Governance
A high-performance athletics academy in BBSR soon
The 22nd Asian Athletics Championship is acting as the stepping stone to form a world class athletics environment in Odisha which will give rise and nurture young sporting talents. An expression of intent has been signed between state government and the athletics’ bodies. As per this, a High Performance Academy for Athletics is soon coming up in the capital city with the support of International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and Athletic Federation of India (AFI). This will lead to emergence of a world class sports infrastructure encompassing a stadium, training facilities, hostels for residential training and all-round development of sports enthusiasts. While the IAAF will provide specialist coaches for various disciplines and train the existing coaches, selection of coaches, specialist staff and teachers engagement and academy management will be taken up by the AFI.
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