Inter-State Athletics: In gruelling heat, Tejaswin Shankar meets Asiad mark in decathlon
Moments after finishing the 1500m, the last event of the gruelling two-day decathlon, Tejaswin Shankar walked up to all his competitors, hugged each one and requested them to stay back in the stadium for a few minutes more.Tejaswin, who achieved the Asian Games qualifying standard set by the Athletics Federation of India, wanted a group picture with all the participants. “Bhayon kahin nahi jaana hai (Brothers, please don’t go away). We need to take a picture and that should get published in the papers,’” the Commonwealth Games high jump bronze medallist told them.And on his command, the athletes removed their vests. There they were, a dozen or so tired men with chiselled abs standing under bright Kalinga Stadium lights in a hot and humid Bhubaneswar.
Not just post-event, Tejaswin led th...