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Jyothi Yarraji clocks 12.85s in her first international meet of the year

Jyothi Yarraji clocks 12.85s in her first international meet of the year

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India’s Jyothi Yarraji continued her encouraging return from injury by clocking 12.85 seconds to win the women’s 100m hurdles at the WACT Bronze EA-IFAM Outdoor Meet in Oordegem, Belgium, on Saturday. Competing in her first overseas meet since recovering from an ACL injury, the national record holder produced her fastest time in three years and moved another step closer to her personal best of 12.78s. The performance follows her successful comeback at the National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships in June, where she won gold in 12.99s after more than a year on the sidelines. The 2023 and 2025 Asian champion is now building momentum ahead of the 2026 Asian Games, where she will look to upgrade the silver medal she won in Hangzhou. Animesh places fourth in men’s 100m In the men’s 100m, national record holder in the 200m Animesh Kujur finished fourth with a time of 10.30 seconds. The result comes after a productive European campaign for the Indian sprinter. Earlier this month, Kujur set a personal best of 10.14s in Wetzlar, Germany, the …

Catch all the live action from Glassgow

Catch all the live action from Glassgow

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Catch all the live updates of Day 5 of the Commonwealth Games from Glasgow. (FILE photo) After an encouraging day 4 at the Commonwealth Games, India will look to add to their medal tally on Monday. The action-packed day will start with athletes Sarvesh Kushare, Tejaswin Shankar, Murali Sreeshankar, Tejas Shirse, and Gurindervir Singh competing. Weightlifters will display their skills later in the day. Gyaneshwari Yadav, Bindyarani Devi, and Ajaya Babu will compete. Boxing, swimming, artistic gymnastics, lawn bowls, para athletics and wheelchair basketball are also part of India’s busy schedule today. Story continues below this ad Mirabai Chanu smashed the Commonwealth Games record on Sunday and won the gold medal (India’s first at Glasgow 2026) in the women’s 48kg weightlifting event. Rishikanta Singh Chanambam claimed a silver medal in the men’s 60kg weightlifting event, which was India’s second medal at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Here are India’s four medallists so far:  Mirabai Chanu, weightlifting gold Rishikanta Singh Chananbam, weightlifting silver Raja Muthupandi, weightlifting silver Jhandu Kumar, para powerlifting bronze Scroll down to read all …

With 25 nat’l records in 2026, India’s aim for CWG highs in track & field | Sports News

With 25 nat’l records in 2026, India’s aim for CWG highs in track & field | Sports News

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5 min readUpdated: Jul 26, 2026 07:04 PM IST The 32-member Indian athletics contingent will face the litmus test at the 2026 Commonwealth Games after an incredible domestic season where more than 25 national records were shattered. Led by double Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra, the Indian contingent will be targeting medals in the field events as track events have a highly competitive field with the presence of the African nations. India won eight medals last time with five coming in field events and three on track including the historic 3000m steeplechase medal of Avinash Sable. Focus on jumps India’s major expectations will be from the jumps squad with latest high jump national record holder Sarvesh Kushare leading the field. Apart from Sarvesh, Tejaswin Shankar and Aadrash Ram are the other Indians in contention with Tejaswin being the bronze medallist from the previous edition. “I know a lot of eyes are on me. I think competing at Monaco Diamond League gave me more confidence,” Sarvesh told The Indian Express. Sarvesh, who set the new national record …

All you need to know about Animesh Kujur

All you need to know about Animesh Kujur

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Animesh Kujur has emerged as one of the biggest success stories in Indian athletics in recent years. The 23-year-old sprinter from Chhattisgarh has transformed from a village footballer with no formal athletics training into one of the country’s fastest men, rewriting national records and spearheading India’s sprinting revolution. As the national record holder in the men’s 200m and a key member of India’s record-breaking 4x100m relay team, Kujur heads to the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow as one of India’s strongest contenders. Early days Born on June 2, 2003, in the tribal village of Ghuitangar in Chhattisgarh’s Jashpur district, Kujur grew up far removed from India’s athletics hubs. His father served in the Chhattisgarh Police while his mother is a police inspector, and discipline formed a central part of his upbringing despite there being no sporting background in the family. Unlike many elite sprinters, Kujur did not begin his sporting journey on the track. Football was his first love, and he continued playing the game until his late teenage years. It was only during the …

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Animesh Kujur clocks fastest 100m by an Indian abroad in Germany

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Indian sprinter Animesh Kujur registered the fastest 100m time ever by an Indian on foreign soil after clocking a personal best of 10.14 seconds at the Fast Arms Fast Legs meet, a World Athletics Continental Tour Challenger event in Germany. The 23-year-old finished second in the final on Friday, improving on the 10.19 seconds he had recorded in the heats earlier in the day. His performance is now the second-fastest 100m by an Indian, trailing only Gurindervir Singh’s national record of 10.09 seconds set at the Federation Cup in Ranchi earlier this year. Kujur heads to Commonwealth Games in top form Kujur’s latest performance further strengthens his credentials ahead of his Commonwealth Games debut later this month in Glasgow. The Odisha sprinter now owns three of the five fastest 100m times ever recorded by an Indian. Before Gurindervir’s national record-breaking run in May, Kujur had briefly held the Indian record in the event. He is also the current national record holder in the men’s 200m, the discipline in which he primarily competes. The strong showing …

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Sindhushree G sets Pole Vault National Record; Animesh Kujur seals Asian Games spot

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National records continued to tumble at the 65th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar on Thursday as Sindhushree G rewrote the women’s pole vault record, while Animesh Kujur secured his place for the 2026 Asian Games with a dominant performance in the men’s 200m. Sindhushree stole the show by clearing 4.25m on her first attempt to set a new national record, surpassing Baranica Elangovan’s previous mark of 4.23m. The effort also comfortably exceeded the Athletics Federation of India’s Asian Games qualification standard of 4.10m. Baranica settled for silver after clearing 4.20m, while Nitika Akare claimed bronze with a clearance of 4.10m, ensuring all three medallists achieved the qualification mark. In the men’s 200m, national record holder Animesh Kujur clinched gold in 20.74s after already breaching the Asian Games qualification standard of 20.88s with a 20.87s run in the heats. Dondapati Mrutyum Jayaram (20.97s) and Jishnu Prasad P.K. (21.18s) completed the podium. Multiple athletes achieve Asian Games standards The women’s 200m saw all three medallists qualify for the Asian Games. Harita Bhadra won gold in …

Inter-State Athletics C’ships 2026 Day-2 Live: Animesh Kujur, Jyothi Yarraji in action

Inter-State Athletics C’ships 2026 Day-2 Live: Animesh Kujur, Jyothi Yarraji in action

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Inter-State Athletics C’ships Day-2 Live: Elite Indian athletes will continue their pursuit of the Asian Games quota spots on the second day of Inter-State Athletics C’ships in Odisha on Thursday. Indian national record holders Animesh Kujur and Mohammad Afsal P will be in action in the men’s 200m and 800m finals, while Jyothi Yarraji will compete in women’s 200m. Krishna Jayashankar and Manpreet Kaur, in Women’s Shot Put and Baranica Elongovan in women’s pole vault, will also fight for their Asiad qualification. Catch all the live updates here: Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Jyothi Yarraji clocks 12.85s in her first international meet of the year

Inter-State Athletics C’ships: Jyothi Yarraji returns as athletes eye Asian Games quotas

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The 65th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships is slated to begin at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar from Wednesday. The 5-day event will have 45 medal events and will also serve as a final qualifier for the upcoming Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026. A few of the star athletes, Jyothi Yarraji (Hurdles), Parul Chuadhary (Steeplechase) and Gulveer Singh (Middle Distance Running), will return to the domestic competition. Gulveer and Parul were training outside India and are now returning to India to confirm their place in the Indian team, while Jyothi is returning after a long break due to an ACL injury. Meanwhile, two of India’s medal hopefuls, Sachin Yadav and Avinash Sable, are set to miss this event as they are currently going through injury rehabilitation. Other star athletes Murali Sreeshankar, Animesh Kujur, Tajinderpal Singh Toor and Praveen Chithravel will also be in action at this elite event in Bhubaneswar. Schedule for 2026 Inter-State C’ships (Only Finals) 24 June 5:30 AM – Men’s 5,000m (Asiad QM – 13:39.18s) 4:30 PM – Men’s Pole Vault (Asiad QM …

India mixed 4x400m team wins silver; mixed 4x100m team take bronze

India mixed 4x400m team wins silver; mixed 4x100m team take bronze

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Indian clinched two medals – a silver and a bronze – on the opening day of the 2026 Asian Relays Championships in China on Saturday. The mixed 4x100m quartet of Pranav Gurav, Tamanna, Animesh Kujur, and Sneha SS were the first to bag a medal, winning bronze with a timing of 41.47s. They fell 0.12s short of the Indian national record set by Ragul Kumar, Nithya Gandhe, Animesh Kujur and Sneha Shanuvalli at the World Relays earlier this year. Later in the day, the Indian mixed 4x400m quartet of MR Poovamma, Neeru Pathak, Theerthesh P Shetty and Barath Sridhar, clocked 3:17.06s to clinch a silver medal behind Kazakhstan (3:16.75s). This marked India’s second 4x400m medal in the continental relays in as many editions, having won a gold medal in the inaugural edition two years ago. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Gurindervir Singh to lead 29-member Indian squad for Asian Relays Championships

Gurindervir Singh to lead 29-member Indian squad for Asian Relays Championships

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National record holder Gurindervir Singh to lead the 29-member strong Indian contingent for the second edition of the Asian Relays C’ships to be held in Shangyu, China, on June 20 and 21. The Indian contingent will compete in all six relay events in China, says AFI president Bahadur Singh. “The competition in China will be a good opportunity for athletes to showcase their potential at the continental level,” he added. The next edition of the continental competition has been awarded to India, which will be held in Chandigarh, following the decision taken at the Asian Athletics Association Council Meeting in Hong Kong. “The international competition will give sports fans an opportunity to witness top athletes in action on the home soil,” says the AFI president. The competition in China will be held in the men’s (4x100m, 4x400m) relays and women’s (4x100m, 4x400m) relays. The Indian team will also compete in mixed 4x100m and 4x400m relays. India will field a full-strength team in the 4x100m relays, while the men’s 4x400m team will feature several new names …