This picture shows an advertisement for the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games outside the Higashiyama Park Tennis Centre.
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The Indian athletics team will undergo a short acclimatisation camp at the University of Tsukuba, near Tokyo, ahead of the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya in September-October.
In June, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) signed an MoU with the University of Tsukuba to facilitate participation of Indian athletes, coaches, and sports scientists in specialised training and exchange programmes in Japan.
The national team will leave for Japan after competing in the invitational Indian Athletics Final Series in New Delhi on September 10.
Meanwhile, the Asian Games-bound Indian athletes, who were training at Jablonec in the Czech Republic, will return home in a day or two to have another short training stint at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, where the Indian Open World Athletics Silver Level Continental Tour event will be held on August 22.
A host of top Indian athletes are set to take part in Bhubaneswar, including the likes of Murali Sreeshankar, Ancy Sojan, Jyothi Yarraji, Gurindervir Singh, Animesh Kujur and Kishore Jena.
Neeraj Chopra is not expected to feature in Bhubaneswar, as he will compete at the Lausanne Diamond League on August 21.
Published – August 16, 2026 05:15 am IST
