AFI Media
02 May 2018
New Delhi. Indian Race Walking team will depart China tonight to participate in the IAAF World Race Walk Team Championships to be held at Taicang on May 5-6, 2018.
The Indian team comprising National record holder Irfan KT, Vikash Singh and Neeraj Kumar will compete in Men’s 20km category while Sandeep Kumar and Jitendra Singh will participate in Men’s 50km competition.
In Women’s 20km, Khushbir Kaur, Soumya B, Ravina and Shanti Kumari will represent India.
The Indian race walking team for Asian Games to be held in Jakarta, Indonesia from August 18 to September 2, 2018 will be selected based on the performance of the athletes in Taicang. However, Manish Kumar Rawat who finished sixth with the timing of 1:22.22 at the Commonwealth Games 2018 last month is given rest. His performance of 1:22.22 achieved at Gold Coast will be considered for selection in the team for Asian Games.
The qualification guidelines set by AFI for the men’s 20km is 1:22.00 while it is 1:34.54 for the women’s 20km event and 3:55.00 for men’s 50km category.
