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 Asian men’s 4x100m relay landscape shifted decisively in 2025. What once constituted medal-winning territory in the low 39-second range is no longer sufficient. Across major championships and regional meets, the standard has moved sharply into the mid-38s, creating what can best be described as the “sub-38.50 imperative” for any team with podium ambitions at…
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…
Indian athletics in 2025 wasn’t just about medals and podium finishes. It was also about change, breaking records, setbacks, resilience, and the rise of a new generation that isn’t afraid. It was a season that put legends to the test, made new heroes, and showed that Indian athletics no longer needs just a few big…
Indian long-distance running witnessed a moment that felt both historic and deeply emotional at the Valencia Marathon, as Gopi Thonakal came agonisingly close to breaking one of the longest-standing national records in Indian athletics. Clocking 2:12:23, the Olympian finished just 23 seconds shy of the men’s marathon national record of 2:12:00, set by the legendary…
The last part of the athletics events at the Khelo India University Games, KIUG 2025 turned into a party for young people, records, and pure athletic excellence. On December 5, 2025, Indian university athletes did some amazing things. Young athletes pushed themselves to the limit, set new meet records, and made a name for themselves…
Indian distance running will have a significant presence at one of the world’s fastest marathon courses this weekend as four of the country’s top male marathoners line up for the Valencia Marathon 2025 on December 7th. Widely regarded as one of the quickest and most competitive road races globally, Valencia is a World Athletics Platinum…
The first two days of athletics action at the Khelo India University Games delivered a series of gripping contests, breakout performances, and multiple Games Records (GR) as emerging university athletes stepped up under pressure. From fiercely contested middle-distance races to commanding throws and high-quality sprints, the momentum of this year’s edition has already underlined the…
For most athletes, a gold medal and a meet record would be the headline. For Pooja Singh, the reigning Asian Champion and one of India’s brightest emerging talents, her 1.77m jump at the Khelo India University Games (KIUG) 2025 was something else entirely. A carefully designed checkpoint, a controlled re-entry into competition, and a crucial…
The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has unveiled its most ambitious and structurally forward-looking competition 2026 calendar to date, marking the year as a potential turning point for Indian athletics. Designed to expand competitive exposure, enhance data-driven athlete development, and elevate India’s global standing, the new framework introduces an upgraded Continental Tour meet, a large-scale…
As 2025 draws to a close, Indian Indoor athletics stands on the brink of a significant shift. The installation of a world-class 200m banked indoor track at Bhubaneswar’s Kalinga Stadium complete with warm-up lanes, athlete accommodation, and seating for 2,000 spectators marks a turning point in the country’s sporting infrastructure. The Athletics Federation of India…
The 2025 season marked a pivotal shift for Indian men’s discus throw a year that delivered a new national leader, a tightly contested domestic field, and a sobering reminder of the long journey still required to become competitive at the continental and global levels. With Nirbhay Singh’s breakthrough to 58.13m and the emergence of a…
The 2025 domestic season in Indian women’s 400m brought depth, intrigue, and a renewed sense of urgency. It produced promising times, key comebacks, and the emergence of new threats but it also underlined one stubborn truth, the 50.79s national record set by Hima Das in 2018 remains untouched. With the 2026 season looming one that…
From stunning the world with a historic 4x400m relay run to clocking some of India’s fastest 400m times in recent seasons, Rajesh Ramesh has become a household name in Indian athletics. A key member of the team that rewrote the Asian record at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, Rajesh has steadily risen from being just…
Indian athletics has produced steady progress across multiple disciplines in recent years, but few events have experienced a transformation as dramatic as Indian men’s high jump in 2025. What once sat on the periphery of India’s medal conversations is suddenly within touching distance of the world’s elite. The catalyst for this shift was Sarvesh Anil…
At just 18, Parth Singh has announced himself as one of the most compelling young talents in Indian athletics. A sprinter and long jumper with equal flair, Parth belongs to a rare lineage of athletes who can dominate both the runway and the straight track. His rise fast, fascinating, and global embodies the spirit of…
The women’s 100 metres track and field’s most iconic event will undergo a radical and unprecedented transformation at the LA 2028 Olympic Games. For the first time in Olympic history, all competitive rounds of the event will be packed into a single day: preliminary heats, Round 1, the semi-finals and the final. Scheduled for July…
The LA 2028 Olympic Games will mark the most dramatic restructuring of the athletics schedule in modern Olympic history. For the first time, track and field will run across the entire duration of the Games, beginning on July 15 and concluding on July 30. This bold reimagining, announced jointly by World Athletics (WA) and the…
The year 2026 is shaping up to be one of the most demanding and strategically important seasons in the history of Indian athletics. With two major indoor championships lined up the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships (6–8 February, China) and the World Indoor Athletics Championships (20–22 March, Poland) India steps into a global indoor calendar that…
For more than a decade, Annu Rani has been the face of Indian women’s javelin, the national record holder, and a reliable presence on the Asian stage. But between 2023 and mid-2025, that reliability once her greatest competitive weapon was shaken. Injuries, instability in coaching, and technical disruption pushed her into one of the most…
Indian javelin story has evolved into one of the most compelling transformations in modern athletics. Once a fringe discipline, it now stands at the forefront of India’s sporting identity. What began with a single moment of Olympic brilliance has matured into a structured, science-backed movement one defined by depth, biomechanics, and the pursuit of sustained…
The 2025 season marked one of the most competitively rich years in Indian women’s long jump, with unprecedented depth across the top tier and a string of personal bests that signaled both promise and persistent gaps. Five athletes crossed the 6.30m mark this season an unprecedented spread led by the resurgence of Shaili Singh and…
The 2025 season will be remembered as a turning point in Indian Athletics middle-distance running the year when the men’s 800m broke free from its historical limitations and entered the global conversation. For decades, Indian athletes hovered around the 1:46–1:48 bracket competitive in Asia, but distant from the world elite. That narrative changed decisively in…
Indian athletics finds itself at an important turning point in the men’s 400m. For close to a decade, the event has teased potential sub-46s times, relay medals, spirited runs on the continental stage but has lacked the one moment that separates high promise from undeniable world-class status: a sub-45 second quarter-mile. That landmark, long considered…
The Wanda Diamond League 2026 season promises to be one of the most pivotal in Indian athletics history not just as a showcase of consistency but as a tactical campaign leading into the newly launched World Athletics Ultimate Championship (WACU) in September. With eleven confirmed Diamond League stops from May to September, India’s leading quartet…
India has taken a major strategic stride in international athletics by officially submitting its bid to host the 2028 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships (AIAC) in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The proposal, filed by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI), marks the first time India has sought to stage the continental indoor meet a move that signals both…
The South Asian Athletics Championships (SAAC) 2025, held in Ranchi, Jharkhand, marked a defining moment for Indian athletics. Returning after a 17-year hiatus, the meet reestablished India’s supremacy in the region, while simultaneously exposing the structural and performance gaps that need addressing ahead of the 2026 Asian Games and Commonwealth Games cycles. India topped the…
When 19-year-old Mubassima Mohammed soared to 6.07 meters in Ranchi to claim the silver medal in women’s long jump at the South Asian Senior Athletics Championships, she did far more than make a personal breakthrough she made history. Her leap marked the first-ever senior international track and field medal for Lakshadweep, a territory better known…
India’s young track and field contingent delivered a promising all-round performance at the 2025 Asian Youth Games, finishing with a total of nine medals (five silver, four bronze) across both track and field disciplines. The results underline the depth and emerging potential of India’s junior athletics system, which continues to produce world-class talent in sprints,…
The 2025 SAFF Senior Athletics Championships concluded in Ranchi with an exhilarating display of regional athletic excellence, marked by record-breaking performances, national milestones, and a fierce India–Sri Lanka rivalry that set the tone for three unforgettable days of competition. In the end, India emerged overall champions, topping the medal tally with 20 gold, 20 silver,…
The penultimate day of the South Asian Athletics Championships 2025 in Ranchi witnessed a flurry of record-breaking performances and spirited battles across track and field events. India and Sri Lanka continued their dominance, sharing top honours in a session that produced multiple meet records and personal bests. From Ruchit Mori’s stunning hurdles victory to Sandeep…
India continued their dominant run at the 4th South Asian Athletics Championships in Ranchi, bagging an impressive 7 gold, 8 silver, and 3 bronze medals on Day 2. The day witnessed record-breaking performances, personal bests, and the emergence of exciting young talents, keeping India firmly on top of the medal standings. The evening session belonged…
When Man Singh crossed the finish line at the ASML Marathon Eindhoven in 2:14:41, he wasn’t just testing his endurance; he was probably testing his readiness for the most crucial stage of his career the Tata Mumbai Marathon (TMM) 2026. The performance, though marginally slower than his personal best of 2:14:16, affirmed one thing with…
India’s sprinting future found a new name to celebrate as Bhumika Nehate scripted history by clinching the bronze medal in the women’s 200m at the 2025 Asian Youth Games. Clocking a personal best of 24.43 seconds, the young sprinter became the first Indian ever to win a medal in the 200m event at the continental…
The evening session of Day 2 at the 4th South Asian Senior Athletics Championships 2025 in Ranchi promises intense track action, headlined by the men’s 400m final, hurdles showdowns, and women’s 400m heats. With a mix of rising Indian athletes and experienced Sri Lankan and Bangladeshi runners, the Morabadi Stadium is set for a pulsating…
The 4th South Asian Athletics Championships 2025 opened in Ranchi with a day of domination for Team India, as the hosts captured five golds, six silvers, and three bronzes across nine finals. It was a day that combined emerging stars and seasoned performers from Sanjana Singh’s record-breaking 5000m gold to Samardeep Singh’s monster throw in…
Team India continued its impressive campaign at the Asian Youth Games 2025 in Bahrain with another day of strong performances on the track and field. Day 2 saw the young Indian athletes deliver two silver and two bronze medals, alongside several personal best (PB) performances that underscored the nation’s growing depth in youth athletics. With…
Sixteen-year-old Shourya Ambure continued her stellar 2025 season by winning the silver medal in the women’s 100m hurdles final at the Asian Youth Games 2025, clocking a personal best of 13.73 seconds. The young hurdler, who has been on a meteoric rise this year, once again proved her consistency and composure on the continental stage,…
The evening session of the South Asian Senior Athletics Championships 2025 in Ranchi is set to feature a high-stakes display of endurance and speed as India’s top athletes prepare for the men’s and women’s 5000m finals and the 100m sprint heats. With season-best timings indicating promising form, Indian athletes are poised to challenge the region’s…
When the 4th South Asian Athletics Championships begin on October 24 at the Birsa Munda Stadium in Ranchi, the focus will be firmly on the 100m, 200m, and 400m showdowns. Despite being a Category D event on the World Athletics calendar, the meet promises to serve as an exciting late-season contest between India and Sri…
India’s athletics contingent began its Asian Youth Games 2025 journey in style on the opening morning session in Bahrain, led by a brilliant silver medal performance from Ranjana Yadav in the Girls’ 5000m Race Walk. The session also witnessed solid qualification runs from Shourya Ambure in the 100m hurdles and Divyansh Raj in the boys’…
The countdown to another electrifying season of world athletics has begun. The 2026 Wanda Diamond League schedule has been officially confirmed, charting a thrilling 15-meet journey across four continents from Doha’s desert heat to the historic finale in Brussels. For athletes and fans alike, the calendar marks the heartbeat of elite track and field competition,…
The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has unveiled a bold yet demanding strategy for the 2026 season, a year that will see two of the biggest multi-sport events the Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Glasgow from July 23–August 2 and the Asian Games (AG) in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan from September 19–October 4 fall within just seven weeks…
The 2025 Wanda Diamond League (DL) season was more than just another campaign for Indian athletics it was a declaration of intent. A year that reaffirmed Neeraj Chopra’s supremacy while marking a significant shift toward diversified participation across multiple disciplines. From Chopra’s record-breaking 90.23m throw in Doha to Parul Chaudhary’s steeplechase breakthrough and the inclusion…
India’s long jump fraternity just got another reason to celebrate. Kerala’s Anurag CV, a 100/200m sprint specialist turned jumper, has officially joined the elite 8-metre club a mark that defines world-class long jumping. At the India Open U-23 Athletics Championships in Warangal, Anurag stunned the field with a personal best leap of 8.06 metres, clinching…
The India Open U-23 Athletics Championships in Warangal turned into a showcase of India’s next generation of track and field talent a meet that blended promise, precision, and personal breakthroughs. Across sprints, jumps, throws, and distance events, young athletes from across the country delivered performances that underlined the depth and direction of Indian athletics in…
The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has announced a formidable team for the South Asian Senior Athletics Championships (SASAC) 2025, to be held from October 24–26 in Ranchi, featuring a mix of experienced Asian-level performers and emerging domestic champions. The event, seen as both a confidence-building platform and a developmental proving ground, will mark India’s…
At 18, Parth Singh stands at a rare crossroads for Indian athletics a teenager who sprints like a pure sprinter and soars like a natural jumper. In the same breath, he also represents something more complex, a young athlete who trains in one country, calls another his homeland, and yet belongs emotionally to both. Raised…
At 18, Parth Singh stands at a rare crossroads for Indian athletics a sprinter and jumper whose potential stretches across two of track and field’s most explosive events. His recent performance at the 40th National Junior Athletics Championships (NJAC) in Bhubaneswar has not only redefined benchmarks for India’s U20 circuit but also offered a glimpse…
Odisha’s young sprint sensation Pratik Maharana produced a career-defining performance at the National Junior Athletics Championships 2025, scorching the track with a 21.24s run in the men’s U-20 200m final to clinch gold, set a new personal best, and breach the World U20 Championships qualification mark. It was a moment of glory for the 18-year-old,…
