Bahadur Singh Sagoo was the lone candidate left in fray after incumbent senior vice president Anju Bobby George opted out of the race for the position.
The 39th National Junior Athletics Championships scheduled to begin here on October 25 has been postponed due to an impending cyclone in Odisha, the national federation said on Tuesday.
The 22-year-old is a work in progress under Surendra Singh and still needs to shed 41 seconds off his time to meet the qualification mark for the Olympics.
The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) needs more time to decide on a formal bid for hosting the 2027 World Athletics Championships.
The Athletics Federation of India said August 7 -- the date of Chopra's triumph -- would be dubbed "Javelin Throw Day", with annual state meets for the sport held across the nation of 1.3 billion people.
Adille J. Sumariwalla, president of the Athletics Federation of India (AFI), confirmed the passing away of Snesarev.
Indian sportspersons take drugs because they have gotten away with it so far. But now the authorities are playing catch up.
Leading Indian 400 metres pair Mandeep Kaur and Juana Murmu have failed doping tests, the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) said on Wednesday.