New Delhi, Aug. 2 -- Four days after he cut a sorry, sobbing figure on being forced out of the high jump final due to an injury flare-up, Tejaswin Shankar was a picture of triumph and resilience at Glasgow's Scotstoun Stadium. The 27-year-old, the only Indian to cross 8000 points in decathlon, willed himself to a first ever CWG medal for India in the combined discipline with bronze late on Friday night. Tejaswin logged 7976 points after two days of gruelling competition to finish behind Grenada's Lindon Victor (8096) and Canada's Damian Warner (8036). Victor, the 2024 Paris Olympics bronze medallist, won his third straight CWG gold while Warner, the 2021 Tokyo Olympics champion and multiple Worlds medallist, took silver. "I have been watching their videos since the day I decided to try decathlon. To share the podium with them feels great," Tejaswin told reporters. "I had a bronze in high jump in the previous edition and now one in decathlon. I don't know how many people have been able to do that." It was a remarkable turnaround for Tejaswin who found himself sucked into a negative spiral after his patellar tendinopathy resurfaced. Emotional help came from long jumper Murali Sreeshankar, who missed the Paris Olympics following a patellar tendon rupture in his left knee, an injury that put him out of action for over a year and very nearly ended his career. "I was really down the day that injury happened. But the next day, I had a chat with Sree who is coming off a similar injury. He told me to assess it after 100m," Tejaswin said. The first of the 10 events, 100m is followed by long jump, shot put, high jump and 400m on Day 1. Long jump and high jump put a significant load on the take-off knee, which meant pain tolerance and management became critical. "I was told by (team doctor) Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwalla that there was no chance that I would rupture my tendon. Once I knew that, it all came down to my pain threshold. The knee held up after the 100, so I took it event by event. I was fine after long jump and high jump which put the most stress on the knee. Once I managed that, I knew I'll finish the event." Strength and conditioning expert Wayne Lombard helped as well. "With these patellar tendonitis or acute flare-ups, you needed quite a bit of time for it to settle down, so the doctor put him on anti-inflammatories. Once I had a quiet knee, then we could see we are making progress," Lombard told HT from Glasgow....