National record holder Tejaswin Shankar qualified for the men’s high jump final with 2.20m while Avantika Narale clocked a personal best 11.63s (previous best 11.81) and made the women’s 100m semifinal as athletics began at the World University Games in Chengdu on Tuesday. Avantika was second in her heats.
Meanwhile Basanti Kumari (36:17.40s) finished 10th in the women’s 10,000m — one of the two finals on Tuesday — while Poonam Sonune was 12th (37:12.77s).
Shiksha was 11th (14.48m) in the women’s shot put final which was won by China’s Song Jiayuan (18.56m).
