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Sarvesh Kushare became the first Indian to win silver in men's high jump at the Commonwealth Games, clearing 2.25m.

Jamaica's Romaine Beckford won gold on countback after both failed at 2.28m; England's Jack Kimani took bronze with 2.20m.

Kushare, a 31-year-old national record holder, previously became the first Indian high jumper to podium at a Diamond League meet in Monaco.

He set a new national record of 2.31m while winning gold at the National Inter-State Championships in Bhubaneswar last month.

The other Indian, Adarsh Ram, finished fifth with 2.15m; Tejaswin Shankar retired after failing 2.05m as a precaution ahead of the decathlon.

India's athletics campaign at the 2026 Commonwealth Games begins Monday.

The men's high jump final features national record holders Sarvesh Kushare and Tejaswin Shankar.

Kushare and Shankar are India's top medal prospects in the event.

Murali Sreeshankar qualified for men's long jump final with 8.01m leap, clearing the automatic mark of 8.00m.

Lokesh Sathyanathan also qualified for men's long jump final with a best jump of 7.77m, finishing in top 12.

Tejas Shirse finished third in his 110m hurdles heat with 13.76s to qualify for the final.

Gurindervir Singh failed to qualify for men's 100m final after timing 10.39s in heats.

Sreeshankar aims to upgrade his 2022 silver medal, recovering from a 2024 patellar tendon injury.

Gurindervir Singh competed in the 100m heats at the Olympics.

He finished 28th with a time of 10.39 seconds.

His time was slower than his national record of 10.09 seconds.

Only the top 16 qualified for the semifinals.