About Budapest World Athletics

Elite Indian athletes are camping in Europe to fine tune their skills ahead of the Budapest World Athletics Championships starting August 19 in Hungary. The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) will field a 28-member team including five female athletes for the upcoming global competition.

While India’s Olympic champion in men’s javelin throw Neeraj Chopra is based out of Magglingen (Switzerland), middle and long distance runners, including Avinash Sable are based in the Alpine town of St Moritz.