Sandeep mehta

World Athletic Bronze Level Continental: The 2002 Asian Games champion in men’s shot put Bahadur Singh Sagoo has been elected unopposed as the new president of the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) during an Annual General Meeting (AGM) held here on Tuesday.

Sandeep Mehta, who was the senior joint secretary in the outgoing executive council, was elected unopposed as the AFI secretary, while BE Stanley Jones was made the treasurer.

Sagoo, who succeeded the long-serving Adille Sumariwalla for the AFI top job, said he will carry on the good work forward of his illustrious successor to achieve more success at the global level.