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 6:32 PM IST
Annu Rani in action at the Women's Javelin throw final at 6:50 PM IST
The national record holder is targeting the Commonwealth Games mark of 59.79m.
Here is the start list:
- 23 May 2026 5:47 PM IST
Baranica Elangovan starts her competition with a first-time clearance at the 3.80m mark
The women's pole vault competition will next move to the 3.85m mark
- 23 May 2026 5:39 PM IST
Tejaswin Shankar stands at 7306 points after 9 events
He will now need to clock a time around 4:37.00s or better in the men's 1500m event to breach the 8000 points mark.
His 1500m personal best is 4:31.80s.
- 23 May 2026 5:35 PM IST
Tejaswin Shankar finished the javelin throw with a best of 47.71m
He couldn't cross the 50m mark on his final attempt, either.
- 23 May 2026 5:26 PM IST
Tejaswin Shankar has yet to cross the 50m mark in his first two attempts
Shankar, who had a personal best of 54.85m in men's javelin, is yet to cross the 50m mark today, which might be necessary for him to reach near the 8000 points target.
- 23 May 2026 4:50 PM IST
Women's Pole Vault will also start at 5:00 PM IST
National Record holder Baranica Elangovan will be in action and will be hoping to improve her own national record for the third time this year.
She has also improved the Indian national record twice this year, with a 4.22m jump at the Indoor National Championships and 4.23m jump at the Indoor Open Pole Vault Tournament.
Here is the startlist:
- 23 May 2026 4:20 PM IST
Up Next: Men's Javelin Throw Decathlon
The national record holder, Tejaswin Shankar, will be in action in the 9th event of the Decathlon Programme.
He has been on an impressive run so far in Ranchi, collecting the career best first day points of 4511 Points combined with a decent performance on second day's morning session.
He has 6751 points right now after 8 events and is on par to breach the Commonwealth Games mark of 7787 points and might even cross the elite 8000-points mark.
