In India the sport of athletics was first introduced in the era during the British Raj. It is controlled at the national and international levels by the Athletics Federation of India, founded in 1946. Despite the large number of people living in India and its high level of competition, of the sport, very few Indian athletes have been able to win an award at a world competition or major one. The situation began to change in the 21st century as Indians began to take an enthusiasm for athletics in general and more infrastructure for this sport started to be constructed at the local level. At a national level it is among the most prosperous Asian nations, but a further from China as well as Japan.
At the national level it is possible to find three important competitions in athletics that are held annually: the Indian National Open Athletics Championships as well as the Indian Inter State Senior Athletics Championships (both first held in the year 1961) as well as four-yearly National Games of India (first held in 1924). The Indian National Championships event predated the Open and Inter State ones, being scheduled from 1924 until. The Indian Marathon Championships was first staged in 1938, while The Indian Cross Country Championships celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2015. The Indian Racewalking Championships was established in 2014. In addition to the primary senior championships, there are also championships for youth and under-18 athletes on national and sub-national levels, in addition to championships for senior athletes that are not champions as part of the Athletics Federation Cup and Indian Athletics Grand Prix tour.
In the month of January 2021, the sports ministry has named Belarussian trainer Nikolai Snesarev as the middle and long-distance coach of Indian athletics team.
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