Tejaswin Shankar
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2016: National record, World Under-20 No. 2
Manoj S, Tejaswin, 17, smashes India's high jump record Nov 11 2016 : The Times of India
Delhi Teen Shatters Senior Men's Record In Juniors' Event
Seventeen-yearold Tejaswin Shankar rose to a new high on Thursday , the opening day's of the National Junior Athletics meet here at the Nehru stadium. The boy from Delhi not only erased the national and meet records in the Under-18 high jump, but also shattered the existing Indian men's senior national record in the meet for junior athletes. Tejaswin cleared 2.26m in his second attempt
Tejaswin, a 12th standard student of Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, Lodhi Road, began his attempts only after his rivals, including silver medallist Anandhu KS (2.04m) of Kerala and bronze medallist Nishant of Haryana (2.02), had completed their tries. Coached by his school's physical education teacher Sunil Kumar for the past five years and inspired by YouTube clips of leading high jumpers, Tejaswin began by clearing 2.06m and then sailed over 2.12, 2.18 and 2.21m without much fuss to go past the junior record. The crowd got excited and styarted cheering Tejaswin as he went for the national record. He cleared 2.24 in his second attempt and raised the bar to 2.26m. After a failed try, he cleared the height on his second attempt to eclipse the 12-year-old record.
Tejaswin, who has roots in Madurai, wasn't content yet and had a go at 2.28m but was not successful. “I made up for missing the World Junior Meet in Poland earlier this year. I met with a freak accident while riding pillion with my friend on a scooter just before the squad was finalised,“ he said, showing the injury mark on the right side of his waist.
“My record effort will make me to World No. 2 in the Under-20 category , “ said the tearyeyed boy , whose mother Laxmi is a Supreme Court lawyer. His father, a businessman, had passed away , four years before, in 2012.
