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Tejaswin Shankar falls to third in decathlon after discus throw at Asian Games 2026

Indian athlete Tejaswin Shankar moved from first to third place after the discus throw event in the decathlon at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on September 27. Before the discus throw, Tejaswin led the decathlon standings with 5,270 points, having secured third place in the 110m hurdles heat clocking 14.33 seconds for 932 points. However, in the discus throw, he achieved a best throw of 36.77 metres, four metres short of his personal best, finishing third in the event. ADVERTISEMENTStay connected Make The News Mill your preferred source See more TNM stories when you search for news on Google. Add TNM on GoogleThe decathlon concludes with pole vault and javelin throw events, which are not among Tejaswin’s strongest disciplines.

Indian athlete Tejaswin Shankar moved from first to third place after the discus throw event in the decathlon at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on September 27.

Before the discus throw, Tejaswin led the decathlon standings with 5,270 points, having secured third place in the 110m hurdles heat clocking 14.33 seconds for 932 points. However, in the discus throw, he achieved a best throw of 36.77 metres, four metres short of his personal best, finishing third in the event. This reduced his total to 5,869 points and dropped him to third position, with athletes from China and Japan taking the top two places.

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The decathlon concludes with pole vault and javelin throw events, which are not among Tejaswin’s strongest disciplines.

In other Indian athletics results, Manju Rani finished sixth in the women’s marathon race walk with a time of 3:40:17, while Priyanka Goswami was disqualified after the 9-kilometre mark.

In surfing, Sivaraj Babu progressed to round three in the men’s shortboard event after defeating Iran’s Davoud Khadir with a score of 8.96, comprising 4.83 and 4.13 points from two waves. He will join fellow Indian Kishore Kumar in the next round. All four Indian surfers competing in the men’s and women’s shortboard events have advanced.

Earlier, Sugar Shanti Gayen and Kamali Prakash also qualified for the third round. Sugar Shanti defeated Chen Wan-yu of Chinese Taipei, scoring 7.33 points (3.83 and 3.50 in two waves) against her opponent’s 5.40, while Kamali Prakash beat Singapore’s Camille Marie Spaccarotella with 7.57 points (4.17 and 3.40) compared to 4.50.