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Tejas Shirse breaks national record in 110m hurdles, qualifies for Commonwealth Games

Tejas Shirse breaks national record in 110m hurdles, qualifies for Commonwealth Games

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3 min readNew DelhiJun 13, 2026 10:29 PM IST Last month at the Federation Cup in Ranchi, hurdler Tejas Shirse lost what looked like his last chance to qualify for the Commonwealth Games, clocking 13.67s and 13.50s. Then the Athletics Federation of India announced the Indian Athletics Series in Ludhiana as a final qualification event, giving Shirse another chance. He took it. On Friday, he not only breached the qualification mark of 13.39s but clocked 13.27s to lower his own national record of 13.41s on the track at Guru Nanak Stadium. The celebration that followed told you everything about what it meant for the 24-year-old who had spent four months on the sidelines wondering if he would make it back in time. “That celebration came from inside, you know. I wasn’t expecting anything today. This meet was not even in my plans. Usually, my instinct is to take pressure off the qualification but today, I was just enjoying it out there,” Tejas told The Indian Express after his national record. Tejas has been India’s top …

Tejas Shirse breaks 110m hurdles national record, qualifies for CWG | Sports News

Tejas Shirse breaks 110m hurdles national record, qualifies for CWG | Sports News

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2 min readJun 13, 2026 01:56 PM IST Top Indian hurdler Tejas Shirse broke his own national record at Indian Athletics Series 9 in Ludhiana on Saturday with a timing of 13.27 seconds. He also breached the Commonwealth Games qualification mark of 13.39 seconds set by the Athletics Federation of India. Indian Athletics Series in Ludhiana is serving as the last qualification tournament for the Commonwealth Games scheduled in July 2026. Tejas lowered his previous record of 13.41s that he had clocked in 2024. His timing is the sixth best Asian timing of the season. If Tejas gets selected for the Commonwealth Games squad, he will become first Indian male hurdler to feature in the event after Siddharth Thingalaya in 2014. Running in the Final B of 110m hurdles, Tejas started quickly off the blocks and left the rest of the field behind with just Krishik M pushing him. Despite knocking the final hurdle, Tejas crossed the finish line at 13.27s while Krishik finished second with 13.55s. In the men’s 800m event, national record holder …

Tejas Shirse shatters 110m hurdles National Record

Tejas Shirse shatters 110m hurdles National Record

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Indian hurdler Tejas Shirse shattered his own national record in the men’s 110m hurdles at the Indian Athletics Series-9 in Ludhiana on Saturday. The 24-year-old improved 0.14 seconds off his previous mark of 13.41s set in May 2024 to clock 13.27s in the morning final. With this Tejas also booked his berth for the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Glasgow from July 23 to August 2. His run is Asia’s sixth fastest time this season. #News | National Record for Tejas Shirse in 110m hurdles🔥 The star hurdler betters his own national record of 13.41s by a big 0.14 seconds at Indian Athletics Series -9 in Ludhiana. With a time of 13.27s, he also breached the AFI’s Commonwealth Games standard of 13.39s.… pic.twitter.com/FoiXOBuhvl — The Bridge (@the_bridge_in) June 13, 2026 The qualification standard set by the Athletics Federation of India was 13.39s. The Ludhiana leg is the last opportunity for the Indian athletes to qualify for the Games. More to follow… Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. …

How indoor races helped Tejas Shirse achieve a great start in the 110m hurdles

How indoor races helped Tejas Shirse achieve a great start in the 110m hurdles

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Hurdler Tejas Shirse started brilliantly in the men’s 110m hurdles final at the National Games on Sunday. At the Maharana Pratap Sports College, Dehradun, he broke the decade-old meet record of compatriot Siddharth Thingalaya after clocking 13.65s, But the hurdler looked a little stretched in the final phase. This is the third time this year that Shirse has broken a record. Last month the 22-year-old had twice rewritten the national record in the 60m hurdles. Talking about the last phase of the race, Tejas told The Indian Express, “I haven’t practised at all for the outdoor hurdles as I was focusing on the indoor hurdles to improve my start. That is why my body was a little stretched in the end as I was practising with only five hurdles as compared to ten outdoors.” Story continues below this ad The current national record holder in the 110m hurdles, Shirse spent three weeks training in Europe with the elite indoor hurdlers in January. Tejas trained in France and ran a total of eight indoor races (60 …

From selling shoes on Instagram, how Tejas Shirse went on to set national record in 110m hurdles | Sport-others News

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As soon as Tejas Shirse completed his national record-breaking 110m hurdles race at the Monet Grand Prix in Finland on Wednesday, he walked up to his coach James Hillier, embraced the Welshman and poured out his heart in gratitude. Shirse, who clocked 13.41s to erase Siddhanth Thingalaya’s mark of 13.48s, didn’t have the best start with coach Hillier, the athletics director at Reliance Foundation. “It was quite challenging in the early weeks and months, and he’ll attest that. He’s not the easiest person at times, but he has listened, improved and is now a wonderful young man,” says Hillier, who has been training Shirse since December 2022. Tejas, who grew up in Aurangabad, comes from a farming family with no link to sports. Neither did he have any innate interest in it. “I was a mischievous student in school. I was good at studies but never liked to sit in class. I realised I could bunk classes if I trained for sports and that’s how it started. I trained for cricket and then athletics,” recalls …

Did MS Dhoni’s 110m Six End Up Costing CSK A Spot In IPL Playoffs – Explained

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Dinesh Karthik did admit that RCB got a bit lucky after MS Dhoni hit the ball outside the stadium.© BCCI Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) scripted one of the finest comeback stories ever in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Saturday, beating Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in a must-win game to qualify for the playoffs. The Faf du Plessis-led side were destined to finish at the bottom of the points table after losing seven of their first eight matches of the group phase. However, a run of six wins on the bounce sees them steal a playoffs spot from defending champions CSK. RCB had problems a plenty in the first half of the campaign but after six wins on trot, they head into the playoffs as the team to beat. On Saturday, Yash Dayal was the star of the show as he successfully defended 17 runs in the last over. Despite conceding a six off the very first ball, Dayal dismissed CSK icon MS Dhoni on the very next ball to switch the momentum …