Kansas, Jan. 31 -- India's Tejaswin Shankar pulled off a shocker, outclassing Olympic and World Indoor Championships silver medalist Shelby McEwen to secure the men's high jump title at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational 2026 athletics meet held in Manhattan, Kansas on Saturday.

The 27-year-old Indian athlete recorded the best mark of 2.26 metres to secure the top spot, according to Olympics.com.

At the second spot was Shelby, who had his season-best jump of 2.22 m, while fellow American Devin Loudermilk was also placed at third spot, with the same jump of 2.22 m.

This also marks Tejaswin's best jump in three years, having touched the 2.26 m in 2023 during the Indoor Grand Prix in Boston.

Tejaswin is a Commonwealth Games bronze medalist, a...