Asian Games 2026: Tejaswin drops to 3rd place after discus throw in decathlon, stays in medal hunt

Aichi-Nagoya [Japan], September 27 (ANI): Indian athlete Tejaswin Shankar dropped from first place to 3rd following the conclusion of discus throw occasion in decathlon on the ongoing Asian Games at Aichi-Nagoya on Sunday. 

Prior to the discus throw occasion, Tejaswin was on the prime of the desk within the decathlon, having delivered a third-place end within the 110m hurdles warmth, with a time of 14.33 seconds for 932 factors. He was within the lead with 5,270 factors and in line for gold. 

But within the discus throw, he completed third together with his greatest throw of 36.77 m, 4 metres wanting his greatest, as per ESPN. With 5,869 factors, he has dropped down to 3rd spot, with China and Japan occupying the highest two spots. 

The last two occasions of the decathlon, the pole vault and javelin throw, should not precisely Tejaswin’s strengths. 

India’s Manju Rani had a dissappointing outing within the girls’s marathon race stroll, ending sixth with a time of three:40:17, whereas Priyanka Goswami was disqualified after the 9 km mark. 

Coming to browsing, Sivaraj Babu superior to spherical three in mens’ shortboard occasion, outclassing Iran’s Davoud Khadir with a rating of 8.96 (4.83+4.13 throughout two waves). He joins compatriot Kishore Kumar within the spherical three, with all 4 Indian surfers within the males’s and ladies’s shortboard having progressed. 

Earlier, Sugar Shanti Gayen and Kamali Prakash made it to the third spherical. 

Sugar Shanti beat Chen Wan-yu of Chinese Taipei (5.40) with a rating of seven.33, scoring 3.83 factors in her first wave and three.50 in her second. 

Kamali Prakash beat Singapore’s Camille Marie Spaccarotella, scoring 7.57, with 4.17 factors coming within the first wave and three.40 coming within the second wave. Her opponent’s rating was 4.50. (ANI)