Tokyo [Japan], September 20 (ANI): Race walker Servin Sebastian completed in thirty first spot within the males’s 20 km race stroll to conclude India’s marketing campaign on the World Athletics Championships with no medal on Saturday.
Sebastian was the final Indian in motion in the course of the Championships, ending with a time of 1:23:03 in a 48-man discipline, as per Olympics.com. After Neeraj Chopra’s historic silver on the 2022 version and a monumental gold in 2023, India has didn’t safe a medal within the World Athletics Championships after two editions of historical past.
Also, it’s Akshdeep Singh who holds the Indian nationwide file within the 20 m race stroll with a timing of 1:19:55, achieved on the 2023 National Open Race Walking Championships in Jharkhand.
The gold medal within the 20 km males’s race stroll went to Paris 2024 silver medalist Caio Bonfim of Brazil after clocking 1:18:35, with the remainder of the rostrum being accomplished by China’s Asian champion Wang Zhaozhao (1:18:43) and Spanish Olympian Paul McGrath (1:18:45).
India had despatched a 19-member contingent for the Tokyo World Championships to compete for medals throughout 15 occasions.
The greatest spotlight was Neeraj Chopra, the Olympic gold medalist failing to defend his world title in javelin throw and ending at eighth spot with greatest throw of 84.03 m and ending his 26-event streak of prime two end. His compatriot Sachin Yadav, outclassed him with a fourth-place end and falling in need of a medal with greatest throw of 86.27 m.
Also, Sarvesh Kushare made historical past, turning into the primary Indian jumper to qualify for finals of World Athletics Championships in his self-discipline and completed at sixth place with a private greatest timing of two.28m.
Pooja additionally secured her career-best timings of two:01.03 within the ladies’s 800m, however with a bottom-place end in her heats, she failed to achieve finals.
Indian athletes have secured solely three medals within the historical past of World Para Athletics Championships, with Anju Bobby George turning into the primary Indian to say a medal again in 2003 within the lengthy leap, a bronze medal. Neeraj grew to become the primary male medalist on the championships 19 years later with a silver in javelin throw. Then within the subsequent version, he grew to become the primary Indian to safe the world championship gold at Budapest with the very best throw of 88.17 m. (ANI)