Athletics: Men's Decathlon Pole Vault: Tejaswin Shankar finishes with 4.30m

Tejaswin couldn't find a valid jump at a height of 4.40m and finished the men's pole vault program with the best of 4.30m and earned 702 points.

He was 8th best in the men's pole vault programme, and hence dropped to 4th place in the overall standings with 6637 points from eight out of 10 events.

He will have to improve in the next two events, the men's javelin throw and the 1500m, to find a place on the podium.