A last minute addition to the athletics team, Tejaswin Shankar on Wednesday became the first Indian to win a men`s high jump medal in the Commonwealth Games as he clinched a bronze in the final here. The national record holder cleared 2.22m to finish third on countback. Donald Thomas of Bahamas and England`s Joel Clarke-Khan also cleared 2.22m but they needed more than one attempt to do it while Shankar was successful in single try. In women`s shot put final, Manpreet Kaur finished 12th and last with a disappointing best throw of 15.69m.

The 23-year-old Shankar could not soar over 2.25m in two attempts. He then went for 2.28m in his third and final attempt in a bid to win a silver but failed. Before Shankar, the best position an Indian had achieved in men`s high jump in CWG was by Bhim Singh who cleared 2.06m in the 1970 edition in Edinburgh. "I had a long (US) collegiate season and started jumping in January but getting a bronze here is like a dream come true and I`m just happy to take something back home with me," an elated Shankar said. Shankar had finished sixth in the 2018 Gold Coast edition with a best jump of 2.24m.