Category: Athletics

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…

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…

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…

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…