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Tejas Shirse shattered his own national record in the men’s 110m hurdles with a stunning 13.27s run, qualifying for the Commonwealth Games and climbing into Asia’s top six.
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Indian hurdler Tejas Shirse produced the performance of his career on Saturday, breaking his own national record in the men’s 110m hurdles.
Competing at the Indian Athletics Series 9, the 24-year-old clocked a sensational 13.27 seconds, improving on his previous national record of 13.41 seconds that he had set back in 2024.
Representing the Reliance Foundation, Shirse delivered a near-flawless race to not only rewrite the Indian record books.
National Record Falls Again
Shirse’s latest effort marks the second time he has broken the national record in his career, underlining both his consistency and steady rise in one of track and field’s most competitive sprint events.
His previous best had stood at 13.41 seconds, but Saturday’s run saw him slash a significant 0.14 seconds off that mark.
The performance comes just weeks after he claimed gold at the Federation Cup in Ranchi, where he clocked 13.50 seconds.
Commonwealth Games Qualification Secured
The record-breaking run also secured Shirse’s qualification for the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
The Athletics Federation of India had set a qualification standard of 13.39 seconds for the event, a mark Shirse comfortably surpassed with his 13.27-second effort.
Among Asia’s Best
Shirse’s timing is currently the sixth-fastest men’s 110m hurdles performance in Asia this season.
Only Japan’s Rachid Muratake (13.05s), Shunsuke Izumiya (13.13s), China’s Junxi Liu (13.22s), Yuanjiang Chen (13.22s), and Japan’s Tatsuki Abe (13.26s) have gone quicker in 2026.
Shirse’s 13.27-second run makes India only the third Asian nation to produce a sub-13.30-second athlete in the men’s 110m hurdles, joining traditional sprint-hurdle powerhouses Japan and China.
(with PTI inputs)
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