India’s Ancy Sojan delivered a composed and timely performance to clinch bronze in the women’s long jump at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2026 in Tianjin, marking India’s second medal of the competition. The 24-year-old registered a best effort of 6.21m, achieved in her fifth attempt, capping off a promising start to what promises to…
India’s high jump star Pooja marked her return to continental competition with a statement performance, clinching silver at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2026 with a season-best clearance of 1.87m. Competing in only her third event since returning from injury, the Asian outdoor champion showed composure and resilience to secure India’s third medal of the…
India’s sprint duo delivered a mixed evening at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2026, as Nithya Gandhe produced a personal best in the women’s 60m final, while Abinaya Rajarajan was forced to withdraw due to injury. Competing against some of Asia’s fastest sprinters, Nithya clocked 7.49 seconds in the final to finish seventh an improvement…
India’s premier combined events athlete Tejaswin Shankar delivered a commanding opening day performance at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2026, surging to the top of the heptathlon standings with 3513 points after four events. The highlight of his campaign came in the high jump, where the national record holder cleared 2.23m to finish first in…
India opened its medal account at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2026 through a clutch performance in the men’s high jump, as Jothi Shankar Aadarsh Ram secured bronze with a best clearance of 2.19m. In a competition defined by fine margins and tactical attempts, Aadarsh held his nerve to deliver when it mattered most. The…
The opening day of the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2026 was meant to mark a new chapter for Indian sprinting. Instead, it ended in controversy and disappointment for Manikanta Hoblidhar, one of India’s most consistent short sprinters, who was disqualified from the men’s 60m heats following a false start ruling. For Manikanta, this was not…
India’s campaign in the men’s triple jump and 60m sprint at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2026 delivered a mix of promise, frustration and hard lessons on the continental stage. The men’s triple jump final began at 9:35 AM IST, marking the 2026 season opener for India’s national record holder Praveen Chithravel. Competing for the…
Indian athletics contingent begins its campaign at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2026 on February 6 in Tianjin with a compact but high-quality lineup spread across technical, power and sprint events. With start lists confirmed, Day 1 promises meaningful action for India, featuring medal contenders, developing multi-event athletes and emerging speedsters all competing in the…
The Indian athletics contingent has officially departed for Tianjin, China, to compete at the 12th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2026, carrying with it a blend of national record holders, emerging talents and multi-event specialists who will take on Asia’s best under the roof. The 17-member squad, competing across sprint, jumps, throws and combined events, represents…
The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has officially released its 2026 competition calendar, laying out a tightly structured domestic season that will determine India’s athletics squads for two of the biggest multi-sport events of the year the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and the Asian Games in Aichi–Nagoya. The calendar, announced on Monday, maps out everything…
Indian shot putter Krishna Jayasankar Menon continued her remarkable rise on the international throwing circuit by breaking her own Indian indoor national record, producing a massive 16.63m effort to win the women’s shot put title at the New Mexico Team Open 2026 in the United States. The performance, subject to ratification, improved her previous indoor…
Indian triple jumper Selva Prabhu continued his rapid rise on the global athletics circuit with a superb second-place finish at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational in Manhattan, USA, producing a season-defining leap of 16.63 metres in a high-quality international field. The jump was the second-best of his career, only 15 centimetres short of his personal best…
India’s national record holder in the men’s 60m hurdles, Tejas Shirse, continued his European indoor campaign with a competitive outing at the Elite Indoor Track Miramas Meeting 2026 in France, finishing 14th overall in a high-quality international field that included some of the fastest hurdlers on the global circuit. Shirse clocked 7.95 seconds in the…
Indian middle-distance running took a significant leap forward as Pradeep Senthilkumar rewrote the national record books in the men’s 800m short track (indoor), clocking a superb 1:48.09 at the Razorback Invitational in the United States. In doing so, the 24-year-old erased his own previous national mark of 1:48.60, set earlier this season, and confirmed his…
Indian athletics received a massive early-season boost as Tejaswin Shankar delivered a statement performance at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational, soaring to 2.26 metres to win the men’s high jump and break the facility record at the prestigious World Athletics Indoor Tour Bronze meet in the United States. It was not just a victory it was…
Madhvendra Shekhawat’s 2026 indoor season has begun with exactly the kind of statement every elite hurdler hopes to make not loud, not reckless, but controlled, consistent and backed by hard numbers. At the Lauren McCluskey Memorial Indoor Championships in the United States, the 24-year-old Indian hurdler produced his fastest run of the winter so far,…
Indian athletics received an early-season boost as national record holder Tejas Shirse opened his 2026 indoor campaign with a solid 7.87 seconds in the 60m hurdles at the Orlen Cup Łódź, a World Athletics Indoor Silver Tour meeting in Poland. Competing in Europe’s at an early-season fields, the 22-year-old Indian not only advanced to the…
From November 2025 onward, indoor track and field will look, feel, and be judged very differently. World Athletics has introduced a set of competition rule changes that quietly but decisively reshape how races are run, how relays are managed, and how fairness is enforced on short indoor tracks. While the changes may look technical on…
When Tejas Shirse steps onto the blue track of the Atlas Arena in Łódź for the 2026 Orlen Cup, he will not just be racing five hurdles over 60 metres. He will be racing a narrative of recovery from injury, of a ranking system that rewards ambition, and of Indian athletics’ increasingly strategic push into…
Ranchi, Jharkhand witnessed a display of depth, endurance and organisational strength on Saturday as athletes from the Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) clinched both the senior men’s and women’s team titles at the 60th National Cross Country Championships, underlining their supremacy in Indian long-distance running. Competing on a challenging course that tested stamina and tactical…
Indian long jumper Lokesh Sathyanathan continues to strengthen his case as one of the country’s most consistent international performers after clinching first place at the JD Martin Invitational in Oklahoma with a season-best leap of 7.83 metres on January 22, 2026. Competing for Tarleton State University on the NCAA Division I circuit, Lokesh’s back-to-back strong…
The focus of Indian distance running will firmly be on Ranchi this Saturday as the 60th National Cross Country Championships double up as the official selection trial for the 18th Asian Cross Country Championships, scheduled to be held in Fukuoka, Japan, on February 21. With places in the Indian national team on the line, the…
Indian long-distance running stands at a decisive moment, and at the centre of it is Gulveer Singh, the national record holder who will line up at the ASICS Sound Invite on February 14, 2026, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This is not just another overseas race. It is a carefully chosen battlefield where India’s best distance…
The 21st edition of the Tata Mumbai Marathon 2026 unfolded on January 18 under clear skies and mild humidity, once again transforming Mumbai’s iconic streets into a celebration of endurance, resilience, and community spirit. With a record-breaking participation of over 69,000 runners including more than 65,500 on-ground participants and around 3,700 virtual runners the event…
Indian hurdler Madhvendra Shekhawat has opened his 2026 athletics season on a positive note, clocking 7.84 seconds in the 60m hurdles to finish second at the Corky Classic. While indoor season openers are rarely about peak performance, the timing and context of this run make it an important marker for an athlete entering a crucial…
Lovely Professional University’s Pooja, already an Asian champion, emerged as the centre of attention with a performance that combined dominance, confidence, and a clear statement of intent for the season ahead. In a women’s high jump competition that thinned rapidly, Pooja was left standing alone after the rest of the field bowed out at 1.72m….
The domestic athletics season is still in its early stages, but Chandigarh University’s Tanya Chaudhary has already delivered one of the standout performances of the year. Competing at the 85th National Inter-University Athletics Championship at the Swarajya Stadium in Moodubidiri on Friday, the 23-year-old hammer thrower produced a massive effort of 65.60m to win gold…
The Tata Mumbai Marathon 2026 delivered a landmark moment for Indian long-distance running as Kartik Karkera and Sanjivani Jadhav emerged as the standout performers in the Indian elite men’s and women’s marathon races respectively. Competing at Asia’s only World Athletics Gold Label road race, both athletes underlined the steady progress of Indian marathon running with…
Mumbai is set to wake up to one of its most iconic sporting spectacles as the 21st edition of the Tata Mumbai Marathon is flagged off from the historic Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) on January 18. A World Athletics Gold Label Race, the 2026 edition promises to be the largest and most ambitious in…
India’s growing presence in the American collegiate athletics circuit received another timely boost as Tejaswin Shankar and Selva Prabhu delivered encouraging performances at the Thane Baker Invitational, marking a positive start to the 2026 indoor season. The meet, part of the early NCAA indoor calendar, is often viewed as a useful benchmark rather than a…
The Indian government’s continued commitment to elite sport was underlined this week as the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports approved ₹11.80 lakh for Neeraj Chopra’s overseas training program, reinforcing a highly individualized approach to preparing India’s biggest Olympic star for a demanding 2026 season. The funding, cleared through the Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) under…
The 2025 season reaffirmed Indian Athletics status as the dominant force in Asian men’s triple jump, but it also exposed structural vulnerabilities that will shape the country’s medal prospects at the 2026 Asian Games and Commonwealth Games. With Praveen Chithravel and Abdulla Aboobacker once again establishing themselves above the 17-meter benchmark, India remains well positioned…
In global road running, longevity is a marker of credibility. Any race that crosses the two-decade mark earns the label of a “historical” event, and as the Tata Mumbai Marathon 2026 enters its 21st edition, it firmly belongs in that category. What further elevates the 2026 edition is the quality of the international elite field,…
India’s distance runners gained valuable exposure at the World Cross Country Championships as Gulveer Singh led the men’s challenge with a 40th-place finish, while the Indian mixed relay quartet secured a respectable 12th place in a fiercely contested field. Though the results may not headline the podium, they offered important context on where Indian endurance…
The World Cross Country Championships return today with a start list that underlines why this event remains one of the most demanding tests in global athletics. Featuring traditional distance-running powerhouses such as Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Great Britain, the United States, and Japan, the championships bring together depth, endurance, and tactical racing unlike any other discipline….
Neeraj Chopra’s 90.23m throw in Doha in May 2025 was rightly celebrated as a landmark moment in Indian athletics. It ended years of anticipation, silenced the final technical barrier in his career, and placed him among the most exclusive names in javelin history. Yet, when the emotion settles and the season is examined through numbers…
The Tata Mumbai Marathon is set to script a historic first when it returns for its 21st edition on Sunday, January 18, introducing the Mumbai Coastal Road into its race route for the very first time. With over 65,400 runners expected to take part, the race will transform one of the city’s newest and most…
When Neeraj Chopra and Jan Železný mutually agreed to end their coaching partnership in January 2026, the announcement naturally drew attention across the athletics world. A collaboration between India’s greatest-ever javelin thrower and the most successful exponent the event has known was always going to be closely scrutinised. Yet, rather than signalling uncertainty, the decision…
The Tata Mumbai Marathon (TMM) is set to return for its 21st edition on Sunday, January 18, 2026, with record-breaking participation and a growing legacy that extends far beyond race day. Promoted by Procam International, the World Athletics Gold Label Race has already confirmed over 69,100 participants, including more than 65,400 on-ground runners and over…
India’s campaign at the 12th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships will be led by one of its most consistent performers in the throws, as two-time Asian Indoor champion Tajinderpal Singh Toor has been named captain of a 17-member Indian contingent for the continental meet scheduled from February 6 to 8 in Tianjin, China. The Athletics Federation…
Indian athletics finds itself on the verge of another major breakthrough this time, in one of its most technically demanding events: the men’s 400m hurdles. Two Indian hurdlers, Yashas Palaksha and Ruchit Mori have run sub-50 seconds in the same season, establishing a new era of competitive excellence. Their performances in 2025 have reignited talk…
The formal retirement of Subedar Jinson Johnson on January 7, 2026, brings to a close one of the most transformative chapters in Indian athletics. To measure the scale of his contribution, medals and records alone are not enough. Johnson’s career represents a structural shift in Indian middle-distance running, one that moved the discipline from decades…
Neeraj Chopra’s decision to step away from JSW Sports and launch his own management firm, Vel Sports, marks one of the most significant shifts in Indian Olympic sport in recent years. Announced in January 2026, the move is not merely a change of representation but a statement about how elite Indian athletes are beginning to…
The rise of Neeraj Chopra from a promising teenager in Haryana to an Olympic and world champion is often narrated as an individual sporting miracle. In reality, it is equally the story of a carefully built, long-term partnership with JSW Sports one that has fundamentally reshaped how elite Olympic athletes are supported in India. Since…
Indian athletics reached a quiet but defining inflection point in January 2026 when Neeraj Chopra formally ended his decade-long professional association with JSW Sports and transitioned into an athlete-managed model through the launch of Vel Sports. While the headlines may frame it as the end of a partnership, in reality, it marks the next phase…
The 21st edition of the Tata Mumbai Marathon (TMM), a World Athletics Gold Label Race, is set to once again underline the growing depth and competitiveness of Indian distance running. With a strong domestic elite field confirmed for Sunday, January 18, the spotlight will firmly be on defending champions Anish Thapa and Nirmaben Thakor, who…
The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has formally unveiled the qualification standards for the Asian Games 2026, providing early clarity to athletes and coaches as preparations begin for the continental showpiece. The standards were announced during a media interaction in New Delhi, marking an important milestone in India’s long-term planning cycle following its historic athletics…
The Global Athletics ecosystem in 2026 marks a decisive shift in how elite competition is structured, marketed, and sustained. Traditionally viewed as an “interim” year between the Olympic Games and World Athletics Championships, 2026 has been reimagined by World Athletics as a high-impact season designed to maintain visibility, athlete earnings, and competitive relevance. At the…
Indian athletics has entered a decisive phase in its high-performance journey. The latest TOPS Core Group and Development Group selections underline a clear shift in philosophy from broad inclusion to sharply defined excellence. With the road to the 2026 Asian Games and Los Angeles 2028 firmly in sight, the Athletics Federation of India and the…
The appointment of Canadian sprint star Andre De Grasse as the International Event Ambassador for the 21st Tata Mumbai Marathon marks a significant moment in the evolving identity of India’s biggest mass-participation sporting event. Scheduled for January 18, 2026, the Mumbai Marathon has never been just about distance running. Over two decades, it has become…
