Animesh Kujur, Gurindervir Singh shrug off 100m setback, set sights on Asian Games
Indian sprinters Animesh Kujur and Gurindervir Singh finished outside the top spots at a recent athletics meet in Kalinga Stadium. Both athletes are using the event as training for the upcoming Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, focusing on long-term performance rather than immediate results.
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It highlights the strategic preparation and training cycles of elite athletes aiming for major international sporting competitions.
The country’s top two sprinters, Animesh Kujur and Gurindervir Singh , did not produce impressive finishes in the men’s 100m at the World Athletics Continental Tour Silver meet at the Kalinga Stadium, but both sounded confident ahead of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
Kujur, whose personal best of 10.14 came this season, clocked 10.32 to finish sixth, close to the 10.30 he timed in Belgium on August 1. Gurindervir, who broke Kujur’s National record with 10.09 at the Federation meet in Ranchi in May, clocked 10.39, identical to his heats mark at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games last month, to finish ninth on Saturday (August 22, 2026).
Both had different reasons for the modest show.
“I had a very good start. But I thought I slipped in the first two steps and would fall, so I slowed down and had to pick up again,” said Gurindervir.
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