May 27, 2024

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Gurpreet Singh wins 50km race stroll occasion in National Championships

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Image Source : ATHLETICS FEDERATION OF INDIA Gurpreet Singh crosses the ending line in Ranchi on Sunday.
Race walker Gurpreet Singh gained the boys’s 50km race stroll occasion on the eighth National Championships right here on Sunday.
Gurpreet gained the occasion by finishing the race in three hours, 59 minutes and 42 seconds.
On Saturday, Sandeep Kumar, Rahul Kumar and Priyanka Goswami had certified for the 20km occasion Oregon World Athletics Championships to be held from July 15 to 24 subsequent 12 months after profitable 20km occasion. The victories additionally helped them safe the quota for the Tokyo Olympics.

Sandeep and Priyanka, the truth is, broke the nationwide information in the course of the course of their win.
On his approach to profitable gold, Sandeep clocked one hour 20 minutes and 16 seconds to crack the Olympic qualification time of 1:21 minutes. Rahul, 34, too, bettered the Olympic qualification time, crossing the end line at 1:20.26 to clinch silver.
Priyanka, 24, crossed the road with a time of 1 hour 28 minutes 45 seconds, which was higher than the Olympic qualification time of 1 hour 31 minutes for girls.