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Tejaswin Shankar falls short of 8000 Mark in Decathlon amid wind-assisted performance

Tejaswin Shankar falls short of 8000 Mark in Decathlon amid wind-assisted performance

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3 min readMar 28, 2026 12:35 PM IST Decathlete Tejaswin Shankar started his outdoor season with a solid outing at the David Noble Relays 2026 in Texas on Friday. Competing for the first time in Decathlon this season, Shankar scored 7947 points falling 53 points short of 8000m mark in a wind-aided competition. While Tejaswin bettered his previous personal best of 7826 points, this performance won’t be eligible for any records as three events (100m run, 110m hurdles, and Long Jump) were wind aided. The wind assistance in 100m and Long Jump were on the higher side with +4.7 m/s and +4.5 m/s while the 110m hurdles had +2.5 m/s reading. As per the rule of World Athletics, a combined events score is eligible for record if the average wind assistance for 3 events — 100m, long jump, 110 hurdles is less than 2m/s but in Tejaswin’s case it is 3.9m/s. Tejaswini registered personal best in 100m (10.59s), 110m hurdles (14.09s) , Long Jump (7.66m), Shot Put (13.98m), and Pole Vault (4.35m) with the later …

Tejaswin Shankar to lead Indian challenge – Preview

Tejaswin Shankar to lead Indian challenge – Preview

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The Indian athletics contingent is ready for its first major international test of the year at the 2026 Asian Indoor Championships in Tianjin, China, scheduled from February 6 to 8. The 16-member Indian contingent will compete for the continental glory across 12 different disciplines including Long Jump, Triple jump and 60m races. This is the 12th edition of the continental showpiece with India having 68 medals in the past, with 16 golds, 21 silver and 21 bronze medals. India eyes a Top-3 finish India hasn’t found a podium finish at the Asian Indoor Championships since 2008, when the contingent clinched the title with 17 medals. Tejaswin Shankar, Praveen Chithravel and two-time defending champion Tajinderpal Singh Toor will be among the favourites to win a medal at this event. On the other hand, long jumper Ancy Sojan, high jumper Pooja Singh and Shahnawaz Khan (men’s long jump) will also aim for a podium finish in China. In the sprint, Manikanta Hobildhar and youngsters Abhinaya Rajarajan and Nithya Gandhe will also begin their season with a different …

Tejaswin Shankar defeats high jump Olympic silver medallist Shelby McEwen in an Indoor Meet | Sport-others News

Tejaswin Shankar defeats high jump Olympic silver medallist Shelby McEwen in an Indoor Meet | Sport-others News

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3 min readJan 31, 2026 05:15 PM IST Tejaswin Shankar, India’s high jump national record holder, defeated Paris Olympics silver medallist Shelby McEwen to win the gold medal at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational, a World Athletics Bronze Meet in Manhattan, Kansas on Friday. Featuring in his first Athletics meet of the year, Shankar recorded a best jump of 2.26m to edge past the home favourite Shelby who settled for silver with a best jump of 2.22m. This win will be helpful for Shankar in accumulating crucial ranking points for the World Indoor Championships qualification. He is participating in the Asian Indoor Championships in Tianjin, China next month where he will feature in the heptathlon event. Training in US Earlier this month, Shankar packed his bags and left for Manhattan for his second stint at KSU to do a Masters in kinesiology and exercise science. He aims to qualify for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and trains with a group of decathletes coached by Kip Janvrin, a former Pan American Games gold medallist. “I have a …

Tejaswin Shankar beats Olympic medalist Shelby Mcewen at his home to clinch high jump title

Tejaswin Shankar beats Olympic medalist Shelby Mcewen at his home to clinch high jump title

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Tejaswin Shankar defeated the Paris Olympic Silver medalist Shelby Mcewen to clinch the World Athletics Bronze Meet, DeLoss Dodds Invitational, in Manhattan, Kansas (USA) on Friday. Shankar had a brilliant outing, clearing all the marks in the first attempt till 2.26m, to edge past home favourite Shelby, who settled for second at 2.22m after failing his all three attempts at 2.26m. This was Shankar’s best attempt since February 2023, when he clinched another indoor High Jump title in Boston, with the same mark of 2.26m. He tried to improve his own high jump national record of 2.29m, but failed to convert his three attempts at 2.30m, after confirming his gold medal at the event. This was the first tournament of the year in high jump for the multiple national record holder, who will be happy with this brilliant start, chasing a qualification of World Indoor C’ships. This will also be a good confidence booster for the Asian Games medalist, ahead of the important Asian Indoor Championships in Tianjin, China, next week. On the other hand, …

Toxic air wake-up call: The biggest limiter is I can’t do strenuous training because my lungs are going to be impacted: Tejaswin Shankar | Sport-others News

Toxic air wake-up call: The biggest limiter is I can’t do strenuous training because my lungs are going to be impacted: Tejaswin Shankar | Sport-others News

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The window for athletes to train is shrinking in and around the National Capital Region because of toxic air in winter and searing summers. As the country makes a pitch for the 2036 Olympics, The Indian Express spoke to coaches and athletes from a wide range of sports — boxing, wrestling, athletics and para-athletics, cycling, shooting, hockey and also experts — on the impact of the conditions on health and training. International badminton stars, in Delhi last week for the India Open, have complained to the International Olympic Committee about the air pollution, and have cited health concerns. **** The biggest change has been the pollution over the last few years for some reason. I’ve been in Delhi for so many years, I’ve trained pretty much for the last 10-15 years, but I feel in the last seven to eight years, the pollution has for some reason exponentially increased. We know that when there’s more particles in the air, it becomes extremely hard to breathe. Now when you’re doing physical activity and your heart rate …

Athlete, teaching assistant, student – Decathlete Tejaswin Shankar takes on three roles in bid to qualify for 2028 Olympics | Sport-others News

Athlete, teaching assistant, student – Decathlete Tejaswin Shankar takes on three roles in bid to qualify for 2028 Olympics | Sport-others News

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Months after winning a silver medal at the Asian Championships in Gumi (Korea), decathlete Tejaswin Shankar felt it was time to upskill. His CV on and off the track is impressive. A bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance, a masters in accounting, he is a three-time Asian medallist in decathlon, a Commonwealth Games bronze medallist in high jump and an NCAA champion. Yet Shankar wondered if he was qualified enough to give training advice on his YouTube channel. “Around August last year, I realised it’s easy to give gyan on YouTube, but what is the guarantee that whatever I’m saying is correct? I wanted to take it a step further and have some sort of an academic background before I could impart such information,” Shankar tells The Indian Express from Kansas State University (KSU) in the United States. Earlier this month, Shankar packed his bags and left for Manhattan for his second stint at KSU to do a Masters in kinesiology and exercise science. He aims to qualify for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and …

Asian Indoor Athletics Championships: Tajinderpal Toor, Tejaswin Shankar to headline Indian team | Sport-others News

Asian Indoor Athletics Championships: Tajinderpal Toor, Tejaswin Shankar to headline Indian team | Sport-others News

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Two-time Asian Games gold medallist shot-putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor along with Asian Games medallist Decathlete Tejaswin Shankar will lead the 17-member Indian squad at the 12th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, scheduled to be held in Tianjin, China, from February 6 to 8. The team will leave for the continental event on February 3. Besides Toor, who is also two-time Asian Championships gold medallist, the team also has promising shot-putter Samardeep Singh Gill. Toor will be among the favourites to take the top podium spot in Tianjin, given that he has been dominating the Asian Indoor Championships in his event for last several years. Toor came up with a gold-winning performance at the 11th Asian Indoor meet in Tehran in 2024 with a throw of 19.72 metres. The 31-year-old Punjab thrower had also taken the top spot in the 2023 edition of the continental meet in Astana — the same year when he set the national outdoor record of 21.77 metres in Bhubaneswar. India won four medals at the previous edition with three golds (Jyothi Yarraji …

Check out complete Indian squad for 2026 Asian Indoor Athletics C’ships

Check out complete Indian squad for 2026 Asian Indoor Athletics C’ships

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Two-time men’s shotput champion Tajinderpal Singh Toor will lead a 17-member Indian contingent at the 2026 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, the Athletics Federation of India announced on Thursday. The squad features other experienced athletes like Tejaswin Shankar in heptathlon and Praveen Chitravel in triple jump, while also providing a launchpad to youngsters like long jumper Shahnawaz Khan, hurdler Tejas Shirse and others. In the women’s event, long jumper Ancy Sojan will mark her return after an injury layoff in the competition. Moumita Mondal will feature in two events, the 60m hurdles as well long jump. The 2026 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships is scheduled to be held from 6 to 8 February, 2026 in Tianjin, China. The Indian team will leave for the meet on 3 February. Indian squad for 2026 Asian Indoor Athletics C’ships Men: Manikanta Hoblidhar (60m), Tejas Shirse (60m hurdles), J Adrash Ram (high jump), CV Anurag and Shahnawaz Khan (long jump), Praveen Chithravel (triple jump), Samardeep Singh Gill, Tajinderpal Singh Toor (shot put), and Tejaswin Shankar (heptathlon) Women: Nithya Gandhe, Abhinaya Rajarajan …

The Indian mixed relay team defended its Asian title

The Indian mixed relay team defended its Asian title

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Indian athletes had a brilliant second day at the Asian Athletics Championships as they won six medals, including the mixed relay team gold medal in Gumi, South Korea, on Wednesday. The Indian relay team of Santosh T, Rupal, Vishal TK, and Subha Venkatesan clocked a time of 3:18.2s to clinch the gold medal and defend their crown from the 2023 Asian Championships. On the other hand, Praveen Chithravel (Triple Jump), Rupal Chaudhary (400m Women), Pooja (1500m Women), and Tejaswin Shankar (Decathlon) clinched the silver medals. The day, however, began for India with a bronze medal in the 1500m men’s final, where Yoonus Shah clocked a time of 3:43.03s to win his maiden Asian medal. #News | India win gold in mixed 4x400m relay at the Asian Athletics C’ships🥇😍 The quartet of Santosh T, Rupal Chaudhary, Vishal TK, and Subha Venkatesan defend India’s crown from 2023💪 Subha Venkatesh is the only member from the 2023 gold medal winning quartet still in the… pic.twitter.com/7UvS52sgtw — The Bridge (@the_bridge_in) May 28, 2025 A top-2 finish in the decathlon …

Tejaswin Shankar eyes Asian medal upgrade after gold at 2025 Federation Cup

Tejaswin Shankar eyes Asian medal upgrade after gold at 2025 Federation Cup

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Kochi: In decathlon, winning isn’t always about crossing the line first. As Tejaswin Shankar charged down the final stretch of the 1500m – the last event of the grueling two-day decathlon – he saw the gap, seized the pace, and pushed forward. It was instinct, not necessity. He had already done enough to secure gold. But decathletes don’t jog to the finish line. Especially not Tejaswin. Then, just before the finish, a surge came from behind. Yamandeep Singh – spurred on by Tejaswin’s pace – pipped him at the finish line. “It was probably the most disappointing thing today,” Tejaswin told The Bridge after securing the gold, letting out a small, tired laugh. “Nobody was taking the lead, so I decided to be the guy. But Yamandeep fed off me and beat me in the end. I’m going to get him back next time. If I don’t win the decathlon, fine. But I’m going to win the 1500m,” he added. It was a rare moment of personal frustration on a day that, otherwise, cemented Tejaswin’s …