A path beyond sport: Balancing act or safety net?
Mumbai, May 3 -- For most sports professionals in India, making it to the Olympics can be defining. For Tejaswin Shankar and Maana Patel, not making it to the 2024 Games became a defining moment that changed their outlook toward their careers and lives.
Tejaswin, the country's top decathlete and high jumper, felt an unmistakable void as a full-time athlete.
"There's been only one phase where I've left everything and focussed just on sports. That was 2024, and I didn't make the Olympics that year," he said. "So, I have every reason to believe that it doesn't work for me."
And so, late last year, the Commonwealth and Asian Games medallist decided to head to the University of Kansas. Today, Tejaswin is scaling new personal bests in decathlon, ...
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