New Delhi: Young Khushbir Kaur finished a disappointing 71st in women's 20km race walk after Irfan Kolothum Thodi qualified for London Olympics in men's 20km competition on the second and final day of the IAAF World Race Walking Cup at Saransk, Russia on Sunday. Khushbir, who had bettered the Olympics qualification 'B' standard of 1:38.00 last month in the Federation Cup which was not a London Games qualifying event, clocked...
06:18 PM, May 13, 2012
Nomi City, Japan: Punjab athlete Baljinder Singh has earned a berth for the London Olympics after finishing fifth in the Asian 20km Race Walking Championships, with a timing of 1:22:12. The 'A' qualification standard for the London Olympics was 1:22:30. The 25-year-old Baljinder hails from Dera Bassi, about 20km from Chandigarh on the Delhi-Chandigarh national highway. En route to Nomi, Baljinder won the Indian trials at Patiala on February 15...
05:35 PM, Mar 12, 2012
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