Tejaswin Shankar wins the men’s decathlon bronze at the Asian Games after taking the 1500m race, the final event of the competition. He finishes with 7,934 points and secures third place on the podium.
Japan’s Yuma Maruyama wins gold in the decathlon. The outlets also highlight that Shankar’s 1500m performance is decisive given that it comes at the end of a demanding, multi-discipline event.
The two reports focus mainly on Shankar’s achievement, with Times of India adding that Ancy Sojan places second in the women’s long jump behind China’s Yingying Huang. NDTV provides additional context on other Indian competitors during the wider athletics programme, including Parul Chaudhary finishing third in the 3000m steeplechase.
