Ram Baboo: Competing in long distance events has been beneficial in 20km race walk
9 months ago

Ram Baboo: Competing in long distance events has been beneficial in 20km race walk

The Hindu  

India’s Ram Baboo would have preferred a long distance race walk event at the Olympics but conceded that he is reaping the benefit of previously participating in 35km competitions having moved down to 20km for this year’s Paris Games. Baboo became the seventh Indian male to breach the 20km race walking Paris Olympics qualification time earlier this month. “I didn’t want to come down to 20km, wanted to remain stable in 35k but the race walk curriculum has had a lot of changes,” Baboo told PTI in an interview. READ | Germany’s Beste injured in training, to miss friendlies “First World Athletics changed it from 50km to 35km and now it has become 35km mixed relay making it a team event,” explained Baboo, who is exclusively managed by IOS sports.

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Indian Race Walkers Show Off Their Prowess at the Asian Athletics Championships
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Indian Race Walkers Show Off Their Prowess at the Asian Athletics Championships

The Hindu  

Race walker-turned-coach Basant Rana expresses optimism about the future of the sport in the country. He highlights the progress made by Indian athletes since the 2012 London Olympics, including multiple medals at the Asian Games. Rana emphasizes the importance of quality events and proper training to improve the athletes' performance. He suggests that the introduction of the mixed relay event …

Indian 20km race walkers produce disappointing performances at Worlds
8 months ago

Indian 20km race walkers produce disappointing performances at Worlds

The Hindu  

Indian athletes failed to make an impact in the prestigious World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships on Sunday as none of them came up with reassuring performances ahead of the Paris Olympics in July-August. Ram Baboo, the latest to achieve the Olympics men’s 20km race walk qualification standard clocking a personal best of 1:20:00 in the Dudinska 50 Meet in …

World Race Walking Team C’ship: Priyanka-Akshdeep pair aims for good show
8 months ago

World Race Walking Team C’ship: Priyanka-Akshdeep pair aims for good show

The Hindu  

Ace Indian athlete Priyanka Goswami will aim to produce another commendable performance and secure a Paris Olympics berth in the Mixed event partnering Akshdeep Singh, when the one-day World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships takes place in this Mediterranean seaside town on Sunday. Both Akshdeep and Priyanka have already qualified individually for Paris 2024 after meeting the qualifying standards in …

How race walker Ram Baboo trained to qualify for the Paris Olympics
8 months, 3 weeks ago

How race walker Ram Baboo trained to qualify for the Paris Olympics

Live Mint  

Around the 16km mark at the Dudinska 50 meet earlier this month, Ram Baboo realised he was losing track of the leading pack. He is now the seventh Indian race walker to make the cut alongside Akshdeep Singh, Suraj Panwar, Arshpreet Singh, Pramjeet Bisht, Vikas Singh and Suraj Panwar. Only three of these athletes will make the start line of …

Ram Baboo breaches Paris 2024 Olympics qualification mark; seventh Indian male athlete to do so
9 months, 1 week ago

Ram Baboo breaches Paris 2024 Olympics qualification mark; seventh Indian male athlete to do so

The Hindu  

India’s Ram Baboo on Saturday achieved the Paris Olympics men’s 20km race qualification standard, clocking a personal best time of 1:20:00 at the Dudinska 50 Meet in Slovakia. Baboo, a bronze medallist in the 35km walk race at the Hangzhou Asian Games, finished third in the Race Walking Tour Gold-Level event. READ | Lifter Achinta Sheuli caught entering women’s hostel …

Anand Mahindra Offers Car To Daily Wage Labourer Who Bagged Medal At Asian Games 2023
1 year, 2 months ago

Anand Mahindra Offers Car To Daily Wage Labourer Who Bagged Medal At Asian Games 2023

News 18  

Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra has promised to offer support as well as give the medalist in the Asian Games, Ram Baboo, a car of his choice. Although Ram Baboo’s path to the international arena was not straightforward, he managed to win a bronze medal for India in the Asian Games’ 35 km race-walking competition. Mahindra took to X on …

Manju Rani, Ramesh Baboo win bronze in 35km race walk mixed team event
1 year, 2 months ago

Manju Rani, Ramesh Baboo win bronze in 35km race walk mixed team event

Hindustan Times  

Indian race walkers Manju Rani and Ram Baboo won the bronze medal in the inaugural 35km mixed team event at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Wednesday. In the 35km race walk mixed team event, the times of the male and female athletes, who finished the race, are added in order to determine the medal winners. This was the first …

World Athletics Championships 2023 Day 6: India's Ram Baboo finishes 27th in 35km race walk final
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023 Day 6: India's Ram Baboo finishes 27th in 35km race walk final

India TV News  

India's ace athlete Ram Baboo finished 27th in the men's 35km race walk final event at the World Athletics Championships 2023 on Thursday, August 24. In the women's event, Perez finished the 35km race walk final event with a record time of 2:38:40s, over two minutes ahead of the silver medalist and the former champion defending champion Kimberly Garcia Leon. …

Ram Baboo and Manju Rani Break National Record in 35km Race Walk to Confirm Asian Games Berths
1 year, 10 months ago

Ram Baboo and Manju Rani Break National Record in 35km Race Walk to Confirm Asian Games Berths

News 18  

Ram Baboo and Manju Rani rewrote the men’s and women’s 35km national records en route to winning gold medals on the concluding day of the National Race Walking Championships here on Wednesday. The 23-year-old Manju, representing Punjab, became the first Indian woman to clock sub-3 hour in 35km race walk event, winning in 2:57.54s, as she broke the earlier national …

Ram Baboo, Manju Rani break national records in 35km race walk
1 year, 10 months ago

Ram Baboo, Manju Rani break national records in 35km race walk

The Hindu  

Ram Baboo bettered his own 35km national record by nearly five minutes while winning the gold at the 10th National Race Walking Championships in Ranchi on Wednesday but it was not enough to qualify for this year’s World Championships in Budapest. Meanwhile Punjab’s Manju Rani became the first Indian woman to go under three hours, clocking 2:57.54s for the 35km …

NGG 2022: From waiter to gold medallist, racewalker Ram Baboo defies odds to smash national record
2 years, 2 months ago

NGG 2022: From waiter to gold medallist, racewalker Ram Baboo defies odds to smash national record

The Hindu  

As he entered the final lap of the men’s 35km racewalk event at the National Games, Ram Baboo could hear the shouts of encouragement from the spectators, coaches and volunteers at the IIT Gandhinagar athletic track in Gujarat. However, buoyed by the cheers, Ram pushed past the finish line in 2:36:34 seconds, smashing the old national record of Haryana’s Juned …

National Games: Jyothi Yarraji, Ram Baboo hog limelight as athletics events conclude
2 years, 2 months ago

National Games: Jyothi Yarraji, Ram Baboo hog limelight as athletics events conclude

The Hindu  

Uttar Pradesh athlete Ram Baboo clocked 2 hours 36 minutes and 34 seconds to set a new National record for 35km race walk on the concluding day of athletics competitions at the National Games here on Tuesday. In a race introduced last year and made its National Games debut this time, 23-year-old Ram Baboo’s mark helped him beat Haryana's Juned …

National Games: Ram Baboo breaks national record in men’s 35km race walk
2 years, 2 months ago

National Games: Ram Baboo breaks national record in men’s 35km race walk

The Hindu  

Uttar Pradesh's Ram Baboo shattered the national record in the men's 35km race walk event en route winning the gold medal on the concluding day of athletics competition at the National Games here on Tuesday. Baboo, an unemployed physical education graduate, won the event in 2 hours 36 minutes 34 seconds, bettering the earlier national record of 2:40.16, which was …

Priyanka Goswami, Eknath Turambekar Set 35km Race Walk National Records During World Team Championships
2 years, 9 months ago

Priyanka Goswami, Eknath Turambekar Set 35km Race Walk National Records During World Team Championships

News 18  

Olympian Priyanka Goswami and Eknath Turambekar set national records in the women’s and men’s 35km events respectively in the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships, although they finished way below the medal bracket here on Saturday. The previous men’s and women’s 35km race walk national records were in the name of Ram Baboo and Ramandeep Kaur respectively, set during the …

Suraj, Munita picked as AFI announces team for World Race Walking Championships
2 years, 10 months ago

Suraj, Munita picked as AFI announces team for World Race Walking Championships

The Hindu  

Young Indian race walkers Suraj Panwar and Munita Prajapati will get their maiden overseas exposure in the senior ranks when they compete in the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships scheduled to be held in Muscat on March 4 and 5. Though Suraj has competed in the men's 20km event in the National Open Race Walking Championships last year, both …

Tokyo Olympics: Know Your Olympian
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Know Your Olympian

News 18  

Hailing from Haryana, veteran racewalker Sandeep Kumar will participate in his third Olympic tournament and will hope to leave a mark and come back to India with a medal. The sport requires both mental and physical dedication and through commitment, Sandeep has gone on to break numerous records, starting by setting a new national record of 3:56:22 in the 50km …

Tokyo Olympics: Know Your Olympian
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Know Your Olympian

News 18  

Rahul Rohilla is an Indian athlete who will take part in the 20km race walking event at the Tokyo Olympics. Age – 25 – 25 Sports/Discipline – Race walker – Race walker Working Ranking – N/A – N/A First Olympic Games – Tokyo Olympics, 2021 Major Achievements National Games Silver – 20km race walking, Junior National Competition, 2014 Vijaywada Silver …

Three More Race Walkers Qualify for Tokyo Olympics; New National Records in Men's and Women's 20km Event
3 years, 10 months ago

Three More Race Walkers Qualify for Tokyo Olympics; New National Records in Men's and Women's 20km Event

News 18  

Three Indian race walkers qualified for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics during the National Open Race Walking Championships on Saturday, with Sandeep Kumar and Priyanka Goswami shattering national records in the men’s and women’s 20km events respectively. Rahul, who finished second in the men’s group A 20km race walk event with a time of 1:20:26, also qualified for the Tokyo Olympics. …

National Open Race Walking Championships: Sandeep Kumar, Priyanka Goswami shatter national records, qualify for Tokyo Olympics along with Rahul
3 years, 10 months ago

National Open Race Walking Championships: Sandeep Kumar, Priyanka Goswami shatter national records, qualify for Tokyo Olympics along with Rahul

Firstpost  

With the three new entrants, the total number of Indian race walkers who have qualified for the Tokyo Games has swelled to five as KT Irfan and Bhawana Jat have already made the cut earlier. Ranchi: Three Indian race walkers qualified for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics during the National Open Race Walking Championships on Saturday, with Sandeep Kumar and Priyanka …

Three more race walkers qualify for Olympics; new national records in men's and women's 20km event
3 years, 10 months ago

Three more race walkers qualify for Olympics; new national records in men's and women's 20km event

India TV News  

Three Indian race walkers qualified for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics during the National Open Race Walking Championships here on Saturday, with Sandeep Kumar and Priyanka Goswami shattering national records in the men's and women's 20km events respectively. Rahul, who finished second in the men's group A 20km race walk event with a time of 1:20:26, also qualified for the Tokyo …

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