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Federation Cup 2026 Highlights: Animesh Kujur qualifies for CWG - Updates, Results, Scores, Blog
Animesh, Gurindervir breach men's 100m national record, personal best for Ancy Sojan in women's long jump.
National Senior Athletics Federation Competition: Animesh Kujur and Gurindervir Singh lit up the Birsa Munda Stadium in Ranchi with a record-breaking performance in the men’s 100m heats on the opening day of the Federation Cup.
Gurindervir first clocked 10.17s to better Animesh’s previous national record of 10.18s. Moments later, Animesh responded with an even faster 10.15s, reclaiming the record and also achieving the Commonwealth Games qualifying mark of 10.16s in the process. The final tomorrow at 7:10 PM promises to be a thrilling contest.
In the women’s long jump, Ancy Sojan had a new personal best effort of 6.75m in her fourth attempt. She narrowly missed the national record of 6.83m and the Commonwealth Games qualification mark of 6.84m.
Day 2 action begins with men's 10000m Race Walk at 6AM.
As it happened...
Live Updates
- 22 May 2026 6:33 PM IST
Now streaming: Women's 100m
Top 3 from each heat will qualify for the final. The National Record of 11.33s stands in the name of Dutee Chand set in 2016 and the CWG qualification is 11.17s. Here's the line up:
- 22 May 2026 5:58 PM IST
Up Next: Men’s hammer throw - 6:00 PM
Look out for Damneet Singh and Ashish Jakhar.
Damneet had registered a massive lifetime best of 70.64m, missing the national record by just 9cm. Ashish Jakhar registered 68.09m, second best throw by an Indian this year.
The national record of 70.73m was set by Neeraj Kumar in 2016. The CWG qualification is 73.09m.
- 22 May 2026 5:52 PM IST
Up Next: Women’s long jump at 6:00 PM
Some athletes and their season best:
• Ancy Sojan (6.54m)
• Shaili Singh (6.52m)
• Mubassina (6.38m)
The Commonwealth Games 2026 qualification mark is 6.84m. The jumpers will ahve to raise the bar and surpass Anju Bobby George’s long-standing national record of 6.83m in order to qualify for Glasgow. Will they, won't they?
- 22 May 2026 5:38 PM IST
Morning Recap
The morning session saw Ravina Gayakwad (Maharashtra) and Deepak Bhatt (Uttarakhand) take the 10,000m gold. The men decathlon also got underway and here's how Tejaswin Shankar fared.
- 22 May 2026 12:55 PM IST
Evening Session at 5:30 PM
That's all from the morning session. See you again when the evening session begins at 5:30PM.
- 22 May 2026 12:52 PM IST
Women 10,000m final
Gold: Ravina Gayakwad (Maharashtra) 35:30.98
Silver: Soniya (Uttarakhand) 36:16.22
Bronze: Aarti Pawara (Maharashtra) 36:24.79
The Commonwealth Games qualification time in the event was 31:14.14s.
- 22 May 2026 12:49 PM IST
Men's 10,000m final
Gold: Deepak Bhatt (Uttarakhand) 29:42.93s
Silver: Shailesh Kushwaha (Karnataka) 29:57.56s
Bronze: Prashant Choudhary (Uttar Pradesh) 30:36.97s.
Karnataka’s Shivaji M led the race for most of the distance before being overtaken by eventual winner Deepak Bhatt in the final 100m.
Shivaji initially finished second with a time of 29:45.86s, which was inside the qualification standard for the U23 Asian Athletics Championships.
However, he was later disqualified under World Athletics Technical Rule T.R. 17.2.4. Under this rule, an athlete is immediately disqualified for stepping the inner border/kerb more than once on a bend.
The 22-year-old collapsed at the finish line after the race and was later assisted by coaches.
He was disqualified under World Athletics Technical Rule T.R. 17.2.4. As many as eight athletes failed to finish the race.
The Commonwealth Games qualification time in the event was 27:39.03s and the National Record stands in the name of Gulveer Singh at 27:00.22s.
- 22 May 2026 12:16 PM IST
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