bhawna race walker to qualify tokyo olympics

Ranchi 23-year-old female race walker Bhawana Jat of Rajasthan qualified for the Tokyo Olympics by setting a new national record at the 20 km race walk in Ranchi. Bhavna attained this position in the third International Race Walking Championship held at Moharabadi. Bhavna completed the race in 1 hour 29 minutes 54 seconds in 1 hour 31 minutes 29 seconds in New Delhi’s Baby Soumya in 2018. Bhavna is the first woman player from India to win the race before an hour and a half. At the same time, in the men’s category, Sandeep Kaer of Haryana won the gold, Rahul from Haryana won the silver and Vikas Singh from Jharkhand won the bronze.