National Indoor Athletics C'ships: Gurindervir Singh sets 60m record; Animesh Kujur disqualifies - Highlights

That's it from our coverage of the 2026 National Indoor Athletics Championships

The first Indoor National Athletics Championships finished with a big national record in the 60m flat race from Gurindervir Singh.

Alongside that, India had multiple indoor national records in the exciting two-day programme at the Kalinga Indoor Stadium, especially in the pole Vault discipline.

Despite the absence of some of the top names, India had a decent outing at the event and will be hoping to build on that in the coming editions.

Gurindervir Singh wins the 60m men's title with a new national record of 6.60s

After three disqualifications due to multiple false starts, Gurindervir Singh held his compsure and broke the national record with a big margin.

He surpassed the previous NR of 6.67 held by Elakkiyadasan Kanadasan.

Silver Medalist Lalu Prasad Bhoi also finished under the previous national record with a time of 6.65s.

Medalists:

Gold - Gurndervir Singh - 6.60s

Silver - Lalu Prasad Bhoi - 6.65s

Bronze - Nuzrat - 6.71s

Animesh Kujur disqualified for a false start

Harita Bhadra wins the women's 60m title with an excellent time of 7.32s

She missed out on the national record of Dutee Chand (7.28s) but became the first-ever national women's 60m champion of India.

Medalists:

Gold - Harita Bhadra -7.32s

Silver - Unnathi Bollanda - 7.46s 

Bronze - Trisha Nair - 7.62s

Kshitij Changire wins the men's U20 60m title with a time of 6.78s

Medalists:

Gold - Kshitij Changire - 6.78s

Silver - Rushiraj Gohil - 6.87s

Bronze - Abhay Singh - 6.88s

Kajal Vaja wins the women's U20 60m title with a time of 7.50s

Medalists:

Gold - Kajal Vaja - 7.50s

Silver - Mansi Rajak - 7.55s

Bronze - Heeral Johri - 7.75s

Mohammed Afsal withdrew. Vinod Singh wins the 1500m title

He clocked a time of 3:46.13s to chase down Jagdish, who had a flying start and had a lead of 50 metres over the chasing pack before the final lap.

Medalists:

Gold - Vinod Singh - 3:46.13s

Silver - Jagdish - 3:50.11s

Bronze - Sunil Yadav - 3:50.56s

Mohammed Sinan wins the men's 400m title with a time of 48.27s

Medalists:

Mohammed Sinan - 48.27s

Muhammad Badusha - 49.83s

Aryan Ekka - 49.86s

Kumari Saloni Nagar sets the new indoor women's 400m National record

She clocked a time of 53.73s to break the 21-year-old record of Pinki Paramanik (53.89s).

This is also the third best in Asia this year.

400m Medalists:

Gold - Kumari Saloni Nagar - 53.73s

Silver - Sukhi Baskey - 55.67s

Bronze - Unnathi Bollanda - 56.45s

Malaya Barik wins the men's U20 400m title with a time of 48.98s

Medalists:

Gold - Malaya Balik - 48.98s

Silver - Umesh Sahani - 49.14s

Bronze - Bapi Hansda - 49.27s