Gurindervir Singh competes in the men's 100m round 1 heat 4 athletics at the 23rd Commonwealth Games, in Glasgow. File
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The country’s top two sprinters, Animesh Kujur and Gurindervir Singh, did not produce impressive finishes in the men’s 100m at the World Athletics Continental Tour Silver meet at the Kalinga Stadium, but both sounded confident ahead of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.Kujur, whose personal best of 10.14 came this season, clocked 10.32 to finish sixth, close to the 10.30 he timed in Belgium on August 1. Gurindervir, who broke Kujur’s National record with 10.09 at the Federation meet in Ranchi in May, clocked 10.39, identical to his heats mark at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games last month, to finish ninth on Saturday (August 22, 2026).Both had different reasons for the modest show.“I had a very good start. But I thought I slipped in the first two steps and would fall, so I slowed down and had to pick up again,” said Gurindervir.Gurindervir said the timing was not bad given the workload. “Our preparation is going well. The main target is the Asian Games. We can’t peak so soon. The training load is a bit high. We ran with that load. I, Animesh and everyone else on Friday (August21) and then ran. When we peak, the time will come down automatically,” he added.
