At the end of its two-day executive council meeting here, the AFI also said a tournament similar to a national championship or a final trial will be held before the Olympics and the World Championships to select the teams for these events
M Sreeshankar
The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) on Monday said it has sacked long jumper M Sreeshankar’s coach, his father S Murali, owing to the youngster’s disappointing Tokyo Olympics performance.
At the end of its two-day executive council meeting here, the AFI also said a tournament similar to a national championship or a final trial will be held before the Olympics and the World Championships to select the teams for these events.
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“We are not happy with his coaching programme, first action is already being taken as we have changed his coach,” AFI president Adille Sumariwalla said.
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