Athletics
Federation Cup Day-2: Gurindervir Singh, Vishal TK, Tejaswin Shankar set new national records- Highlights
Catch all the Highlights from the second day of the 2026 Senior National Athletics Federation Cup in Ranchi, Jharkhand.
Animesh Kujur, Tejaswin Shankar target National Records at 2026 Fed Cup.
Indian star sprinters and quarter-milers were in quest for gold medals on the second day of the 2026 Senior National Federation Cup in Ranchi on Friday.
Indian national record holders, Annu Rani in women's javelin and Tejaswin Shankar in men's decathlon, were also fighting for their place at the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
The 1500m finals, Women's Shot Put, Women's Long Jump and Women's Pole Vault finals champions were also crowned on the day.
As it happened:
Live Updates
- 23 May 2026 8:40 PM IST
A big day for Indian athletics today as three national records were shattered
100m Men - Gurindervir Singh - 10.09s
400m Men - Vishal TK - 44.98s
Decathlon Men - Tejaswin Shankar - 8057 Points
- 23 May 2026 8:22 PM IST
Tejaswin Shankar wins the men's decathlon title with a new national record of 8057 points
With a new personal best of 4:29.02s in 1500m, he has become the first Indian to cross the 8000 points in decathlon to shatter his own NR of 7826 points.
He is just the 8th player in the world to breach 8000 points this year and is the 5th best in the world, leading right now.
A former high jump medalist from the Commonwealth Games has now booked his spot for another CWG but in a different discipline.
- 23 May 2026 8:09 PM IST
Up Next: Men's 1500m Final Decathlon
Tejaswin Shankar is chasing the 8000 points mark today
- 23 May 2026 7:44 PM IST
Vishal TK wins the men's 400m title with a new national record of 44.98s
Vishal TK became the first-ever Indian to cross the sub-45s mark in the 400m men's and has rewritten his own national record.
He, however, marginally missed out on the Commonwealth mark of 44.96s by just 0.02s.
Medalists:
Gold: Vishal TK - 44.98s
Silver: Rajesh Ramesh - 45.31s
Bronze: Jay Kumar - 45.47s
- 23 May 2026 7:36 PM IST
Vithya Ramraj wins the women's 400m with a new personal best time of 52.22s
Vithya Ramraj wins the women's 400 gold but has missed the mark of the Commonwealth Games (51.36s)
Medalists:
Gold - Vithya Ramraj - 52.22s
Silver - Ansa Babu - 53.07s
Bronze - Prachi - 53.26s
- 23 May 2026 7:13 PM IST
Gurindervir Singh wins the men's 100m title with a national record of 10.09s
A massive improvement from Gurindervir Singh, improving his personal best (10.17s) and easily breaching the Commonwealth Games mark (10.16s)
Animesh Kujur (10.20s) and Pranav Pramod (10.29s) won the silver and bronze medals, respectively.
- 23 May 2026 7:06 PM IST
Sudeshna wins the women's 100m title with a time of 11.56s
No CWG qualification for India in women's 100m as the qualifying mark was set at 11.17s.
Medalist:
Gold - Sudeshna (11.56s)
Silver - Giridharani (11.58s)
Bronze - Tamanna (11.62s)
