RANCHI: Haryana race walkers Sandeep Kumar and Ravina continued their good form to claim the men and women's 20km titles on the opening day of the ninth Indian Open Race Walking Competition here on Saturday.
The 35-year-old Kumar completed a hat-trick of national crowns, beating Punjab's Akshdeep Singh and Maharashtra's Paramjeet Singh Bisht. Yet, while he won in 1:22:05.00, a faster time than when he finished 13th in the World Championships in Muscat, he was five seconds outside the qualifying standard for the Asian Games.
