India's Akshdeep Singh clinches gold in Asian 20km Race Walking Championships

India's Akshdeep Singh clinches gold in Asian 20km Race Walking Championships

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Category : Sports Published on: March 23 2023

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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 held in Nomi, Japan.
National record holder Akshdeep Singh won the men's 20km race walk event with a time of 1:20:57.
Choe Byeongkwang of South Korea finished second with a time of 1:21:20, while Wen Yongjie of China took bronze with a time of 1:22:44.
Meanwhile, Commonwealth Games 2022 silver medalist Priyanka Goswami finished third in the women's event in 1:32:27. Lan Gao of China won gold with a time of 1:29:25. Ayane Yanai of Japan finished second in 1:0:58, ahead of the Indian athlete.
With these medals, India's overall tally at the championships increased to nine (two golds, two silvers, and five bronzes).
The Asian 20km Race Walking Championship 2023 featured nine Indian athletes, five men and four women.
The 15th edition of the race, an annual race-walking competition for athletes representing countries in Asia, was held after a gap of three years following the COVID-19 pandemic.

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