Bhubaneswar, June 23: National record holder decathlete Tejaswin Shankar will be considered for this year’s Asian Games despite not competing in the National Inter-State Senior Championships which begins here on Wednesday as he has been granted exemption from the meet, a top official of the national federation said on Tuesday.
Tejaswin has been named in the 32-member Indian team for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
“Yes, he has sought exemption from the National Inter-State in writing and we have granted it. He will be considered for the Asian Games,” AFI Planning Commission chairman Lait Bhanot said ahead of the championships here.
“The gruelling 10-event decathlon is such an event which an athlete cannot compete twice within one month. You need a long period of recovery time, otherwise he will get injured.”
Tejaswin had won a bronze medal in the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. (PTI)
