India, May 29 -- Gurindervir Singh is the fastest man in India. There was a time, just a few years ago, when that statement didn't mean much; in fact, national records only served to highlight how far behind we were in track and field, compared to the rest of the world.

That changed somewhat, on a remarkable day for Indian athletics, when Neeraj Chopra unleashed his javelin inside an empty stadium at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, winning India's first-ever gold in track and field (and only second-ever individual gold at the Games; the other being shooter Abhinav Bindra's).

Well, it looks like we're finally moving.

Days ago, on May 23, in Ranchi, three records once thought to be out of reach for Indians were broken in the space of an hour...