High jumper Shankar to skip Federation Cup athletics
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Sat, Mar 13 2021 22:06 IST |
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New Delhi, March 13 : National high jump record holder Tejaswin Shankar will skip the Senior National Federation Cup athletics meet starting next week in Patiala as it clashes with his National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) indoor season.
Interestingly, the men s high jump has attracted only nine entries in the Federation Cup, starting March 15 at the National Institute of Sports.
Shankar, 22, is studying business administration at Kansas State University. He is on a four-year athletics scholarship, since 2017. He recently won bronze at the Indoor NCAA meet, clearing the bar at 2.24 metres in the Division 1 track and field championship at Fayetteville in Arkansas.