India's Sandeep Kumar finishes 35th in 50km Race Walk (Lead, correcting para 3)

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IANS Rio de Janeiro
Last Updated : Aug 19 2016 | 10:22 PM IST

India's Sandeep Kumar finished 35th in the men's 50km Race Walk event here at the ongoing Rio Olympics on Friday.

The 30-year-old racewalker took four hours, seven minutes and fifty five seconds to complete the distance.

Matej Toth of Slovakia won the gold clocking 3:40:58, while Australian Jared Tallent (3:41:16) took the silver and Evan Dunfee of Canada settled for the bronze with a time of 3:41:38.

The Indian was 26:57 minutes behind the leader of the race at the finish line.

--IANS

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First Published: Aug 19 2016 | 10:10 PM IST

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