Archive · 17 Jan 2026

Tejaswin Shankar Balances Three Roles for 2028 Olympics

Tejaswin Shankar Balances Three Roles for 2028 Olympics

Tejaswin Shankar is a very talented athlete who has won many medals in different sports.

He is also studying to get a Masters degree in a subject called kinesiology, which is about how the body moves and exercises.

He is doing this while training for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.

Tejaswin is not just a student; he is also a teaching assistant, which means he helps teach classes.

He has to balance his time between training, studying, and teaching.

His goal is to be the first Indian to score over 8,000 points in the decathlon, a very tough sport with ten different events.

He is training with a group of strong athletes and a coach who has scored very high points in the decathlon.

Tejaswin believes that his academic knowledge will help him become a better coach in the future.

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