Indian excessive jumper Tejaswin Shankar overcame a stiff problem from former world champion and Commonwealth Games gold medalist Donald Thomas of the Bahamas to say the highest spot on the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix right here.
The 24-year-old Delhi-born athlete cleared 2.26m to pip 38-year-old Thomas, the 2007 World Championships and 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medallist, to second place. The Bahamian participant recorded a private finest bounce of two.23m.
Cheered on by the group, Shankar, a 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games bronze medallist, cleared distances of two.14, 2.19, 2.23 and a pair of.26m in his first 4 makes an attempt.
Shankar, who gained his second NCAA title for Kansas State final 12 months and was competing in his first competitors since ending faculty, took three makes an attempt at a private finest of two.30m however failed.
Shankar has a private finest outside bounce of two.29m, which is a nationwide file, whereas his finest bounce in an indoor meet is 2.28m, each achieved at Lubbock and AIIMS in 2018 respectively.
Daryl Sullivan of the United States had his private finest bounce of two.19 m to complete third within the four-man area.
Shankar shared a video of his gold-winning bounce on social media and tweeted, “Great start to the new year! Excited to be able to compete with the top players; season opener.”
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
