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Tejaswin betters National Games decathlon record

Tejaswin Shankar, Asian Games silver medallist, is promoting the decathlon event. He broke the one-year-old meet record in the 37th National Games. He is focusing on the high jump for the Paris Olympics. Tamil Nadu men and Andhra Pradesh women won the 4x100m relay. Haryana's Shilpa Rani won the women's…

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ATHLETICS | Ashton Eaton lets in on how to breach the 9000 point mark in decathlon

Tejaswin Shankar, the only person to cross the 9,000-point mark twice in decathlon, shares his experience and mindset needed to excel in the event. Ashton Eaton, two-time Olympic and World champion, explains how decathlon is different from single events and how to push the margin. He retired at the peak…

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Hangzhou Asian Games | Tejaswin shatters decathlon national record to win silver

Ten events over two days in competitive sports sounds fanciful unless one is talking about decathlon, perhaps the most difficult of athletic events. On October 3, Tejaswin Shankar broke the 12-year old national record in decathlon en route to winning silver at the Asian Games

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Neeraj Chopra urges MEA to fix javelin thrower Kishore Jena's visa issues to enable his participation in World C'ships

Indian Olympic gold medalist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Thursday urged Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar to resolve the visa issues of athlete Kishore Jena to enable him to take part in the World Athletics Championships, which will be held in Budapest, Hungary this year. Read further on Dynamite…

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World Athletics Championships: Tajinderpal Toor, Tejaswin Shankar to miss out

Asian shot-put champion Tajinderpal Singh Toor and Commonwealth Games medalist high jumper Tejaswin Shankar will skip the upcoming World Athletics Championships, which will be held in Budapest, Hungary from August 19 to 27. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Neeraj Chopra to lead 28-member Indian team in World Athletics Championships

India's 28-member team for World Athletics Championships led by Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra, with athletes competing in javelin, triple jump, 20km race walk, long jump, 3000m steeplechase, 400m hurdles, 800m, 1500m, high jump, 35km race walk and 4x400m relay. Surprisingly Sports Ministry announced the team instead of Athletics Federation of…

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World University Games | Tejaswin Shankar sixth, Poorva enters women’s triple jump final

Tejaswin Shankar (2.15m) joint 6th, Jyothi Yarraji 1st in 100m hurdles, Prasanti Sahu 5th, Yamandeep Sharma 8th, Stalin Joes Stephen 10th in decathlon, Amlan Borgohain qualified for 200m semi, Poorva Sawant 7th in triple jump qual. Tanya Chaudhary disappointed with 54.27m. Golds: 400m-Ricardo Coelho (Por), 1500m-Robert Benoit (Fra), 3000m steeple-Christian…

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Tejaswin and Bhavani enter the high jump finals

Tejaswin Shankar qualifies for men’s high jump final; Avantika Narale clocks PB 11.63s, enters women’s 100m semis; Bhavani Yadav in women’s long jump final; Amlan Borgohain, Nitin Kumar, Prasanth Shetty, Rashdeep Kaur, Neha & Robinson Sekar, Vaisakh Ajikumar fail to qualify.

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Universiade, China’s big test before this September’s Asian Games, begins on Friday

Asian champion sprint hurdler, Olympians Manu Bhaker and Srihari Nataraj will be among the stars to watch in the World University Games which begin in Chengdu, China, on Friday

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ASIAN ATHLETICS | Golden day for India as Jyothi, Ajay and Abdulla triumph

India win three golds on second day of 25th Asian Athletics Championships: Ajay Kumar Saroj (1500m), Jyothi Yarraji (100m hurdles) and Abdulla Aboobacker (triple jump). Tejaswin Shankar (decathlon) and Aishwarya Mishra (400m) win bronze. Jyothi overcame rain and strong challenge from Japan to win. Ajay made his move on final…

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Asian Athletics Championships: Late surge helps Abhishek Pal pip Yuto Imae to bronze in the 10,000m event

Japan dominates Asian distance running, occupying 98 of the top 100 spots. Abhishek Pal, 189th in the list, defied the odds to win 10,000m bronze at the 25th Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok. Gulveer Singh finished fifth. Japan’s Marina Saito shocked China’s Olympic champion Liu Shiying for javelin gold. Annu…

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India to send 54-member team for Asian Championships

Despite India being home to three of Asia’s five fastest women quartermilers this year, the Athletics Federation of India has chosen to send just one athlete in the event for the Asian Championships which begin in Bangkok on July 12.

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

Tejaswin Shankar, who wishes to be the ‘torch-bearer of decathlon’ in the country, achieved personal bests in three events in the Inter-State championship.

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A brave leap forward

India’s long jumpers are beginning to find their feet on the world stage. Sreeshankar’s historic silver and the consistent Muhammed Anees’ fifth place at the Commonwealth Games are the latest signs of encouragement. It’s now vital the athletes are not let down by the system

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Sable’s dramatic silver, the most precious medal at CWG

With four medals, including gold, jumpers bring the best haul

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Sasikumar Mukund positive about Davis Cup against Norway

Pleased to be part of the Davis Cup team for the forthcoming tie against Norway, Sasikumar Mukund said that every player was beatable and French Open finalist Casper Ruud was no exception

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Tejaswin Shankar’s strategy brings historic high jump medal

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CWG 2022 | PM Modi congratulates Tejaswin Shankar on winning India’s first-ever high jump medal

Tejaswin, a national record holder, cleared 2.22m to finish third on countback

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Commonwealth Games: Neeraj-led Indian athletics team primed for best show after Delhi

India’s best athletics medal haul had come at the Delhi CWG in 2010 with 2 gold, 3 silver and 7 bronze

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Tejaswin Shankar to compete in CWG, his entry cleared by CGF on IOA’s request

The organisers had initially rejected Shankar’s late entry but the IOA

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Tejaswin included in the Commonwealth Games squad

The high jumper replaces Arokia Rajiv who has been ‘disqualified’

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Court slams AFI for arbitrary selection

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Tejaswin selection: AFI passes the buck to IOA

Tells Delhi HC it requires increase in quota for the Commonwealth Games

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