New Delhi, May 6 -- US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (May 5) reinstated the Presidential Physical Fitness Award, reviving a decades-old school program aimed at promoting competition, exercise and athletic performance among American students.

The move brings back the Presidential Fitness Test, a school-wide assessment once used across the United States before being phased out under former President Barack Obama.

"We're bringing it back," Trump said at an Oval Office event attended by children, athletes and senior officials.

"My administration is working very hard to defend America's cherished athletic traditions and pass our values of excellence and competitiveness to the next generation."

The original test, introduced in the 1950s...