Federation Cup Day-4: Praveen Chithravel breaches Commonwealth Games mark-Highlights
Catch all the Highlights from the final day of the 2026 Athletics Federation Cup in Ranchi, Jharkhand.
Sachin Yadav to compete at the 2026 Federation Cup. (Photo credit: Aswathy Santhosh/ The Bridge)
Eleven gold medals were decided in the evening session of the final day action at the 2026 Senior Athletics Federation Cup in Ranchi, Jharkhand.
The biggest event of the day was the men's javelin throw final, having few of the elite throwers like Sachin Yadav and Rohit Yadav.
On the other hand, the national record holders Tajinderpal Singh Toor in men's shot put and Praveen Chitravel in men's triple jump were also in action.
On the track, Animesh Kujur in 200m and Krishan Kumar clinched in the titles.
As it happened:
Krishan Kumar wins the 800m gold
This is the final event of the 2026 Senior Athletics Federation Cup, featuring national record holder Mohammed Afsal P in the field.
The Commonwealth Games qualifying mark is 1:45:00s
Here is the startlist:
Samardeep registered a new personal best of 20.46m, breaching the 20m mark for the first time and qualified for the Commonwealth Games.
He missed out on the Commonwealth Games mark of 20.61s but won the title here in Ranchi.
Medalists:
Gold - Animesh Kujur - 20.64s
Silver - Jishnu Prasad - 20.98s
Bronze - Abhay Singh - 21.01s
A brilliant final, with three Indians dipping sub-50s and breaching the qualifying mark of the Commonwealth Games set at 50.27s.
Medalists:
Gold - Yashap P - 49.00s
Silver - Santosh Kumar -49.06s
Bronze - Jabir M.P - 49.97s
The 400m hurdles field is packed, with some of the best all-time Indian mark holders in the field today.
Here is the startlist:
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