India, Nov. 25 -- The upcoming season will be a busy one for track and field athletes, with the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games being two important competitions where they will be expected to put up a strong showing. It will also serve as a build-up year toward the LA 2028 Olympics, and therefore an opportunity for new faces to emerge and budding juniors to make the transition in time for Olympic qualification to begin.

The Athletics Federation of India (AFI), therefore, has tweaked its domestic competition calendar with an aim to push athletes toward "multiple peaks" in a year and not focus on just one good performance or on peaking early in the season.

AFI has increased the number of competitions to 40 from 32, has decided to lower...