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Indians Disappoint In 20km Race Walk At Paris Olympics 2024

National record holder Priyanka Goswami finished a poor 41st in the women's 20km competition while Vikash Singh and Paramjeet Singh ended at lowly 30th and 37th positions respectively in the men's event as Indian race walkers produced a disappointing performance at the Paris Olympics on Thursday. Priyanka, an Asian silver medallist, clocked 1 hour, 39 minutes and 55 seconds, more than a whopping 10 minutes outside her season's best of 1:29:48, to bring up the rear. Only two race walkers finished behind her.

Olympic champion Pan Zhanle's 100m freestyle record should not be questioned, says Proud

PARIS: China's Pan Zhanle has no questions to answer about his sensational 100m freestyle swimming world record at the Paris Olympics, British sprint specialist Ben Proud said on Thursday (Aug 1).

Rowing-Zeidler sets Olympic record en route to sculls final

PARIS : Reigning world champion Oliver Zeidler of Germany set an Olympic record as he blazed into the men's single sculls Olympic final on Thursday in a time of 6:35.77, eclipsing the previous mark of 6:40.45 set by Stefanos Ntouskos of Greece at the Tokyo Games.

Olympics 2024: No Medal For India In Men's 20km Race Walk, Best Finish Of 30th

India's Vikash Singh and Paramjeet Singh finished at lowly 30th and 37th positions respectively while national record-holder Akshdeep Singh pulled out after the 6km mark as Indian race walkers produced a disappointing performance in the 20km event of the Olympics here on Thursday. Vikash clocked 1 hour 22 minutes and 36 seconds while Paramjeet crossed the finish line in 1:23:48sec in the race won by Brian Daniel Pintado (1:18:55) of Ecuador. Caio Bonfim (1:19:09) of Brazil and reigning world champion Alvaro Martin (1:19:11) of Spain took the silver and bronze medals respectively while Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Massimo Stano (1:19:12) of Italy was fourth.