17-year-old breaks senior high jump national record
Seventeen-year-old Tejaswin Shankar has broken the seniors national record in high jump, registering a 2.26-metre jump at the junior national championship in Coimbatore. Shankar broke the seniors' record of 2.25 metres by Harishankar Roy, to win the gold medal at the meet. He had previously won a bronze medal at the Asian Youth Championships in Doha last year.