National Federation Senior Athletics Competition 2025: Updated full schedule, fixtures & live streaming details

Several big names of Indian athletics are participating in the Federation Cup.

The National Federation Senior Athletics Competition 2025 is scheduled from April 21-24. It is a four-day event that will be held at the Maharajas College Stadium, Ernakulam, Kerala. This competition will be crucial for athletes aiming to qualify for Asian Athletics Championships as they can secure a spot in the tournament by breaching the qualification mark set by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI).

Several of India’s biggest names in athletics will participate in the tournament, making it highly competitive. In the men’s 100m, the battle to watch out for will be between the current national record holder, Gurindervir Singh, and the former national record holder, Manikanta Hoblidhar.

Some other big names are Animesh Kujur, Abhay Singh, and the 200 m national record holder Amlan Borgohain. In 200m, Manikanta, Animesh, Abhay and Amlan will battle it out for the gold, with the latter being the favourite to win the gold.

In the men’s 400m, alongside seasonal campaigners Amoj Jacob and national record holder Muhammed Anas Yahiya, we also have youngster Jay Kumar, who has done well at the Junior World Championships, reaching the finals. Alongside them some other names to watch out for are Tushar Kanti, Rince Joseph and Vishal.

In the Men’s 800m, the 2023 Asian Championships silver medalist Krishan Kumar and the 2022 Asian Games silver medalist Mohammed Afsal will be up against each other.

Ajay Kumar Saroj will be the favourite to win the 1500m. In the 400m hurdles, Tokyo Olympian MP Jabir will participate and will look to regain his form back. Olympian Sarvesh Anil Kushare will participate in the high jump competition, aiming to improve his personal best. Meanwhile, national games champion Adarsh ​​Ram from Tamil Nadu will also participate.

Dev Meena will look to shatter another national record in the men’s pole vault. Currently, he is training with Cuban coach Angel Garcia Esteban. The Asian U20 bronze medalist will look to better his national record. Alongside him, there is also youngster, Kuldeep Kumar, from UP. In the men’s long jump, Muhammed Anas Yahiya and Jeswin Aldrin will be the favourites to win gold.

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Men’s triple jump will also be an event to watch out for as the Asian Games bronze medalist Praveen Chitravel and Commonwealth Games silver medalist Abdulla Aboobacker will give tough competition to each other for the title.

Meanwhile, two-time Olympian and the current national record holder in men’s shotput, Tajinderpal Singh Toor will look to improve his performance and will aim to breach the 20m mark. Alongside him, there is National Games silver medalist Samardeep Gill, who will also look to throw beyond 20m.

In men’s javelin throw, Rohit Yadav, Sahil Silwal, Vikrant Malik, Sachin Yadav and the Asian Games silver medalist Kishore Kumar Jena will be competing.

Coming to the women’s event, Priya Mohan, Nithya Ramraj and Nithya Gandhe will be participating in the 100m. Priya and Nithya Gandhe will also compete in the 200m. Alongside them, there are Jyothi Yarraji, Sarbani Nanda also.

Some big names in the 400m are Jisna Mathew, Vithya Ramraj, Rupal and Subha Venkatesan. In women’s hurdles, national record holder Jyothi Yarraji and Nithya Ramraj will participate. Whereas Vithya Ramraj will participate in the 400m hurdles. Youngster Pooja will be in the high jump and will look to breach her personal best.

The women’s long jump also has a lot of top Indian athletes—Asian Games silver medalist Ancy Sojan along with Moumita Mondal will be the favourites to win the title. Ancy has a personal best of 6.71m while Moumita who also participate in the 100m hurdle has a personal best of 6.41m. Youngster Shaili Singh will also be the title contender. She has a personal best of 6.76m

In the women’s discus throw, there are a lot of youngsters who will hope to make their mark in the competition. Arshdeep, Amanat, Priyanshi and Nikita are all less then 21 years of age. Nandini Agasara will be the favourite to win gold in the heptathlon. Moumita Mondal will also be the athlete to watch out for.

Where and when will National Federation Senior Athletics Competition 2025 take place?

The competition will be played at the Maharajas College Stadium, Ernakulam, Kerala and is scheduled to be held from April 21 to 24.

What events will feature in National Federation Senior Athletics Competition 2025?

Men’s

• 100m
• 200m
• 400m
• 800m
• 1500m
• 5000m
• 10000m
• 110m hurdles
• 400m hurdles
• 3000m steeplechase
• Long Jump
• Triple Jump
• High Jump
• Pole Vault
• Shot Put
• Javelin Throw
• Discus Throw
• Hammer Throw
• Decathlon

Women’s

• 100m
• 200m
• 400m
• 800m
• 1500m
• 5000m
• 10000m
• 110m hurdles
• 400m hurdles
• 3000m steeplechase
• Long Jump
• Triple Jump
• High Jump
• Pole Vault
• Shot Put
• Javelin Throw
• Discus Throw
• Hammer Throw
• Heptathlon

Where and how to watch live telecast and live streaming of National Federation Senior Athletics Competition 2025?

The live streaming of National Federation Athletics Competition 2025 can be seen on the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) YouTube channel. Unfortunately, there is no live telecast of this event available.

National Federation Senior Athletics Competition 2025 full schedule and fixtures (All timings in IST)

Day 1 — April 21 (Monday)

Forenoon Session

• 6:10 am – 10000m Men Final
• 6:50 am – 10000m Women Final
• 7:40 am – 100m Hurdles Women Heptathlon
• 8:10 am – 100m Men Round 1
• 8:30 am – High Jump Women Heptathlon
• 8:35 am – 100m Women Round 1
• 9:00 am – 400m Women Round 1
• 9:20 am – 400m Men Round 1
• 10:30 am – Shot Put Women Heptathlon

Afternoon Session

• 2:30 pm – Pole Vault Women Final
• 3:20 pm – Long Jump Men Qualification Group 1
• 3:30 pm – 100m Men Semi-Final
• 4:00 pm – Javelin Throw Men Final
• 4:15 pm – 400m Women Semi-Final
• 4:30 pm – 400m Men Semi-Final
• 4:45 pm – Long Jump Men Qualification Group 2
• 5:00 pm – 100m Women Final
• 5:10 pm – 100m Men Final
• 5:30 pm – 1500m Women Final
• 5:40 pm – 1500m Men Final
• 5:50 pm – 200m Women Heptathlon

Day 2 — April 22 (Tuesday)

Forenoon Session

• 8:00 am – 110m Hurdles Men Round 1
• 8:10 am – Long Jump Women Heptathlon
• 9:10 am – Javelin Throw Women Heptathlon

Afternoon Session

• 2:30 pm – Pole Vault Men Final
• 2:40 pm – Discus Throw Men Final
• 3:00 pm – High Jump Men Final
• 3:45 pm – Long Jump Men Final
• 4:20 pm – 110m Hurdles Men Final
• 4:30 pm – Discus Throw Women Final
• 4:35 pm – 100m Hurdles Women Final
• 5:00 pm – 400m Women Final
• 5:10 pm – 400m Men Final
• 5:20 pm – 800m Women Heptathlon Final

Day 3 — April 23 (Wednesday)

Forenoon Session

• 7:40 am – 100m Men Decathlon
• 8:10 am – 800m Women Round 1
• 8:25 am – 800m Men Round 1
• 8:30 am – Long Jump Men Decathlon
• 8:50 am – 400m Hurdles Men Round 1
• 10:00 am – Shot Put Men Decathlon

Afternoon Session

• 2:00 pm – Hammer Throw Men Final
• 3:00 pm – High Jump Men Decathlon
• 4:00 pm – Triple Jump Women Final
• 4:15 pm – Shot Put Women Final
• 4:30 pm – 400m Hurdles Men Final
• 4:45 pm – 400m Hurdles Women Final
• 5:00 pm – 3000m Steeple Chase Men Final
• 5:20 pm – 3000m Steeple Chase Women Final
• 5:40 pm – 400m Men Decathlon

Day 4 — April 24 (Thursday)

Forenoon Session

• 6:15 am – 5000m Men Final
• 6:40 am – 5000m Women Final
• 7:30 am – 110m Hurdles Men Decathlon
• 8:10 am – 200m Women Round 1
• 8:20 am – Discus Throw Men Decathlon
• 8:30 am – 200m Men Round 1
• 9:50 am – Pole Vault Men Decathlon
• 10:00 am – Hammer Throw Women Final

Afternoon Session

• 2:20 pm – Javelin Throw Men Decathlon
• 2:30 pm – Triple Jump Men Final
• 3:00 pm – High Jump Women Final
• 3:30 pm – Shot Put Men Final
• 4:00 pm – Javelin Throw Women Final
• 4:10 pm – Long Jump Women Final
• 4:30 pm – 200m Women Final
• 4:40 pm – 200m Men Final
• 5:00 pm – 800m Women Final
• 5:10 pm – 800m Men Final
• 5:20 pm – 1500m Men Decathlon Final

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