Another Disappointment for India on the Track as Tejas Shirse Finishes Eighth
Tejas Ashok Shirse reached the Commonwealth Games men’s 110m hurdles final but finished eighth in 15.40 seconds, adding another disappointing track result to India’s Glasgow 2026 campaign.
India suffered another disappointing result on the track at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games as Tejas Ashok Shirse finished eighth in the men’s 110-metre hurdles final in 15.40 seconds.
Shirse had earned his place among the eight finalists, but the final performance fell well below the standard required to challenge for a medal. Competing from lane seven, the Indian hurdler finished more than two seconds behind Jamaican champion Demario Prince, who won gold in 13.17 seconds.
Reaching a Commonwealth Games final remains an achievement, but India’s athletes must eventually be judged by more than qualification alone. The decisive question is whether they can reproduce their best performances when medals are being decided.
On this occasion, Shirse was unable to do so. His 15.40-second result left him eighth and well removed from the seven athletes ahead of him.
Shirse finished eighth in 15.40 seconds, despite recording a competitive reaction time of 0.131 seconds. His start was not the central problem; the decisive time was lost after the blocks during the hurdle clearances and between-barrier phases.
Glasgow 2026 Men’s 110m Hurdles Event Information
Lane seven · Reaction time 0.131 · Eighth place in the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games men’s 110m hurdles final.
Shirse Reaches the Final but Falls Far Short of the Medal Race
Shirse entered the final as India’s representative in one of the most technically demanding events on the athletics programme.
The 110m hurdles requires an athlete to accelerate rapidly from the blocks, reach the first hurdle at the correct distance and preserve a consistent three-step rhythm through ten barriers.
Any significant technical mistake can transform the race. An athlete who takes off too close to a hurdle may rise excessively, strike the barrier or land without enough space to re-establish the three-step pattern.
Taking off too far away can be equally damaging, causing the hurdler to float over the barrier and lose horizontal velocity.
Shirse’s final time strongly suggests that the race deteriorated after his effective reaction to the gun. His 0.131-second reaction time was competitive, but the final performance was not.
Glasgow 2026 Men’s 110m Hurdles Medalists
Demario Prince Wins Commonwealth Gold for Jamaica
Jamaica’s Demario Prince delivered the strongest performance of the final and won the Commonwealth Games title in 13.17 seconds.
Prince competed from lane three and recorded a reaction time of 0.141. Although several athletes reacted faster to the starting signal, Prince produced the most complete race across all ten hurdles.
England’s Samuel Bennett won silver in a personal-best 13.30, while Cyprus’ Milan Trajkovic claimed bronze in a season-best 13.32.
Only two-hundredths of a second separated the silver and bronze medalists.
South Africa’s Franco le Roux finished fourth in 13.53 after producing the fastest reaction time in the field at 0.113.
Official Men’s 110m Hurdles Final Results
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction Time | Result | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ???? 1 | Demario Prince | Jamaica | 3 | 0.141 | 13.17 | — |
| ???? 2 | Samuel Bennett | England | 4 | 0.134 | 13.30 | PB |
| ???? 3 | Milan Trajkovic | Cyprus | 5 | 0.139 | 13.32 | SB |
| 4 | Franco le Roux | South Africa | 8 | 0.113 | 13.53 | — |
| 5 | Tade Ojora | England | 2 | 0.129 | 13.82 | — |
| 6 | Jerome Campbell | Jamaica | 6 | 0.124 | 13.86 | — |
| 7 | R. Ranatunga | Sri Lanka | 1 | 0.164 | 14.05 | — |
| 8 | ???????? Tejas Ashok Shirse | India | 7 | 0.131 | 15.40 | — |
ITC Performance Analysis
The Result Was Below International Final Standard
Reaching the Commonwealth Games final deserves recognition, but the final performance must still be assessed honestly.
Shirse’s time of 15.40 placed him a considerable distance behind the leading athletes and left India without any realistic involvement in the medal contest.
Prince won in 13.17, meaning the gap between first and eighth was 2.23 seconds. In an event lasting just over 13 seconds for the medalists, that represents an enormous performance difference.
Shirse was also 1.35 seconds behind Sri Lanka’s seventh-place finisher, R. Ranatunga. That gap suggests that the Indian athlete encountered a major technical disruption rather than merely losing marginal time across the race.
The Start Was Not the Main Problem
Shirse reacted in 0.131 seconds, which was faster than the reaction times recorded by gold medalist Prince, silver medalist Bennett and bronze medalist Trajkovic.
This shows that he responded effectively to the starting signal. The disappointing outcome was therefore not caused primarily by hesitation in the blocks.
The decisive losses occurred after the start, likely during the hurdle phases, between-barrier rhythm or recovery from a substantial mistake.
A Fast Reaction Does Not Guarantee a Fast Hurdles Race
Reaction time represents only the moment between the starting signal and the athlete’s first measurable movement.
It does not reveal how effectively the hurdler accelerates, how quickly the lead leg attacks the first barrier or whether the athlete reaches the correct takeoff position.
Prince reacted 0.010 seconds slower than Shirse but finished 2.23 seconds ahead. The comparison demonstrates that hurdle execution and speed maintenance were far more decisive than the initial reaction.
The First Hurdle Establishes the Race
The first hurdle is critical because it determines whether the athlete can enter the central portion of the race with the intended stride rhythm.
A poor first clearance can force the hurdler to reach, chop the stride or alter the takeoff point before the second barrier.
Once that pattern has been disturbed, the athlete may spend several hurdles trying to recover. In a race this short, there is almost no time available to repair a substantial technical error.
India Must Convert Final Appearances Into Performances
India’s athletes are increasingly capable of reaching important international rounds, but qualification alone cannot remain the final measure of progress.
Once an athlete reaches a Commonwealth Games final, the expectation must be to produce a performance close to personal-best level and compete for the highest possible position.
The challenge for India’s high-performance system is not only to place athletes into finals, but to prepare them to perform when the pressure, expectations and technical demands are at their highest.
Shirse’s appearance in the final was valuable. His 15.40-second result, however, was not the performance India needed.
Another Final, but Another Track Disappointment for India
Shirse deserves credit for qualifying for the Commonwealth Games final, but India cannot treat every final appearance as an unquestioned success when the athlete finishes far behind the medal positions.
International championship success demands more than advancing through the preliminary rounds. It requires technical stability, psychological readiness and the ability to reproduce an athlete’s best form when the medals are decided.
The men’s hurdles final once again showed the difference between reaching a major championship final and being genuinely competitive within it.
India had a finalist, but it did not have an athlete capable of challenging the leaders on the night.
That distinction matters. Celebration of qualification should not prevent an honest assessment of the final result.
Congratulations are due to Jamaica’s Demario Prince, who delivered under pressure and won Commonwealth Games gold in 13.17 seconds.
For Shirse and India, however, the men’s 110m hurdles final became another opportunity that ended in disappointment.
Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games official athletics results
Athlete names, finishing positions, lanes, reaction times, performances and wind reading were taken from the official Glasgow 2026 men’s 110m hurdles final result displayed on July 27, 2026.