India, May 24 -- The narrative behind greatness is often the same - in sport and in life. It is built on pushing limits, breaking stereotypes and proving doubters wrong. Gurindervir Singh's journey to that historic night in Ranchi on Saturday carried every one of those elements. And after clocking a staggering 10.09-second 100m dash at the National Senior Federation Competition, he made sure nobody forgot it.

In the span of just 24 hours at the Birsa Munda Athletics Stadium, Gurindervir broke the national record twice.

On Friday, he shattered the previous mark of 10.19 seconds by 10 milliseconds in the first semifinal heat. Less than five minutes later, former record holder Animesh Kujur, representing Odisha, responded with a sensationa...