3 min learnMar 28, 2026 12:35 PM IST
Decathlete Tejaswin Shankar began his outside season with a strong outing on the David Noble Relays 2026 in Texas on Friday. Competing for the primary time in Decathlon this season, Shankar scored 7947 factors falling 53 factors in need of 8000m mark in a wind-aided competitors.
Whereas Tejaswin bettered his earlier private better of 7826 factors, this efficiency received’t be eligible for any information as three occasions (100m run, 110m hurdles, and Lengthy Soar) had been wind aided.
The wind help in 100m and Lengthy Soar had been on the upper facet with +4.7 m/s and +4.5 m/s whereas the 110m hurdles had +2.5 m/s studying. As per the rule of World Athletics, a mixed occasions rating is eligible for document if the typical wind help for 3 occasions — 100m, lengthy leap, 110 hurdles is lower than 2m/s however in Tejaswin’s case it’s 3.9m/s.
Tejaswini registered private greatest in 100m (10.59s), 110m hurdles (14.09s) , Lengthy Soar (7.66m), Shot Put (13.98m), and Pole Vault (4.35m) with the later two being with out wind help.
Regardless of the wind help, Tejaswini had an excellent outing general ending his day one on 4454 factors.
On the second day, he didn’t lose the momentum and began with wind-assisted private greatest in 110m hurdles (14.09s) after which a lifetime better of 4.35m in pole vault. He collected 6759 factors from the 8 occasions, and the 8000 was trying inevitable, however then a sudden momentum dip in final two occasions stopped him from reaching that determine.
“Not fairly the 8000+ we had been all hoping for because the oxygen ran out in direction of the top, ” stated Tejaswin through a social media put up after lacking out on 8000 factors.
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Final month, Tejaswin received a gold medal within the Heptathlon occasion on the Asian Indoor Championships making it his first main mixed occasions gold medal. Tejaswin scored a complete of 5993 factors breaking his personal nationwide document of 5650 factors from 2021 and the championship document of 5928 factors from 2012.
He goals to be the primary Indian to interrupt the 8,000-point barrier and has been coaching with a bunch of aggressive decathletes is a bonus.
“The concept is to be amongst 8,000-point calibre athletes so I can break that barrier. There are two guys right here who’re round 7800-7900 factors. So it’s a really sturdy group. Pole vault is one in every of their stronger occasions and one in every of my weaker ones. So I need to be the place I’m pushed in coaching daily. In contrast to in Delhi, the place I used to be practising on my own and training myself,” he advised this paper earlier.
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