Tejaswin Shankar wins bronze, becomes first Indian to win medal in CWG high jump

Daily Current Affairs / Tejaswin Shankar wins bronze, becomes first Indian to win medal in CWG high jump

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Category : Sports Published on: August 05 2022

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Tejaswin Shankar became the first Indian to win men's high jump medal in the Commonwealth Games.
The national record holder cleared 2.22m to finish third on countback.
Hamish Kerr of New Zealand won the gold while Australia's Brandon Starc clinched the silver.
Before Shankar, the best position an Indian had achieved in men's high jump in CWG was by Bhim Singh who cleared 2.06m in the 1970 edition in Edinburgh.
Shankar had finished sixth in the 2018 Gold Coast edition with a best jump of 2.24m.

Tejaswin Shankar wins bronze, becomes first Indian to win medal in CWG high jump