Tejaswin Shankar broke his own national record in Decathlon at the Wieslaw Czapiewski memorial in Poland on Sunday, July 27. Tejaswin became the first Indian athlete to earn 7800 points in an exhausting 10 -disciplined event when he finished 4th in the competition.
He gathered 7826 points in the competition, the world athletics of the combined event of the Tour Gold Level Meet. In the last event – 1500m Race -Shankar set personal best of 4: 31,80. Shankar held the Decatlon National Record at 7666 points achieved at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, China.
At the end of the day, one of the 26 -year -old Indian reached 4292 points. Also at 100 m, which was the first of 10 events in sports.
Tejaswin was opened with the best personal best at 100 m. He maintained momentum with the best effort of 7.57 m, only five cm shy of his personal best from the 7.62 mV 2023. He simply managed a modest 12.62 m, which was the best under his season. And then with a high jump he cleaned 2.18 m.
Shankar was constantly pushing barriers as an Indian athlete. Back in the Asian Games 2023 won the Shankar silver medal with 7666 points, which broke on Sunday. In this Shankar competition, only 150 points behind the gold medalist, Chinese Qihao Sun.
Tejaswin Shankara’s career
Shankar’s athletic path, which was born and grew up in Delhi, began in his school years when he moved from cricket to a high jump, a decision that would shape his future career. His talent was obvious soon when he began to win medals on inter -school athletics.
Shankar athletic fit in 2017 earned a four -year athletic scholarship at Kansas State University, where he studied business administration. His career peaks include gold medals at 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games, where he set a game record of 2.14 meters in a high men’s jump. He also won the silver at the South Asian Games 2016. Despite facing failures such as weakness injury and slipped disk, Shankar’s resistance has seen him bouncing back stronger. In 2022 he secured a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games Games in Birmingham and described the first Indian medal with a high jump.
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Published:
Kingshuk Kusari
Published on:
28th July 2025
