India’s fastest man Gurindervir Singh bowed out of the Commonwealth Games men’s 100m after clocking 10.39 seconds to finish 28th overall in the heats. The national record holder was unable to progress to the semifinals despite finishing second in his heat.
Published Date – 27 July 2026, 04:19 PM
Glasgow: India’s fastest man Gurindervir Singh failed to live up to expectations at the Commonwealth Games, crashing out of the men’s 100m event after his underwhelming timing of 10.39 seconds left him 28th overall in the heats.
Coming into Glasgow with ambitions of becoming the first Indian to break the 10-second barrier, the 25-year-old’s effort was far from his best.
Running in Heat 4 from lane five, the Punjab sprinter made a decent start and stayed close to Jamaica’s Rohan Watson before fading out in the final 30-35 metres.
Watson powered away to win the heat in 10.13 seconds, with Gurindervir finishing second. Watson was overall ninth and made the semifinals on Tuesday.
Seventeen athletes advanced from the opening round, while seven athletes have already received byes.
The race was run with a legal tailwind of 1.5 m/s, but Gurindervir could not convert the favourable conditions into a faster time.
His 10.39 seconds was far from his best of 10.09 seconds, a national record that he set at the Federation Cup in Ranchi in May, when he became the first Indian to run under 10.10 seconds.
Ghanaian duo of Benjamin Azamati and Abdul-Rasheed Saminu took the top two qualifying spots with 10.00 seconds and 10.01sec respectively.
