The track at Delhi’s Jawaharlal Stadium had emptied, but Gurindervir Singh was still running. And this time it was not against a clock, but against a growing crowd of fans at the venue for the Asian Games warm-up athletics meet in the capital. The temperature had climbed to around 36 degrees, with humidity hovering at 79 percent on Thursday afternoon, as India’s Nagoya-bound athletics squad gathered for one final dress rehearsal. Gurindervir had done his bit on the track, finishing second in the 100m final of the Indian Athletics Series Final in 10.32 seconds.
“I don’t know how to express this feeling. But the highs were followed almost immediately by a low. “After a week of establishing the national record, I got injured. I got just two weeks to train.
In May, Gurindervir broke through a barrier no Indian male sprinter had crossed before, clocking 10.09 seconds at the Federation Cup in Ranchi. The national record made him the first Indian man to run under 10.10 seconds and put him firmly among India’s biggest sprint hopes . After the injury, it took 24-25 days for me to get the right amount of rehab.
These people give me so much love,” he said during a brief respite from the selfie session. You all saw the race at CWG,” he said.
The injury was what Gurindervir described as a ‘T-Junction’ hamstring injury, one that normally takes four or five weeks to recover from. “It is all about the people around you who motivate you. Like my coach, my physios, my dietitians. They always motivate me. “Yes, we are rivals on the racetrack.
He managed to return in 24 days, with the support of his team around him.
So it is all about surroundings,” he said. We have a good relationship,” Gurindervir said when asked if he and Animesh see each other as competitors.
After the race and before the race, we are good friends.
