Seema Kaliramna clinched India's bronze medal in the women's discus throw with a best effort of 58.65m at the Commonwealth Games 2026. Tajinderpal Singh Toor finished fifth in men's shot put, while Parul Chaudhary placed 13th in the women's 5,000m.
Tejaswin Shankar won gold in men’s heptathlon at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Tianjin, setting a new national indoor record with 5993 points. India finished sixth overall with five medals, including silvers for Pooja and Tajinderpal Singh Toor
Toor (2018 Jakarta, 2023 Hangzhou) became the fourth Indian shot putter to defend his Asian Games after Parduman Singh Brar (1954 and 1958), Joginder Singh (1966 and 1970) and Bahadur Singh Chouhan (1978 and 1982).
For the first time in over 100-years of history at Olympics, India hopes to win the first medal in athletics through the young gun Neerja Chopra in javelin
