Athletic News
At the World Race Walking Cup, Saransk, Russia
K. T. Irfan became the third Indian walker to qualify for the London Olympic Games on Saturday when he timed 1:22:09 to finish 19th in the World Race Walking Cup ... The ‘A' standard in the 20km walk event for the Olympics is 1:22:30 ... Gurmeet Singh and Baljinder Singh had earlier attained the ‘A' standard.
Basanta Bahadur Rana with time 4:02:13 (32nd) and Sandeep Kumar with time 4:03:45 (36th) completed the 'B' qualification standard for the London Olympics in the 50km walk ... The B standard is 4:09:00 and 'A' standard 3:59:00 ... But that also means only one of these two can make the trip to London, unless of course both better the 'A' standard.
At the World Race Walking Cup, Saransk, Russia
K. T. Irfan became the third Indian walker to qualify for the London Olympic Games on Saturday when he timed 1:22:09 to finish 19th in the World Race Walking Cup ... The ‘A' standard in the 20km walk event for the Olympics is 1:22:30 ... Gurmeet Singh and Baljinder Singh had earlier attained the ‘A' standard.
Basanta Bahadur Rana with time 4:02:13 (32nd) and Sandeep Kumar with time 4:03:45 (36th) completed the 'B' qualification standard for the London Olympics in the 50km walk ... The B standard is 4:09:00 and 'A' standard 3:59:00 ... But that also means only one of these two can make the trip to London, unless of course both better the 'A' standard.
