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 Khan by 3.7 minutes. However, the knee injury kept troubling the athlete “The injury wasn’t healing because I didn’t have money for a good diet. A few months later he won gold with a new National Record in the men’s 35km event at the Open Nationals.

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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: 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

National Games 2022, October 4 HIGHLIGHTS: Amlan Borgohain wins men’s 200m gold with Games record; Ram Baboo breaks National Record in 35km race walk
2 years, 2 months ago

National Games 2022, October 4 HIGHLIGHTS: Amlan Borgohain wins men’s 200m gold with Games record; Ram Baboo breaks National Record in 35km race walk

The Hindu  

Thanks for tuning into Sportstar’s LIVE Updates of the 36th National Games in Gujarat. Tamil Nadu’s Vithya Ramraj sets a new National Games record of 56.58s to win the women’s 400m hurdles gold. Chanda KM of Delhi wins gold in women’s 800m clocking 2:01.58 and breaks National Games record set by Tintu Luka. Maharashtra’s Avantika Chavan beats local favourite Maana …

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