Haryana’s Sandeep Kumar Breaks his Own Record to Win Gold in 50km Race Walk

Haryana’s Sandeep Kumar Breaks his Own Record to Win Gold in 50km Race Walk

Athelete Sandeep Kumar of Haryana won the gold medal in the Men’s 50km event of the National Race Walking Championships held in New Delhi on February 18, 2017. Sandeep finished the race in 3:55:59.05 seconds to break his own earlier record at 3:56:22 which he made at the IAAF World Race

Walking Cup at Taicang, China in May 2014. With this achievement(उपलब्धि) , Sandeep has now qualified for the London World Championships to be held on August 4-13, 2017. Besides, services athletes Jitender Singh (4:02:11.58) and Chandan Singh (4:04:18.41) won the silver and bronze respectively. Both these sprinters(धावकों)  have also booked their berths for the London Championship for which the entry standard for the men’s 50km race walk is 4:06:00.  Sandeep was given a cash prize of Rs 50,000, while Jitender and Chandan got Rs 30,000 and Rs 20,000 respectively as prize money. A total of Rs 4 lakh was kept as prize money by the sponsors (प्रायोजकों) Max Bupa.