Gurindervir Singh and Vishal T.K. smashed the men’s 100m and 400m National records respectively to set the track ablaze in the Federation athletics meet at the Birsa Munda Stadium (Morabadi) here on Saturday.
Tejaswin Shankar added more thrill to the historic evening by finishing his decathlon routine on a high and becoming the first Indian to score 8000-plus points while resetting the National record.
Gurindervir, who posted 10.17 while Animesh Kujur rewrote the National record with 10.15 in the semifinals a day ago, renewed the rivalry with a strong start and putting his rivals under pressure.
He thus became the first Indian to log a sub-10.10 time over the distance. Second-placed Kujur clocked 10.20.
I am just too good: Vishal T.K. of Tamil Nadu celebrates after winning the men’s 400m gold in the 29th National Senior Athletics Federation Competition 2026 at the Birsa Munda stadium in Ranchi on Satuday, 23 May 2026.
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Flashing a sheet of paper with ‘Time is 10.10. Not finished yet’ written on it, Gurindervir, who also qualified for the Commonwealth Games, said, “People say a lot on social media. This is for myself.”
In the 400m semifinals, Vishal (45.27) along with Rajesh Ramesh (45.40) and Jay Kumar (45.47) had gone below Arokia Rajiv’s 10-year-old meet record (45.47).
A day later, the lanky runner gave a confident performance to become the first Indian to record a sub-45 time (44.98) ahead of second-positioned Rajesh Ramesh (45.31). However, he missed the CWG qualifying mark (44.96) narrowly.
“Before the race I fixed my mind. I knew I could run 44, but didn’t tell anyone,” said Vishal.
Tejaswin’s 8057 was good enough to earn him a CWG ticket.
The results (finals): Men: 100m (CWG Q mark 10.16): 1. Gurindervir Singh (Rel) 10.09 (NR, Old 10.15, Animesh Kujur, 2026), 2. Kujur (Odi) 10.20, 3. Pranav Gurav (Rel) 10.29.
New high: Tejaswin Shankar preps his discus on way to breaching the 8000 point mark in decathlon event in the 29th National Senior Athletics Federation Competition 2026 at the Birsa Munda stadium in Ranchi on Satuday, 23 May 2026.
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400m (CWG Q mark 44.96): 1. Vishal T.K. (TN) 44.98 (NR, Old 45.12, Vishal, 2025), 2. Rajesh Ramesh (TN) 45.31, 3. Jay Kumar (UP) 45.47.
1500m (CWG Q mark 3:30.82): 1. Sakir (Har) 3:45.01, 2. Ajay Kumar Saroj (UP) 3:45.96, 3. Sunil Dawar (MP) 3:46.42.
Decathlon (CWG Q mark 7787): 1. Tejaswin Shankar (Rel) 8057 (NR, Old 7947, Tejaswin, 2026), 2. Thowfeeq N. (NCOE Trivandrum) 7503, 3. Gokul K.R. (Navy) 7157.
Women: 100m (CWG Q mark 11.17): 1. Sudeshna Shivankar (Mah) 11.56s, 2. Giridharani Ravikumar (TN) 11.58, 3. Tamanna (Har) 11.62.
400m (CWG Q mark 51.36): 1. R. Vithya Ramraj (TN) 52.22, 2. Ansa Babu (AIP) 53.07, 3. Prachi (JSW) 53.26.
Krishna Jayasankar of Reliance won the women’s shot put in the 29th National Senior Athletics Federation Competition 2026 at the Birsa Munda stadium in Ranchi on Satuday, 23 May 2026.
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RITU RAJ KONWAR
1500m (CWG Q mark 4:05.09): 1. Pooja (JSW) 4:11.34, 2. Ankita (Utk) 4:12.28, 3. Anju (Har) 4:21.26.
Triple jump (CWG Q mark 14.25m): 1. Niharika Vashisht (Pun) 13.64m (MR, Old 13.57m, Anisha K. Vijayan, 2006), 2. Bhairabi Roy (Rly) 13.28m, 3. Mallala Anusha (AP) 13.28m.
Shot put (CWG Q mark 17.62m): 1. Krishna Jayasankar (Rel) 17.35m, 2. Yogita (Har) 16.82m, 3. Shiksha (Rel) 16.61m.
Pole vault (CWG Q mark 4.45m): 1. Baranica Elangovan (TN) 4.10m (MR, Old 4.06m, Krishna Rachan, 2019), 2. Nitika Akare (MP) 4.10m, 3. Krishna Rachan (Rly) 3.90m.
Javelin (CWG Q mark 59.79m): 1. Shilpa Rani (Har) 56.46m, 2. Annu Rani (UP) 55.91m, 3. Rashmi K. (AP) 54.85m.
Published – May 23, 2026 09:54 pm IST
