Ludhiana, May 30 -- The Ludhiana leg of the Indian Athletics Series scheduled for June 13 in Punjab will act as a Glasgow Commonwealth Games qualification platform, Chairman of the AFI (Athletics Federation of India) Selection Committee, Adille Sumariwalla, has said.

Sumariwalla said the AFI is giving athletes another opportunity to meet Commonwealth Games qualification standards in their events. He added that this decision was made because several athletes narrowly missed the required qualification marks at the recently concluded 29th National Senior Athletics Championships held in Ranchi.

"The AFI is giving eligible athletes another chance to achieve CWG qualification standards in their respective events. This is because several athle...