Asian Video games silver medallist Tejaswin Shankar broke his nationwide document within the Decathlon occasion on the 4th Wieslawa Czapiewskiego Memorial, a gold-level occasion of World Athletics and a part of the World Mixed Occasions Tour, in Poland on Sunday.
After two days and ten occasions, Tejaswin ended up with 7826 factors, bettering the earlier nationwide document of 7666 set throughout his silver medal win on the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Video games. Tejaswin, a excessive jumper-turned-decathlete, confronted a aggressive subject that includes a number of European Indoor medallists.
Within the two-day occasion that began yesterday, Tejaswin registered a private finest within the very first occasion, clocking 11.02s within the 100m run to earn 856 factors and end seventh. Then, he jumped 7.57 m within the lengthy leap, recording his season finest and incomes 952 factors.
Tejaswin recorded a 12.62m throw in Shot Put, one among his weak occasions, incomes 644 factors and ending final within the subject. Nonetheless, he bounced again with a 2.18m leap within the excessive leap, incomes 973 factors.
Within the final occasion of the primary day, 400m, Tejaswin clocked 48.87 seconds, his season-best within the occasion. On the finish of the day, after 5 occasions, Tejaswin was main the pack with a complete of 4292 factors.
On the second day, Tejaswin began a time of 14.63s within the 110m hurdles, incomes 895 factors. Whereas he recorded a season finest throw of 38.28m within the Discus throw, the opposite opponents have been far forward, pushing him to 3rd place general.
In pole vault, one other one among Tejaswin’s weak occasions, he equalled his private better of 4.10m, however the different opponents carried out properly to push him to sixth place with 6462 factors general.
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With two occasions remaining, Tejaswin wanted 1,204 factors to go previous the nationwide document of 7666.
He threw 52.89m within the Javelin Throw, incomes 631 factors, additional bolstering his probabilities of breaking the nationwide document. Within the remaining occasion of 1500m, Tejaswin clocked one other private finest with 4:31.80s incomes 733 factors and enhancing his earlier nationwide document by 160 factors.. He shaved off two seconds from his earlier private better of 4:33.96s within the 1500m occasion.
That is the second worldwide competitors for Tejaswin in Decathlon this season. Earlier in Might, he gained the silver medal on the Asian Athletics Championships with 7618 factors in Gumi, Korea. He began his season with 7603 factors on the Federation Cup in Kochi, Kerala.
With this end, Tejaswin additionally took the Asian lead of the 2025 season going previous 7639 factors of Jiawei Wang of China.
Abstract of Tejaswin’s Decathlon Nationwide File
Day 1 Occasions:
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- 100m- 11.02s-856 factors
- Lengthy Bounce- 7.57m- 952 factors
- Shot Put- 12.62m-644 factors
- Excessive Bounce- 2.18m-973 factors
- 400m- 48.87s-867 factors
Day 2 Occasions:
- 110m hurdles- 14.63s- 895 factors
- Discus Throw- 38.28m- 630 factors
- Pole Vault- 4.10m- 645 factors
- Javelin Throw- 52.89m- 631 factors
- 1500m- 4:31.80s- 733 factors
Complete Factors: 7826 factors
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