Tejaswin Shankar clinches India’s lone gold in Asian Indoor Athletics Championships
The Hindu
Tejaswin Shankar secures India's only gold at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, ending with five total medals.
Tejaswin Shankar won the men's heptathlon event to clinch India’s lone gold as the country ended the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships campaign with five medals here on Sunday (February 8, 2026).
India finished overall sixth in the medals tally. China topped the chart with 34 medals — 10 gold, 11 silver and 13 bronze.
On his way to winning the gold medal in the heptathlon, Shankar collected 5993 points to better his own national indoor mark of 5650 points set in 2021 in the USA.
Pooja (silver in high jump), Tajinderpal Singh Toor (silver in shot put) and Ancy Sojan (bronze in long jump) were other medal winners on Sunday (February 8, 2026).
On opening day on Friday (February 6, 2026), India’s high jumper Aadrash Ram Jothi Shankar had won a bronze.
Shankar, who was leading on Day 1, continued his good form in the next three events — 60m hurdles, pole vault and 1000m — on Sunday (February 8, 2026).
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