Neeraj Rathi finishes 4th in Asian 20km Race Walking Championships

Neeraj Rathi clocked an hour, 25 minutes and 33 seconds while Karamjit Kaur had a timing of 1:58:22 in the Asian 20 km Race Walking Championships.

India’s Neeraj Rathi and Karamjit Kaur finished fourth and eighth in the men’s and women’s events respectively at the Asian 20km Race Walking Championship here today.

Neeraj Rathi finished fourth in the Asian 20 km Race Walking Championships. (Athletics Federation of India/Twitter)

Rathi clocked 1 hour 25 minutes and 33 seconds, while Kaur had a timing of 1:58:22.

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Rathi had finished third with a timing of 1:21.39 in the men’s 20km event in the National Championships last month while Karamjit had won a bronze in women’s 20km competition with a timing of 1:34.08.

The top two finishers in the National Championships have been named in the country’s team for next month’s Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.