Olympics Paris 2024: Indian Race Walkers Qualify For 20km Events
Priyanka Goswami & Akshdeep Singh won gold in the 20km race and eventually qualified for the World Athletics Championships 2023 & Paris Olympics 2024. Akshdeep Singh and Priyanka Goswami, two race walkers from India, have qualified for the 20-kilometer race walk events at the Olympics in Paris in 2024. At the National Open Race Walking Championships 2023, held on Tuesday in Morabadi, Jharkhand, the men’s and women’s 20km race walks, respectively, were won by the pair, who both put on strong performances to secure their positions. Akshdeep Singh, a 23-year-old Punjabi athlete, finished the race in 1 hour, 19 minutes, and 55 seconds. At the National Championship, he went on to win the men’s 20-kilometer race walk competition. His accomplishment not only guaranteed him a spot in the Olympics in Paris in 2024, but it also broke a record for the country. At the Ranchi National Race Walking Championships in 2021, Sandeep Kumar held the previous record of 1:20:...