Chennai: The Chennai district Masters Athletic Association is conducting the Chennai District Masters Athletic Meet on 5 and 6th October at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai) from 6.30am to 5.30pm.
According to a release, the meet is for all men and women from the age of 35. Some of the events which are to be held in the Athletic meet are 5km walking, 100m, 200m, 400m,800m, 1500m, 5000m and 10,000 m run, High Jump, Triple Jump, Pole Vault, Shot Put, Discuss Throw, Javelin & Hammer Throw and 80 m, 100 m, 110 m, 300 m, qand 400 m hurdles.
Actors Arya, Vishnu Vishal, SJ Surya, Athulya Ravi, Abhirami, Directors KR, Prabhu Solomon, Magizh Thirumeni, Krithika Udhaynidhi and more celebrities will be the chief guests and would give away the prizes to the winners.The Chennai District Masters Athletic Association President M. Shenbagamoorthi and Secretary, T Rukmini Devi will invite the athletes and will honour the Cheif Guests.
The winners of the district Meet will be selected for the State Meet.The winners at the State meet will be selected for the National Meet and the National medalists will be selected to participate in the Asian and World meet. The Asian meet will be held at Kuching, Malaysia in December 2019 and the World meet will be held at Canada in 2020. The Chennai District Masters Athletic Association is Affiliated to Masters Athletic Federation of India and the Asian and World Federation.