Reliance Foundation athletes win 24 medals in thunderous display at Federation Cup

25th May, 2026, Ranchi: Reliance Foundation supported athletes did the star turn at the 29th Federation Cup in a sterling display that saw them win 24 medals, including 11 Golds, six silvers and seven bronzes across the four day event in Ranchi.

Among the major highlights were Gurindervir Singh becoming the first Indian ever to run sub 10.10s in the men’s 100m event and Tejaswin Shankar crossing the 8000 point milestone in decathlon. Both set new national records in the respective events, while Animesh Kujur also set a national record in the men’s 100m before it was taken back by Gurindervir Singh.

Apart from Tejaswin, Animesh and Gurindervir, M Sreeshankar (men’s long jump) and Yashas P (men’s 400m hurdles) also breached the qualification standard for the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in the course of their gold medal winning displays.

Among the other major highlights was a clean sweep from RF athletes in the men’s 100m event with Gurindervir, Animesh and Pranav Gurav finishing on the podium. RF also had a 1-2 finish in the men’s 110m hurdles event where Tejas Shirse finished top followed by Krishik M. In the men’s 200m, Animesh Kujur won Gold and Abhay Singh won bronze.

Apart from four national record, RF athletes also set six meet record and 18 personal bests.

Among the young RF athletes, Bhartpreet Singh (men’s discus throw), Abhay, Sabita Toppo (women’s 100m hurdles), Anand Singh (men’s javelin throw) and Shivaji Parashuram M (men’s 5000m) met the qualification standard for the U23 Asian Championships.

Ancy Sojan (women’s long jump) and Baranica Elangovan (women’s pole vault) continued their fine form in 2026 by yet again winning Gold and also setting new meet records in their respective events.

The other RF athletes who won Gold included Krishna Jayasankar, who registered a new personal best (women’s shot put), the remarkably consistent Tejas Shirse (men’s 110m hurdles) and Seema (women’s 5000m).