New Delhi, Aug. 1 -- Tejaswin Shankar scripted history for Indian athletics at the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow. The 27-year-old from Delhi claimed bronze in the men's decathlon with a total of 7,976 points, becoming the first Indian ever to win a Commonwealth Games medal in the demanding 10-event discipline.

Grenada's Lindon Victor took the gold with a season-best 8,096 points, completing a hat-trick of Commonwealth titles. Canada's Damian Warner, the Tokyo Olympic champion, finished second with 8,036 points to secure silver. Shankar held off strong challenges to lock in the bronze.

The achievement carries extra weight because Shankar competed through a painful patellar tendon injury that had forced him to pull out of the individ...