World Athletics Championships 2023: India’s Priyanka Goswami and Akshdeep Singh qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics and World Athletics Championships 2023 after meeting the qualifying standards in the men’s and women’s 20km race walk, respectively, at the National Open Race Walking Championships 2023 in Morabadi, Jharkhand, on Tuesday. Follow Paris Olympics 2024 Updates with InsideSport.IN.
World Athletics Championships 2023: Priyanka Goswami, Akshdeep Singh qualify for 2024 Paris Olympics, World Athletics C’ship 2023
Akshdeep Singh won the gold medal in the men’s 20km race walk with a time of 1 hour, 19 minutes, and 55 seconds, a new national record. At the Ranchi National Race Walking Championships in 2021, Sandeep Kumar set a previous national record of 1:20:16, which Akshdeep bested.
We have the winners in 20KM Men’s event from the 10th Indian Open Race Walking Competition.
Gold – Akshdeep Singh (Punjab) 1:19:55 (NR)
Silver – Suraj Panwar (Uttarakhand) 1:20:11
Bronze – Vikash Singh (Delhi) 1:21:08Congratulations to all the winners. pic.twitter.com/AktruwvaKi
— Athletics Federation of India (@afiindia) February 14, 2023
The timing also saw Akshdeep Singh break the 1:20:10 barrier, which is the male 20km race walking qualifying time for the Budapest 2023 world championships as well as the Paris 2024 Olympics. Silver medallist Suraj Panwar also dipped below the previous national record after finishing in 1:20:11, but narrowly missed both the qualifying standards. Men’s bronze medallist Vikash Singh clocked 1:21:08.
In Women’s 20 Km Race Walk at the 10th Indian Open Race Walking competition being held at Ranchi, Jharkhand, @priyanka___goswami wins gold and qualifies for the Paris Olympics. pic.twitter.com/ojNPjDzXQs
— Athletics Federation of India (@afiindia) February 14, 2023
World Athletics Championships 2023: Priyanka Goswami, Akshdeep Singh qualify for 2024 Paris Olympics, World Athletics C’ship 2023
Tokyo Olympian Priyanka Goswami, who won the 10,000m race walk silver medal at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, finished first in the women’s 20km race walk event in Morabadi with a time of 1:28:50, which is five seconds slower than her own national record.
The qualifying time for the women’s 20km race walk at the Paris 2024 Olympics and the 2023 world championships was 1:29:20, and Priyanka Goswami’s time was faster than that.
Goswami’s fellow Tokyo Olympian Bhawna Jat clocked 1:29:44 to bag the silver medal but missed out on the quota places. Sonal Sukhwal won the bronze medal with a 1:31:03 timing.
The National Open Race Walking Championships 2023 concludes on Wednesday. Athletes will have the chance to win more Paris 2024 and world championships berths in the 35km race walk events.
World Athletics Championships 2023: Priyanka Goswami, Akshdeep Singh qualify for 2024 Paris Olympics, World Athletics C’ship 2023
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