After his bronze medal within the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Video games, excessive jumper Tejaswin Shankar is a working athlete now.
The 23-year-old Shankar, who was added within the squad last-minute on the orders of Delhi Excessive Court docket,cleared 2.22m to complete third within the excessive leap occasion to win a bronze.
Submit the CWG bronze and a brief journey to India, Shankar is again in Kansas, working and coaching too. Shankar is working as an auditor in Kansas.
Kinda miss my school bartending days…. pic.twitter.com/nr2mEc76gZ
— Tejaswin Shankar (TJ) (@TejaswinShankar) November 3, 2022
Earlier at Indian Categorical Concept Alternate, Shankar what’s it like to check, practice and compete on the Nationwide Collegiate Athletic Affiliation (NCAA).
“After I acquired my first supply, I believed it was some type of rip-off. ‘Aapko koi leke bhi jaa raha hai, padha bhi raha hai, rakh bhi raha hai, aur sab kuch free mein,’ (Your journey, training and keep is all free). I believed it was some type of a kidnapping racket. Over time, once I did my analysis and began speaking to coaches, I realised it’s a legit system. We at all times take a look at the instance of different international locations however by no means take a look at the instance of Canada,” Shankar had advised India Categorical.
“After the 2004 and 2008 Olympics, Canada took a acutely aware effort to ship their finest athletes on the grassroot stage — to the NCAA system. The consequence was that in 2016 you can see so many Canadians on the Olympics.
“Andre De Grasse (sprinter), Alysha Newman (pole vaulter) are all finds from the NCAA system that Canada utilised correctly. Since I’ve gone by means of the system and have seen all of it, I personally advocate for it. I imply, it’s free and hum toh Indians hain aur free cheez toh humein waise bhi pasand hai (And us Indians love something that’s free). If it’s free and we are able to use it, then why are we counting on the federal government to spend crores of rupees on sports activities budgets? Belief your athletes to return again house and carry out at a excessive stage,” he added.