Nagaland will host the 56th cross country championship on January 15, 2022, Abu Metha, Associate vice president of the Athletic Federation of India (AFI), informed. The 56th National Cross Country Championships will be the first-ever national athletics event hosted by Nagaland.
Top athletes from the eight South Asian countries will take part in the day-long international sports event. The championship will involve running on different types of terrain including sprint over dirt, jog downhill and mount uphill.