Shankar makes NCAA history

Kansas City: High jumper Tejaswin Shankar entered the history books on Saturday when he cleared a jump of 2.24 metres to win the United States’ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Track and Field Championship, becoming only the third Indian, after five-time triple champion Mohinder Singh Gill and discus thrower Vikas Gowda, to achieve the feat. Shankar is the fifth freshman to win the championship.