Category: Athletics

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 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…

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…

The 2025 season will stand as one of the most consequential years in the history of Indian athletics. It was a year where headline-grabbing milestones coexisted with quieter but equally significant systemic shifts. While the global spotlight naturally gravitated toward the javelin runway and a long-awaited 90-metre throw, the deeper story of the season lay…

For an athlete who has already rewritten the script of Indian athletics, the next phase of Neeraj Chopra’s career will be defined not just by distances and medals, but by decisions. The 2026 season presents the Indian javelin ace with one of the most complex calendars of his career, headlined by the inaugural World Athletics…

Indian sport is no longer driven solely by individual brilliance or once-in-a-generation talent. Over the past decade, a quieter but far more consequential shift has taken place one rooted in structure, science, and sustained institutional support. Few athletes embody this transformation better than Jyothi Yarraji, whose rise to becoming Asia’s premier women’s hurdler mirrors the…

The Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing by Grand Slam Track (GST) in December 2025 marked the abrupt end of one of the most ambitious experiments in modern professional athletics. Conceived by four-time Olympic champion Michael Johnson, the league promised to “fix” track and field by offering massive prize money, simplified formats, and star-driven storytelling outside the…

On a crisp winter morning in Kolkata, the 10th edition of the Tata Steel World 25K lived up to its growing reputation as one of Asia’s most compelling road races. The 2025 edition delivered a layered narrative international pedigree at the front, Indian excellence rewriting benchmarks, and a course that once again demanded discipline as…

Indian distance running witnessed a defining moment on Sunday as Seema produced a career-defining performance at the Tata Steel World 25K Kolkata, clocking 1:26:04 to set a new national record in the women’s 25km event. Competing in a World Athletics Gold Label Road Race, Seema not only clinched the Indian Elite Women’s title but also…

India’s premier long-distance runner Gulveer Singh delivered one of the standout performances of the domestic athletics season by rewriting the national record in the men’s 25km at the Tata Steel World 25K in Kolkata on Sunday. Competing in a World Athletics Gold Label Road Race, Gulveer clocked a superb 1:12:06 to not only win the…

The Tata Steel World 25K Kolkata has quietly grown into one of the most important road races on the global calendar, and its landmark 10th edition on Sunday, December 21, promises to be a fitting finale to Indian athletics in 2025. As the last major domestic athletics event of the year, the race brings together…

In a significant step towards building structured and sustainable pathways for women runners in India, Aspect Sports has announced a partnership with Pinkathon, the country’s largest women’s running movement. Under the collaboration, Aspect Sports comes on board as the Official Sports Partner, bringing its expertise in coaching, performance development and grassroots sport to Pinkathon’s expansive…

World Athletics has confirmed a significant and long-term shift in the athletics programme of the Commonwealth Games, announcing that the mile race and the mixed 4x400m relay will become permanent events starting with the 2030 Games in Ahmedabad. The decision, revealed by World Athletics President Sebastian Coe, marks a strategic effort to balance tradition with…

The 2025 athletics season will be remembered as a landmark year for Indian sprinting, defined by the emergence of Animesh Kujur as the country’s foremost male sprinter. At just 22, Kujur moved beyond domestic promise to establish himself as a serious international competitor, delivering a season of unprecedented depth, volume and performance that signals a…