Guangzhou, 9 Nov 2009: 18th General Body Meeting of Asian Athletics Association was held

10/11/09

Sporty India Updated

Guangzhou, 9 Nov 2009: 18th General Body Meeting of Asian Athletics Association was held at Guangzhou (China) on 9th Nov 2009. Mr. Suresh Kalmadi, MP was re elected unopposed as President for the third consecutive term. Mr. Kalmadi was first elected in 2000 at Jakarta since then he has introduced many development projects in Asian Athletics including Asian All Star meet, Asian Indoor Championship and Asian Grand Prix series. The meeting was attended by Lamine Diack, President IAAF apart from the representatives of 45 countries. Mr. Diack appreciated the efforts of Asia by organising Global events, particularly appreciated India efforts of organising World Half Marathon at New Delhi in 2004 in a splendid manner and other competitions in Asia. He referred his commitment to make school athletics more popular and offered his full support to Asia in its endeavor to promote athletics in Asia.

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