Speed war: National 100m record falls twice within mins in dramatic sprint showdown

Animesh Kujur and Gurindervir Singh broke the men’s 100m nationalist grounds wrong minutes of each different connected the opening time of the National Senior Athletics Federation Competition connected Friday.Representing Reliance, Gurindervir archetypal broke Animesh’s 10-month-old nationalist grounds of 10.18 seconds by clocking 10.17 seconds successful the archetypal semifinal heat.However, the grounds lasted lone a fewer minutes arsenic Odisha’s Animesh ran 10.15 seconds successful the 2nd semifinal vigor to reclaim the nationalist mark.Both sprinters volition present look each different again successful the last connected Saturday.

Animesh besides went past the qualification people of 10.16 seconds acceptable by the Athletics Federation of India for the 2026 Commonwealth Games."It's each astir hard work," said a jubilant Animesh aft the race.

The women’s agelong leap lawsuit besides saw adjacent contention betwixt Shaili Singh and Ancy Sojan.Representing Indian Navy, Ancy won the lawsuit with a leap of 6.75m, improving the conscionable grounds of 6.64m acceptable by Shaili successful Kochi past year. Her bid included jumps of 6.47m, 6.56m, 6.69m, 6.75m, 6.68m and 6.57m.Shaili, competing for the Anju Bobby George Sports Foundation, finished 2nd with a champion leap of 6.58m.

In the greeting session, Deepak Bhatt of Uttarakhand won the men’s 10,000m contention successful 29 minutes and 42.93 seconds.Karnataka jock Shivaji M appeared to endure dehydration during the contention successful blistery conditions and was helped by squad coaches.In the women’s 10,000m race, Ravina Gayakwad of Maharashtra finished archetypal with a timing of 35:30.98, which was beneath the 2026 Commonwealth Games qualification modular of 31:14.14.The contention is besides important due to the fact that it marks the archetypal clip the AFI is conducting SRY Gene Tests astatine a nationalist lawsuit to guarantee that lone biologic females vie successful the women’s category.The once-in-a-lifetime trial volition beryllium conducted utilizing either a feature swab oregon humor sample.The AFI volition besides statesman DNA investigating of Indian athletes to cod and sphere information that whitethorn aboriginal beryllium utilized for research, wounded prevention and improvement purposes.

The results of some the SRY and DNA tests volition stay confidential.Apart from being the last enactment lawsuit for the 2026 Commonwealth Games successful Glasgow from July 23 to August 2, the May 22-25 Federation Competition volition besides enactment arsenic trials for the archetypal Asian U23 Championships successful China from July 9 to 12.Day 1 Results:Men: 10,000m: Deepak Bhatt (Uttarakhand) 29:42.93, Shailesh Kushwaha (Karnataka) 29:57. 56, Prashant Choudhary (Uttar Pradesh) 30:36.97.Hammer throw: Ashish Jakhar (SSCB) 68.52m, Damneet Singh (Reliance) 67.62m, Ajay Kumar (Haryana) 64.93m.Women: 10,000m: Ravina Gayakwad (Maharashtra) 35:30.98 secs, Soniya (Uttarakhand) 36:16.22, Aarti Pawara (Maharashtra) 36:24.79 secs.Long jump: Ancy Sojan (Navy) 6.75m (MR), Shaili Singh (Anju Bobby George Academy) 6.58m, Bhavani Yadav (NCOE Bengaluru) 6.39m.