Blood, sweat and grit - Tejaswin Shankar gives his all to breach Asian Games qualification mark
1 year, 6 months ago

Blood, sweat and grit - Tejaswin Shankar gives his all to breach Asian Games qualification mark

The Hindu  

Without breaking his stride, Tejaswin Shankar came running down the final stretch of the 1500m in what was the final event of the decathlon in the Inter-State Athletics Championships here on Saturday. | Photo Credit: Aashin Prasad/Sportstar And by Tejaswin’s own admission, he is a ‘solid day one guy’ in the decathlon. “In the 1500m, I had the choice between pushing myself to go for a personal best or even a national record or settling a little at the back and making the Asian Games qualification mark. Although Tejaswin couldn’t make a personal best score here, the athletes who finished from second to fourth – Yaman Deep Sharma, Gokul S. and Stalin Joes – all registered a new personal best.

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Asian Games 2023: Tejaswin Shankar wins silver in men’s decathlon with National Record
1 year, 2 months ago

Asian Games 2023: Tejaswin Shankar wins silver in men’s decathlon with National Record

The Hindu  

Ten events over two days in competitive sports sounds fanciful unless one talks about decathlon, perhaps the most difficult of athletic events. On Tuesday, Tejaswin Shankar broke the 12-year-old national record in decathlon en route to winning silver at the Asian Games here, becoming the only Indian to hold national records in two different field events. Also the national record …

Tejaswin Shankar seeks to tread the path of Randhawa, Chauhan at Hangzhou
1 year, 2 months ago

Tejaswin Shankar seeks to tread the path of Randhawa, Chauhan at Hangzhou

Hindustan Times  

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I believe I am a big work in progress, says Tejaswin Shankar
1 year, 6 months ago

I believe I am a big work in progress, says Tejaswin Shankar

The Hindu  

Achieving personal bests in three decathlon events, high jump, pole vault and javelin, in draining conditions to score 7,576 points at the 62nd National inter-State athletics championship in Bhubaneswar and qualify for the Asian Games spoke a lot about Tejaswin Shankar’s potential in inarguably the toughest discipline in athletics. Trying to make a mark in the grueling multi-discipline sport, Tejaswin, …

Tejaswin Shankar, Swapna Barman Breach Asiad Qualifying Mark; Triple Jumper Akhilesh Suffers Broken Bone
1 year, 6 months ago

Tejaswin Shankar, Swapna Barman Breach Asiad Qualifying Mark; Triple Jumper Akhilesh Suffers Broken Bone

News 18  

Competing in only his third decathlon of his career, Tejaswin Shankar of Delhi breached the Asian Games qualifying mark en route winning the gold to steal the limelight on the third day of the National Inter-State Athletics Championship here on Saturday. Swapna Barman of Madhya Pradesh won the gold in the women’s heptathlon and also went past the Asian Games …

Tejaswin Shankar balancing work, decathlon; targets 8400
1 year, 8 months ago

Tejaswin Shankar balancing work, decathlon; targets 8400

The Hindu  

Competing in just the second decathlon of his athletic career, Tejaswin Shankar came agonisingly close to the National record. For some of the technical events which were harder for me like the pole vault, javelin and discus, I’d go back to college and train with my coach over the weekend,” he says. “Juggling multiple things, driving around, moving, finding time …

CWG medallist Tejaswin Shankar bags decathlon silver in US, nearly breaks national record
1 year, 8 months ago

CWG medallist Tejaswin Shankar bags decathlon silver in US, nearly breaks national record

Firstpost  

New Delhi: Commonwealth Games medallist high jumper Tejaswin Shankar bagged a decathlon silver and came close to breaking the national record at the Jim Click Shootout competition in Arizona, USA. Tejaswin, who won the high jump bronze in the 2022 CWG in Birmingham, competed in the gruelling 10-event decathlon and scored a cumulative 7,648 points — 10 less than Bharatinder …

Tejaswin Shankar overjoyed after winning bronze medal Commonwealth Games
2 years, 4 months ago

Tejaswin Shankar overjoyed after winning bronze medal Commonwealth Games

The Hindu  

Around 6:50pm BST, Tejaswin Shankar took a break from his warm-up routine to look at one of the giant screens at the Alexander Stadium, Birmingham. Roughly three hours later, as the same screen cast an image of Tejaswin sporting the widest smile with a bronze medal around his neck, other athletes took some time out to acknowledge his achievement. At …

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