India, June 13 -- At the start of the season, Tejas Shirse created what he calls a manifestation board on his iPad, listing everything he wants to achieve on the track this year. Halfway through, the 110m hurdler has ticked off the first item on the wishlist: 13.27 seconds.

Competing in the Indian Athletics Series 9 in Ludhiana on Saturday, Shirse clocked 13.27secs, breaking his own national record (13.41s set in 2024) while winning the event to meet the Athletics Federation of India's (AFI) qualification mark for the Commonwealth Games (13.39s).

The Ludhiana event - it ends on Sunday - is the last qualifying event for CWG. Shirse, having missed out in the Federation Cup in Ranchi where he clocked 13.50s to win and at the New Taipei Cit...