Sarvesh Kushare (Image credit: X) From a corn husk landing pit in Deogaon to India’s best CWG men’s high jump, national record holder Sarvesh Kushare he finally has the big stage medal that he had been looking for for a long time.Deogaon, a village near Nashik, is a long way from the biggest stages of…
Sarvesh Kushare and Tejaswin Shankar during the CWG 2026 high jump final in Glasgow. NEW DELHI: Tejaswin Shankar’s own Commonwealth Games campaign ended in heartbreak, but the Indian jumper has ensured that his disappointment will not stop a teammate from making history.The national record holder, forced out of the men’s high jump competition by a…
Sarvesh Anil Kushare poses after winning the silver medal in the men’s high jump final at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, Monday, July 27, 2026. (AP Photo) Sarvesh Kushare became the first Indian to win a silver medal in men’s high jump at the Commonwealth Games after finishing second in Glasgow on Monday.The 31-year-old…
Sarvesh Kushare (left) and Tejas Shirse Tejas Shirse will look to open India’s medal tally in athletics as the track and field events begin at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games on Monday. Shirse had broken the men’s 110m hurdles national record with a time of 13.27s during the Indian Athletics Series in Ludhiana last month, and…
India’s Sarvesh Kushare (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) India Sarvesh Kushare made a strong first impression at the 2026 Monaco Diamond League by finishing third in the men’s high jump. The 31-year-old cleared 2.26m to secure a place on the podium at the Stade Louis II. With the result, he became the first Indian to finish in…
National record holder Sarvesh Kushare has already crossed the 2.30m mark, but the high jumper says his next target is even higher. After becoming the first Indian to throw 2.30m, Kushare has now set his sights on winning gold at the Asian games and breaks the 2.35m barrier.Kushare created history by clearing 2.31m at the…
Sarvesh Kushare. (File photo) Sarvesh Kushare set a new national record in men’s high jump after clearing 2.31m at the 65th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Friday. The athlete from Maharashtra also became the first Indian high jumper to officially clear the 2.30m mark.The 31-year-old went past the…