Tejaswin finishes 5th in Decathlon, Vitya equals PT Usha’s national record

India’s Tejaswin Shankar produced a season’s best performance in shot put and reached fifth place in the men’s decathlon event at the Asian Games on Monday with two events still remaining. Shankar, who won a bronze medal in high jump in the Commonwealth Games last year, scored 13.5 in shot put. Throwed a throw of 39 meters. He finished 11th in the 100 meter race. Got fourth position with 12 meters and 7 in long jump. Topped with 37 metres. Now his total marks are 2428. He got 903 marks in long jump, 834 marks in 100 meter race and 691 marks in shot put. Now he will participate in high jump and 400 meter race.

India’s Vitya Ramraj equaled PT Usha’s national record in 400m hurdles. He scored 55 in his heat. Made it straight to the final by taking 42 seconds. Usha had made this record in 1984. Ravi Sinchal Kaveram T 58. She finished fifth in her heat with a timing of 62 seconds and could not reach the finals. In men’s 400 meter hurdles, Santosh Kumar T and Aurishasha Palaksha scored 49. 28 and 49 Made it to the finals by taking 61 seconds. In men’s high jump, Sandesh Jesse and Sarvesh Anil Kushare won 2nd place. Made it to the finals by finishing ninth in 10 meter jump. Sandesh finished sixth in Pool A and Sarvesh finished fourth in Pool B.

Mohammad Afzal P 1:46 in men’s 800m heats. He topped his heat with a time of 79 seconds while Krishnan Kumar finished with a time of 1:49. Finished second in his heat with a time of 45 seconds. Both made it to the finals.

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