Sports News : AFI felicitates U-20 World Athletics medallists

India’s medal winners in the IAAF World Athletics Under 20 Championships in Nairobi were first felicitated by Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur. Later on they were felicitated by the Athletics Federation of India for bagging 2 silver medals through Long Jumper Shaili Singh and 10000m Race Walker Amit Khatri and a bronze medal through the Mixed Team 4x400m Relay of Barath Sridhar, Priya Mohan, Summy and Kapil. All in all, the World Athletics Under- 20 Championships gave the country so many stars to look forward to. India finished in style with a total of three medals, their highest-ever tally at the event. India is placed joint 22nd in the medals tally. The medal tally speaks volumes of India’s progress in athletics and very soon India can be a force to be reckoned with in athletics.