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Asian Cross Country Championships: With a long season up ahead, the country’s top runners will aim for a berth in the Indian team during the 60th National Cross-Country Championships scheduled to be held on Saturday in Ranchi, Jharkhand.

The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) will select both senior and junior (U20) athletes for next month’s Asian Cross Country Championships in Japan, AFI president Bahadur Singh Sagoo informed in a release on Friday.

The top four runners in each of the senior (men and women) and junior (men and women) groups will be selected to be part of the Indian team during the National Cross-Country Championships, Sagoo added.