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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