Asian Games: Tejaswin Shankar wins decathlon bronze after 1500m triumph

NEW DELHI: Tejaswin Shankar capped a demanding two days of competition with a victory in the final event, the 1500m, to secure the decathlon bronze at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya on Sunday.The Indian finished with 7,934 points after clocking 4:33.09 in the 1500m, winning the race ahead of Japan’s Yuma Maruyama. Maruyama, however, claimed the overall gold with 8,123 points, while China’s Xinghua Chen took silver after finishing third in the final race.Tejaswin’s bronze was India’s 35th medal of the Games, taking the country’s tally to four gold, 15 silver and 16 bronze.