Gurindervir Singh Clocks 10.09s: India's Fastest Man Ever

For a country that has produced world-beaters in cricket, badminton, wrestling and chess, the 100 metres has always been the one stubborn frontier.

A two-day duel that rewrote the record book

The national 100m record is usually a sleepy statistic, nudged forward by a hundredth of a second every few seasons.

The drama began in Friday's semi-finals.

The final on Saturday was billed as the decider, and Gurindervir delivered the knockout blow.