Tejaswin Shankar won the high jump event in Arizona’s USATF Throws Festival

Tejaswin Shankar won the high jump event in Arizona’s USATF Throws Festival

Arizona [US], May 5 (ANI): Indian high leap competitor Tejaswin Shankar won the men’s high leap title at the USATF Tosses Celebration 2024 held in Tucson, Arizona, on Saturday.

Shankar came out on top for the championship with the season’s maximum equalizing effort of 2.23- meters, according to Olympics.com.

Strangely, the best three jumpers each recorded the 2.23 m imprint, with Sincere Singes of the USA completing second and Roberto Vilches of Mexico getting the third spot.

Tejaswin’s own best is 2.29 m, which is likewise a public-level record that he achieved back in 2018.

The USATF Tosses Celebration is a silver-level meet on the planet Sports Mainland Visit. Exhibitions on these occasions assist competitors with procuring Olympic positioning foci in front of the Paris Olympics 2024, occurring in July–August this year.
Just 32 competitors, with a limit of three for each nation, can meet all requirements for the men’s high leap occasion at the Paris 2024 Olympics. They can acquire the quantities by either accomplishing the passage standard within the capability period or in light of their reality rankings.

Up to this point, nine competitors have come to the Paris Olympics to meet the capability standard of 2.33 m.

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The 25-year-old Shankar, who has played on five occasions this year, is now at world number 63 in front of the multi-sport occasion. Tejaswin has gotten three meets this year, remembering the Global High Leap Affair Elmos for Belgium in February and the Stunner Spring Invitational in Kansas in spring.

Asian Games title silver medalist Sarvesh Kushare completed in the fifth spot with a leap of 2.13m, under his own best of 2.27m and the season best of 2.23m.

In Arizona, Kushare fizzled with each of the three endeavors to clear the 2.18-meter imprint.