Overview

• The Tamil Nadu quarter-miler won gold in the men's 400m at the National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships with 45.12 seconds.
• Rajesh Ramesh took silver in 46.04 and Vikrant Panchal claimed bronze in 46.17, completing the podium in Chennai.
• His 45.12 ranks fourth in Asia this season behind Yuki Joseph Nakajima, Ammar Ismail Ibrahim and Liukai Liu.
• The performance remains outside the automatic World Championships qualifying time of 44.85 seconds.
• He has logged multiple sub-46 runs in 2025, including a 45.57 personal best at the Asian Championships where he helped India win mixed relay gold and men's relay silver, plus wins at the Federation Cup and a Continental Tour meet in Bhubaneswar.