It was red letter in the history of Andhra Pradesh Athletic Association (APAA) as its general secretary Akula Raghavendra was elected as executive member of the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) in the general elections held in New Delhi on Friday.
Mr. Raghavendra, the youngest member of the executive body, impressed the country’s athletic fraternity by hosting 2014 Junior National athletics championships in a befitting manner at Vijayawada, and later played a crucial role in Indian contingent performance at the recently-held Asian Indoor athletic meet at Doha as team Manager.
“His election to AFI will help Andhra Pradesh getting Indian camps and international athletics meets. Good days are ahead of us,” felt senior SAI athletic coach Vinayak Prasad.
APAA administrators Rayapati Sambasiva Rao, Nageswara Rao, Krishna District Athletic Association administrators Ramesh Jain, N. N. Rao, District Sports Development Officer P. Ramakrishna and others congratulated him.
