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Basanta Bahadur Rana won gold in 50km race walk at National Championships

Olympian Basanta Bahadur Singh Rana clinched the gold medal in men's 50km race walk event on the second and final day of the National Championships.
•    Delhi walker Rana took 4 hours seven minutes 24 seconds to finish first walk.
•    32-year-old Rana has a personal best of 3:56:48 which he recorded at the 2012 London Olympics, 
•    It  was a national record then.
•    Uttarakhand's Chandan Singh, finished second with a time of 4:09:50 while Jitender Singh Rathore of Rajasthan took the bronze medal in 4:12:10.
•    Chandan singh has already achieved Rio qualification mark in men's 20km event
•    Neena K T of Kerala won the gold in junior women's 10km race walk competition. She took 53:12.49 to cross the finish line. 
•    Bhawna Jat of Rajasthan finished second in 53:27:79.
•    Priyanka Patel of Uttar Pradesh took 53:32:95 to win the bronze medal.
•    In junior men's 10km race walk competition, Vikash Singh of Bihar won the gold by taking 44:32:50. 
•    Naveen of Delhi took 4:37:76 for the silver.
•    Eknath Turamberker took 44:55:67 for the bronze medal.

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