boston indian high jumper tejaswin shankar overcame a strong challenge from former world champion and commonwealth games gold medallist donald thomas of the bahamas to win the top position in the new balance indoor grand prix herethe 24yearold delhiborn athlete leapt 226 metres as he pushed the 2007 world championships and 2010 cwg gold medallist 38yearold thomas to second spot the bahamian had a best jump of 223 metresencouraged by the crowd shankar winner of the 2022 birmingham commonwealth games bronze medal cleared 214 219 223 and 226 metres on his first four attemptsshankar who won his second ncaa title for kansas state last year and was taking part in his first competition since finishing college took three attempts at a wouldbe personal best of 230 metres but failedshankar has a personal best outdoor jump of 229 metres a national record while his best leap in an indoor meet is 228 metres both achieved in 2018 in lubbock and ames respectivelydarryl sullivan of the usa notched up his seasonbest leap of 219m to finish third in the fourman fieldshankar took to social media to share a video of his goldwinning leap and tweeted great start to the new year excited to be able to compete with the top guys season opener