<span style='font-family: "arial", "sans-serif";'>Union Sports minister Kiren Rijiju today assured  elite athletes trainingwill be resumed.  Mr Rijiju said, concrete decision possible only afterconsultation with MHA and drawing up SOP of on-field norms. He soughtsuggestions from elite athletes of athletics housed in Sports Authority ofIndia's National Center of Excellence in Patiala and Bangalore to understandtheir requirement to resume training once the nation-wide lockdown is lifted.The Sports Minister spoke to more than 40 athletes from various disciplines,among them Hima Das, Neeraj Chopra, Tajinder Toor, Kt Irfan, Shivpal Singh,Poovamma, Jinson Johnson, Md. Anas.</span>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "arial", "sans-serif";'><br />''Every athlete shared their concern about losing out on real time training owingto the global Corona pandemic and requested for on-ground training to bestarted within the SAI campuses in Bangalore and Patiala. </span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "arial", "sans-serif";'><br />''Sprinter Hima Das said,  since there are two athletic tracks in Patialaand there is no need to train in groups, social distancing can easily bemaintained. <br />''The meeting was attended by Ravi Mital, Secretary Sports, Sandip Pradhan,Director General, Sports Authority of India, Adille Sumariwalla, President,Athletics Federation of India, Volker Hermann, High Performance Director,Athletics Federation of India and several senior coaches and SAI officials.</span></p><br />