implementation Committee met in Patiala last week to review the Indians’ performances at the World Championships and chalk out the programme for the future.
“AFI is not satisfied with the performance of most of the athletes at the IAAF World Championships and it is being mentioned clearly to the chief coach Bahadur Singh. The performance of our athletes was poor,” AFI president Adille Sumariwalla told the Deccan Herald. “The working of coaches will be strictly monitored and coaches will be held accountable for the performances of the athletes. The targets for athletes will also be set in advance and those attaining qualifying standards set by AFI for Asian Games and CWG 2018 will be selected in the team. Our focus is on Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Winning medals at Asian competitions and area championships is not enough,” he said.
The committee also identified events to focus on at the Commonwealth Games (Gold Coast, Australia April 4-15, 2018) and Asian Games (Jakarta, Indonesia August 18-September 2, 2018). The committee also decided to provide the list of athletes training outside national camps to the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA).
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