Hurdler Tejas Shirse began brilliantly within the males’s 110m hurdles ultimate on the Nationwide Video games on Sunday. On the Maharana Pratap Sports activities Faculty, Dehradun, he broke the decade-old meet report of compatriot Siddharth Thingalaya after clocking 13.65s, However the hurdler regarded a little bit stretched within the ultimate section.
That is the third time this 12 months that Shirse has damaged a report. Final month the 22-year-old had twice rewritten the nationwide report within the 60m hurdles.
Speaking in regards to the final section of the race, Tejas informed The Indian Categorical, “I haven’t practised in any respect for the outside hurdles as I used to be specializing in the indoor hurdles to enhance my begin. That’s the reason my physique was a little bit stretched ultimately as I used to be practising with solely 5 hurdles as in comparison with ten open air.”
The present nationwide report holder within the 110m hurdles, Shirse spent three weeks coaching in Europe with the elite indoor hurdlers in January. Tejas educated in France and ran a complete of eight indoor races (60 metres), together with the qualification rounds and finals. He set the present nationwide report of seven.64s within the 60m hurdles through the European stint.
When requested what’s the largest distinction within the coaching for outside and indoor hurdles, Tejas mentioned, “The most important distinction through the coaching for indoor hurdles and outside hurdles is endurance. Within the 60m hurdles, one has to only begin and end shortly however within the 110m hurdles, one has to place in additional repetitions to maintain that pace.”
Coached by James Hillier, Tejas and girls’s 100m nationwide report holder Jyothi Yarraji have focussed on getting off the blocks effectively throughout their indoor races.
“The choice to coach indoors was a collective choice of me and my coach (James Hillier) as we needed to enhance on the beginning. Indoor hurdles have helped me make a flawless begin within the outside hurdles,” Tejas mentioned.
Whereas the 12 months began with indoor coaching, Tejas has his eyes mounted on the main outside competitions beginning with the Asian Athletics Championships scheduled in Could 2025.
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“My focus for the season is on outside competitions. The indoor season and coaching had been only for enchancment because it was a fast (indoor) season,” Tejas mentioned.
The hurdler narrowly missed out on the qualification for the Asian Championships (13.56s qualifying customary) on Sunday however is assured of reaching the identical as soon as he begins full-fledged outside coaching.
“I do know I used to be near qualifying right now however I don’t thoughts as I wasn’t fully prepared for this occasion given I’m half approach to my full preparation. I’ll qualify within the subsequent occasion I compete in,” Tejas mentioned.
The hurdler will journey to Australia later this month and is predicted to compete in competitions there after his coaching.
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“I’ll begin coaching for outside hurdles now. I’m going to Australia later this month and begin doing increasingly outside hurdle coaching with the athletes there. My plan is to concentrate on the rhythm utilizing the ten and twelve hurdles as in comparison with the 5 hurdles within the indoor occasion,” Tejas mentioned.
Tejas has been one of many quickest hurdlers within the nation up to now two years and the dearth of competitors on the nationwide stage hampered his probabilities for the Olympics final 12 months.
However the transfer to coach with elite athletes the world over signifies that he can have an opportunity to enhance with an purpose to qualify for occasions like World Championships and Asian Athletics Championships.
Key outcomes: Males: 400m: 1. Bapi Hansda (ODI) 46.82s, 2. Vikrant Panchal (Har) 46.92, 3. T.S. Manu (Ker) 47.08; 110m hurdles: 1. Tejas Shirse (Mah) 13.65s, 2. Manav Rajanarayanan (TN) 14.03s, 3. Muhammed Lazan (Ker) 14.23s. Excessive leap: 1. Aadarsh Ram (TN) 2.14m, 2. Swadhin Kumar (Odi) 2.11m, 3. Sudeep (Kar) 2.08m; 4x100m relay: 1. Odisha (39.47s) 2. Tamil Nadu (40.08s), 3. Kerala (40.73s); Decathlon: 1. N. Taufeeq (Ker) 6,915 pts, 2. Yamandeep Sharma (Raj) 6,831 pts, 3. Rohit Roman (AP) 6,753 pts.