Khusbir, Gurmeet finish 3rd in Asian Walking C'ship

Khusbir Kaur set a new national record, while Gurmeet Singh also impressed as the two finished third in the men's and women's section respectively of the Asian 20km Walking Championship in Nomi, Japan today.
Gurmeet clocked 1:21:30 to finish behind winner Hyunsub Kim of Korea (1:19:24) and Japan's Yusuke Suzuki (1:21:01).
In the women's race, Khusbir Kaur was in the lead for most of the race before ending up third with a timing of 1:33:37, setting a new national record.
China's Tongmei Zhou won the title with a timing of 1:31:58. Japan's Rei Inoue ended second after clocking 1:32:56.
Six Indian athletes were in the fray in the event.

The five men race walkers were the top-five finishers in the National 20km Race Walking Championships held in Kochi last month while Khusbir had won the women's race.
Gurmeet had won a silver and a bronze in the last two editions of the championships.