Tejaswin Shankar Tops Decathlon Standings of 4th Wieslaw Czapiewski Memorial

NEW DELHI: India’s Tejaswin Shankar topped the standings in decathlon with 4292 points on Saturday at the end of Day 1 of the 4th Wieslaw Czapiewski Memorial, a World Athletics Combined Events Tour Gold meeting in Poland. He has a 155-point lead over Czechia’s Vilem Strasky. Switzerland’s Finley Gaio sits third with 4102 points.

The first event of the decathlon was the 100m where Tejaswin clocked a Personal Best of 11.02 seconds, which helped him top his heat.

The 26-year-old Indian then jumped 7.57m in long jump, a Season Best, to jump to second place in the overall standings. However, a poor showing in shot put — a best throw of 12.62m — saw him drop down to sixth.

Tejaswin recovered well to take the overall lead after recording a best attempt of 2.18m in high jump.

In the final event of the day, 400m, he clocked a Season Best timing of 48.87s. Agencies

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