Tejaswin Shankar wins New Balance Indoor Grand Prix

Tejaswin Shankar wins New Balance Indoor Grand Prix

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Category : Sports Published on: February 07 2023

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  • High jumper Tejaswin Shankar clinched the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix title, the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting, in Boston.
  • Tejaswin Shankar won the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold competition with a jump of 2.26 metres. He defeated the 38-year-old Donald Thomas of Bahamas, a world champion in 2007, who settled for second place with his best attempt of 2.23m.
  • Tejaswin Shankar set the country's indoor high jump record in 2018 at 2.28 metres. 
  • Tejaswin Shankar also holds the high jump national record for men in India with a height of 2.29 metres.
  • At Birmingham 2022, Tejaswin Shankar, 24, won bronze in the men's high jump with a leap of 2.22 metres, earning India its first medal at the Commonwealth Games.
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