India Athletics Team for Glasgow 2026: Full Roster, Current Form and Medal Predictions

India’s full athletics roster for Glasgow 2026

The Athletics Federation of India announced a maximum-size squad of 32 athletes. It contains 22 men and 10 women, with multiple selections in events where AFI appears to believe India could place more than one athlete in the final or medal positions.

Selection process: a strong team with unanswered procedural questions

AFI stated that the national team was selected under its Commonwealth Games policy and that India could enter a maximum of 32 track and field athletes. The federation ultimately selected the full allocation.

One issue deserves transparent reporting. The published qualification guidelines referred to an allocation of 16 men and 16 women, but the announced roster contains 22 men and 10 women. The overall number remains 32, although the publicly available sources reviewed for this article did not explain how or why the gender distribution was changed.

Conditional selections

AFI initially attached conditions to two major selections:

• Neeraj Chopra was required to achieve AFI’s 82.61m qualification mark after recovering from what the federation described as a niggle.
• Selva Prabhu was required to demonstrate fitness and produce a performance close to the 16.89m triple-jump standard at the subsequent Bhubaneswar competition.

Selva later jumped 16.79m in the Inter-State final and completed a competitive series, providing meaningful evidence that he had returned to a usable competitive level.

India athlete performance audit

The following table combines verified 2026 marks found in official AFI material with an event-based assessment. A season best does not automatically make an athlete a medal favourite. Consistency, recent results, injury history, championship reliability and the final Glasgow field all matter.

India’s strongest Glasgow 2026 medal events

Track analysis: strong Indian progress, but deeper Commonwealth competition

Men’s 400m

Vishal TK’s 44.98 Indian record is a major breakthrough. He followed it with 45.43 at the Inter-State Championships, showing that the national record was not completely isolated from his broader form.

The difficulty is the depth of Commonwealth one-lap running. Botswana, South Africa, Canada, Zambia, England and Jamaica can produce athletes capable of running below 45 seconds or repeatedly near that level.

Men’s 400m hurdles

Yashas P and Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan both ran 49.14 in the domestic final, separated by only a few thousandths of a second. That makes them credible candidates to advance through the rounds.

A Commonwealth medal may require a performance below 49 seconds, depending on the strength of the final field.

Men’s 110m hurdles

Tejas Ashok Shirse’s 13.27 national record reveals a high ceiling. His 13.61 result in June was still enough to win domestically but represents a noticeable decline from his peak.

He is capable of reaching a final if he returns closer to his record form.

Men’s 100m and 200m

Gurindervir Singh’s 10.09 national record is historically significant for Indian sprinting. However, he did not appear in the June 100m final result, meaning his latest readiness cannot be judged solely from the record.

Animesh Kujur’s 20.74 in the 200m was achieved into a 1.8 m/s headwind. The conditions make the performance better than the raw time indicates.

Men’s 5000m and 10,000m

Gulveer Singh is one of India’s strongest distance runners, with a national record of 13:03.93 listed for 5000m. He won the domestic championship in a slower tactical race.

His challenge is the extraordinary Commonwealth depth supplied by Kenya, Uganda, England, Australia, Canada, Scotland and other strong distance programs.

Mixed 4×400m relay

India’s relay pool includes Vishal TK, Rajesh Ramesh, Ansa Babu, Rashdeep Kaur and Neeru Pathak. Vishal’s breakthrough gives the team a strong men’s leg, but relay success depends on all four legs, baton execution, team order and athlete availability.

India can reach the final and challenge established teams, but it should not be listed as the clear favourite before final relay lineups are confirmed.

India women’s team: smaller roster, selective opportunities

Pooja — women’s high jump

Pooja’s 1.93m Indian record moved her into legitimate international medal territory. Her June championship performance of 1.83m was less convincing, with three misses at 1.86m.

This does not eliminate her medal prospects. High jump can fluctuate from competition to competition. It does mean she should be called a podium contender rather than an automatic gold favourite.

Parul Chaudhary — steeplechase and 5000m

Parul’s international experience, endurance and ability to handle championship races make her one of the most important women on the team. However, she did not start the domestic steeplechase final reviewed for this analysis.

A DNS does not establish an injury. She may have had an exemption, international schedule or planned competition strategy. Her latest form should therefore be verified through international results.

Women’s race walk

Ravina and Priyanka are selected for the 10,000m track walk. Care is required when interpreting their form because road half-marathon walk results cannot be directly converted into a 10,000m track prediction.

Ravina’s June half-marathon result was significantly slower than the national-record time listed beside the event. That creates a current-form concern.

Women’s shot put and discus

Manpreet Kaur, Seema and Nidhi Rani give India experienced representation in the throws. Their immediate objective should be qualification for the final, with medals likely requiring season-best performances.

Major fitness, readiness and consistency concerns

• Neeraj Chopra: initially selected conditionally following a reported niggle.
• Gurindervir Singh: national-record speed but absent from the June 100m final result.
• Pooja: 1.93m peak followed by a 1.83m domestic performance.
• Rohit Yadav: elite 87.05m throw but limited repetition near that distance.
• Kuldeep Kumar: strong season best followed by a lower June result.
• Ravina: recent half-marathon walk substantially slower than the listed national record.
• Parul Chaudhary: domestic steeplechase DNS requiring context.
• Tejaswin Shankar: possible fatigue and scheduling effects from attempting two demanding events.

ITC’s India athletics medal prediction for Glasgow 2026

India’s leading gold opportunities

1. Murali Sreeshankar — men’s long jump
2. Sarvesh Kushare — men’s high jump
3. Neeraj Chopra — men’s javelin
4. Rohit Yadav — men’s javelin

Realistic additional podium contenders

• Pooja — women’s high jump
• Praveen Chithravel — men’s triple jump
• Tejaswin Shankar — men’s decathlon
• Yash Vir Singh — men’s javelin
• Selva Prabhu — men’s triple jump
• Aadarsh Ram — men’s high jump

Potential finalists with medal upside

• Vishal TK — men’s 400m
• Yashas P — men’s 400m hurdles
• Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan — men’s 400m hurdles
• Tejas Ashok Shirse — men’s 110m hurdles
• Dev Meena — men’s pole vault
• Samardeep Singh Gill — men’s shot put
• Tajinderpal Singh Toor — men’s shot put
• Gulveer Singh — men’s 5000m and 10,000m
• Parul Chaudhary — women’s steeplechase and 5000m

What would make Glasgow successful for India?

Success should not be judged only by the final medal total. This Glasgow team contains athletes at very different stages of development.

A strong overall performance would include:

• At least one gold medal from men’s long jump, high jump or javelin.
• Multiple medals across the men’s field events.
• Final appearances from India’s developing sprinters and hurdlers.
• A competitive women’s high-jump performance from Pooja.
• Evidence that national records can be converted into international championship success.
• Strong technical execution in the mixed 4×400m relay.

India’s long-term athletics progress will be better measured by depth and repeatability than by one extraordinary throw or jump. Glasgow offers an important test of whether recent national records can be converted into international finals and medals.