IAAF World Championships: Irfan, Devender to compete in 20km race walk

IAAF World Athletics Championships is slated to take place in Doha on 27 September. 17th edition of tournament will go on till 6 October. According to multiple reports, India are fielding a 25-member team for competition. 

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20 Kilometres Men's Race Walk

race walk event is a ro race where participants try to complete course in quickest time. finals for this year will take place on October 4 at 11:30 PM local time. heat in Doha will definitely affect performance that participants are able to deliver. winners at 2017 games were Colombia's Eider Arevalo (Gold) and Brazil's Caio Bonfim (Bronze).

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Japanese are fielding a pretty strong team which includes World Time Leer Toshikazu Yamanishi who has a record completion time of 1:17:15. Ar Japanese contender is Koki Ikeda, 20-year-old, who won World University Games at Naples, earlier this year. Italy's Massimo Sta will also be a tough opponent to beat. Australia's Olympic bronze medallist Dane Bird-Smith is ar contender who is very capable of performing spectacularly.

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Indian Representation

Indians participating in race are K.T. Irfan and Devender Singh. Irfan me helines earlier this year as he became first Indian to qualify for 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He achieved this feat at Asian Race Walking Championships in mi, Japan. qualification time for 2020 Olympics is 1 hour and 21 minutes. qualification window will close on May 31, 2020. Irfan also won National Open Race Walk Championships at Chennai, this year. Irfan holds national record as he completed race in 1:20:21 at 2012 London Olympics. He is currently only Indian to have qualified for Athletics at 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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