Radhakrishnan Nair promoted as new chief athletics coach of India

NEW DELHI: The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has promoted Radhakrishnan Nair as chief coach of Indian athletics, it was announced on Friday. Nair, 62, had been a deputy to Bahadur Singh, who resigned from the post in July, has has been the acting chief coach since then.

Nair is a certified technical Official and World Athletics Level-5 coach. The AFI said that his appointment has also been endorsed by the Sports Authority of India, the AFI said in a statement.

"It is a very challenging job and has a lot of responsibilities. You can say that it is a 24x7 job like BSNL," Nair told IANS. "I was with my chief coach Bahadur Singh for about eight years, I got very good guidance. You can say I was trained to become chief coach by Bahadur Singhji. I think I am more responsible than when I was younger," he said. IANS

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