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title: "Sarvesh Kushare wins silver in high jump Glasgow; 2.25m leap behind Beckford on countback"
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Sarvesh Kushare wins silver in high jump Glasgow; 2.25m leap behind Beckford on countback

Commonwealth Games 2026 athletics: Sarvesh Kushare leaps to a silver in high jump

Commonwealth Games 2026 athletics: Sarvesh Kushare leaps to a silver in high jump

India had a couple of injury scares with Tejaswin Shankar (high jump) and Tejas Shirse (110m hurdles) while Sharmila Dhankar bagged gold in para athletics (shot put).

India's athletics campaign at the Commonwealth Games 2026 got off to a promising start with Sarvesh Kushare clinching a silver medal in the men's high jump at Scotstoun Stadium in Glasgow on Monday

Competing in the high jump final, Kushare cleared 2.25m before three unsuccessful attempts at 2.28m saw him settle for silver behind Jamaica's Romaine Beckford, who claimed gold on countback. England's Kimani Jack took bronze after clearing 2.20m.

The medal capped another milestone in what has been a breakthrough season for the Indian high jumper.

Earlier this month, Kushare became only the fourth Indian athlete to finish on the podium at a Diamond League meeting after placing third in Monaco.

He also broke Tejaswin Shankar's eight-year-old national record with a 2.31m leap at the National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar last month.

India's other high jumpers endured contrasting fortunes. Aadarsh Ram finished fifth after failing to clear 2.20m, while Birmingham 2022 bronze medallist Tejaswin Shankar withdrew after appearing to injure himself during his opening unsuccessful attempt at 2.05m.

Tejaswin is also entered in the decathlon later this week, leaving his participation in doubt.

India's para athletics contingent also enjoyed a memorable start to the campaign, winning two medals in the women's shot put F57.

Sharmila Dhankar produced a season-best throw of 9.81m to claim gold, ending India's 20-year wait for a para athletics medal at the Commonwealth Games . She also became the first Indian woman and the country's first para athletics gold medallist at the Games.

Shilpa K Shyla added bronze with a personal-best effort of 7.26m after Nigeria's Eucharia Iyiazi had one of her attempts ruled invalid, promoting the Indian onto the podium.

Earlier in the day, Tejas Shirse scripted history by becoming the first Indian athlete to qualify for a CWG men's 110m hurdles final.

The national record holder advanced after clocking 13.76 seconds to finish third in his heat and sixth overall in the qualifying round. The first three athletes in each heat and the next two fastest progressed to the final.

However, Tejas Shirse suffered a heartbreak in the final after the 24-year-old pulled up midway through the race and hobbled across the finish line, clocking 15.39s to finish last. Demario Prince of Jamaica won the event in 13.17s.

India also enjoyed success in the men's long jump qualifying competition. Commonwealth Games 2022 silver medallist Murali Sreeshankar secured automatic qualification with a first-attempt leap of 8.01m, becoming the only athlete from Group A to breach the eight-metre qualifying standard.

Lokesh Sathyanathan also booked his place in Wednesday's final after registering 7.77m to finish among the 12 qualifiers.

Earlier in the day, national record holder Gurindervir Singh 's Commonwealth Games campaign in the men's 100m came to an end in the heats.

The Indian sprinter finished second behind Jamaica's Rohan Watson in Heat 4 with a time of 10.39 seconds but missed out on the semi-finals after placing 28th overall among the 73 competitors.

A time of 10.24 seconds was required to progress after seven athletes received byes into the semi-finals.

Gurindervir holds the 100m national record of 10.09s, set at the Federation Cup in Ranchi in May.

Picture by 2026 Getty Images

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