Gurindervir Singh and Vishal T.K. smashed the men’s 100m and 400m National records respectively to set the track ablaze in the Federation athletics meet at the Birsa Munda Stadium (Morabadi) here on Saturday.Tejaswin Shankar added more thrill to the historic evening by finishing his decathlon routine on a high and becoming the first Indian to score 8000-plus points while resetting the National record.— jonathan selvaraj (@jon_selvaraj) May 23, 2026Gurindervir, who posted 10.17 while Animesh Kujur rewrote the National record with 10.15 in the semifinals a day ago, renewed the rivalry with a strong start and putting his rivals under pressure.He thus became the first Indian to log a sub-10.10 time over the distance. Second-placed Kujur clocked 10.20.I am just too good: Vishal T.K. of Tamil Nadu celebrates after winning the men’s 400m gold in the 29th National Senior Athletics Federation Competition 2026 at the Birsa Munda stadium in Ranchi on Satuday, 23 May 2026.
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Flashing a sheet of paper with ‘Time is 10.10. Not finished yet’ written on it, Gurindervir, who also qualified for the Commonwealth Games, said, “People say a lot on social media. This is for myself.”In the 400m semifinals, Vishal (45.27) along with Rajesh Ramesh (45.40) and Jay Kumar (45.47) had gone below Arokia Rajiv’s 10-year-old meet record (45.47)."Behind the scenes, we work hard that no one sees. They only (see) this race."Hear him out 👇Vishal TK, who became the first Indian to break the 45-second barrier in the 400m with a national record time of 44.98s, speaks his heart out 🇮🇳📹: @jon_selvarajpic.twitter.com/gB0FOB9TCE— Sportstar (@sportstarweb) May 23, 2026A day later, the lanky runner gave a confident performance to become the first Indian to record a sub-45 time (44.98) ahead of second-positioned Rajesh Ramesh (45.31). However, he missed the CWG qualifying mark (44.96) narrowly.“Before the race I fixed my mind. I knew I could run 44, but didn’t tell anyone,” said Vishal.Tejaswin’s 8057 was good enough to earn him a CWG ticket.The results (finals): Men: 100m (CWG Q mark 10.16): 1. Gurindervir Singh (Rel) 10.09 (NR, Old 10.15, Animesh Kujur, 2026), 2. Kujur (Odi) 10.20, 3. Pranav Gurav (Rel) 10.29.New high: Tejaswin Shankar preps his discus on way to breaching the 8000 point mark in decathlon event in the 29th National Senior Athletics Federation Competition 2026 at the Birsa Munda stadium in Ranchi on Satuday, 23 May 2026.
