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The purpose of the present study was to investigate into the most important reasons of dropout among Junior Track and Field athletes of Kerala. Participants were ex junior Track and Field athletes from Kerala (N = 300, 150 male and 150 female) who have won medals minimum at the state level Athletics Championship. For collection of required data the investigators administered the self made questionnaire of reasons for withdrawal from Track and Field. For the purpose of analysis and interpretation of data descriptive statistics were used. Frequency and percentage were computed for find out the major motives for dropout. In order to examine whether gender have any significant impact on dropout reasons, Chi square test was used. The result of the study shows that the most important reasons behind athletes� decision to curtail their Athletics career were performance stagnation, Injury or repeated injuries, financial constraints, academic priority and lack of motivation. The result of the Chi square test indicated that gender has no significant impact on the reasons of dropout.