India Athletics News
AFI's move came after Sports Minister Goel had earlier in the day advised the national federation to honour the Kerala High Court directive on Chitra to ensure her participation in the world meet.
He has a personal best of 86.48m, which he did while setting the world junior record in Poland last year.
However, in men's 3000m steeplechase, Naveen Kumar, a bronze medallist in 2014 Asian Games, and Durga Das Budha finished a disappointing seventh and eighth in 9:02.95 and 9:04.05 respectively.
All the gold winners in this championships get automatic qualification for the World Championships to be held in London next month.
The event also has added importance as all the gold winners will automatically qualify for the World Athletics Championships to be held in London in August.
The yet-to-be-named athlete was suspended by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) after being caught with meldonium at the National Institute of Sports in Patiala.
The 28-year-old Tintu, mentored by Usha, has enjoyed success at the Continental level, winning a bronze and a silver at the Asian Games - 2010 Guangzhou (2:01.36) and 2014 Incheon (1:59.19) apart from six medals at the Asian Championships.
Dave Smith, a former top race walker who competed in 1980 and 1984 Olympics, will work alongside Russian Alexander Artsybashev who has been the foreign coach since 2011.
He was returning to Ranchi from Assam by Kamakhya Express after participating in the 28th East Zone Junior Athletics Championship when the incident occurred.
She was seen on social media sites with a Russian coach Vitaliy Pishchalnikov, a former Olympian discus thrower.
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