National Inter-State Athletic Championships from June 4

The 63rd National Inter-State Athletics Championship will be held here from June 4 to 7 with the event to be funded by Tamil Nadu government.
Announcing this at a press conference here today, Tamil Nadu State Athletics Association President W I Davaram top athletes barring Vikas Gowda, would be competing in the championship which will also select Indian athletes for the Asian Championship in Pune next month and World Championships in Moscow in August.
He said over 1000 athletes from 31 states would be competing for top honours.
Athletics Federation of India Secretary C K Valson said that top athletes vying for honours will include Krishna Poonia, Tintu Luka, Seema Antil, Om Prakash, Gayatri Govindaraj and Rajeev Arokia among others.

Kerala, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu have fielded maximum number of athletes in the event.
Dawaram and Valson thanked Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa for granting a sponsorship of Rs 35 lakhs and extending the facilities at cost to the government.