Tejaswin Shankar

Tejaswin Shankar qualifies for Asian Games en route to winning decathlon gold in National Championships

The 24-year-old Shankar accumulated 7,576 points to go past the Asian Games qualifying mark of 7,500 points in the gruelling 10-event competition fought over two days on Friday and Saturday.

Sports ministry clears Avinash Sable and Tejaswin Shankar's proposals to train abroad

The MOC, which met on Thursday, also approved jumpers Jeswin Aldrin, Praveen Chithravel and T Selva Prabhu's proposal for training and competitions in Greece, Italy and France respectively.

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

Tejaswin competed in the gruelling 10-event decathlon and scored a cumulative 7,648 points — 10 less than Bharatinder Singh's national record of 7,658 set in 2011.

Tejaswin Shankar pips ex-world champion Donald Thomas to to win high jump gold in Boston

The 24-year-old Delhi-born athlete leapt 2.26 metres as he pushed the 2007 World Championships and 2010 CWG gold medallist, 38-year-old Thomas, to second spot.

Commonwealth Games: Tejaswin Shankar pulled himself to stay in the present to win the bronze medal

Many years later, when Tejaswin Shankar replays videos of his jumps in Birmingham and the medal ceremony, he will recall how he had consciously tethered his mind to singular, non-distracted focus.

Commonwealth Games: Watch | Top 5 India moments from CWG Day 6 as medal tally rises to 18

On an eventful day, India opened their account in track and field events, Sourav Ghoshal bagged historic squash singles medal, India women’s hockey and cricket team entered the last four after dominating their last group match.

Commonwealth Games: Tejaswin Shankar wins high jump bronze; India women's cricket, hockey team reach semi-finals

Sourav Ghoshal clinched a historic bronze medal in men’s squash, winning first-ever singles medal at the games. Tejaswin Shankar won India's first medal in track and field events after all the hiatus around his selection to the team.

Commonwealth Games: Tejaswin Shankar wins bronze medal in men's high jump

Tejaswin Shankar finishes third with a jump of 2.22 metre for the bronze medal behind Hamish Kerr of New Zealand, who won the gold and Australia's silver medallist Brandon Starc.

Commonwealth Games: ‘Need to pick up the pieces,’ says Tejaswin Shankar after finally being allowed to compete

Shankar was on Friday cleared to compete at the Games after the organisers accepted his entry at IOA's request, ending a month-long drama surrounding his participation.

Commonwealth Games: Tejaswin Shankar to compete in event after getting cleared by CGF

The organisers had initially rejected Shankar’s late entry but the IOA has now got confirmation from the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) and Birmingham CWG organisers about acceptance of his entry after a Delegate Registration Meeting (DRM).