Asian 20km Race Walking Championships 2023: India's Akshdeep Singh clinched the gold medal while Priyanka Goswami bagged bronze in the men's and women's categories respectively at the Asian 20km Race Walking Championships 2023, here on Sunday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the men's 20km race walk event, national record holder Akshdeep Singh clocked a timing of 1:20:57 to finish on top of the podium. The athlete from Punjab secured India's second gold medal in the Asian 20km Race Walking Championships after Olympian Gurmeet Singh in 2016.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
South Korea's Choe Byeongkwang finished second with a timing of 1:21:20 while China's Wen Yongjie clocked 1:22:44 to secure the bronze medal in the men's event, an olympics.com report said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Among the other Indians, Vikash Singh and Paramjeet Bisht clocked 1:20:05 and 1:20:08, respectively, in the men's open category which saw them breach the 1:20:10 mark -- the qualification standards for both the 2023 World Championships and Paris 2024 Olympics.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Notably, Akshdeep and Priyanka had already qualified for the World Championships and Paris Olympics at the National Championships earlier this month.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Meanwhile, Commonwealth Games 2022 silver medallist Priyanka Goswami completed her race in 1:32:27 to finish third in the women's event. Lan Gao of China won the gold medal with a timing of 1:29:25. Ayane Yanai of Japan clocked 1:0:58 to finish second ahead of the Indian athlete.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
With these medals, India's overall tally in the championships rose to nine -- two gold, two silver and five bronze.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
India's Suraj Panwar and Hardeep Singh finished with timings of 1:22:31 and 1:25:38 respectively, in the men's race.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Tokyo Olympian Bhawana Jat logged a time of 1:36:20 in the women's race while her compatriot Munita Prajapati finished her course in 1:33:22. Sonal Sukhwal did not start.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
India's Suraj Panwar and Hardeep Singh finished with timings of 1:22:31 and 1:25:38 respectively, in the men's race.<\/p>\r\n\r\n