CWG 2022 Podium finish for India s veteran race walker Sandeep Kumar heartbreak for Amit Kumar × Follow Us Create Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Link Approve Reject & ban Delete Log in Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Gaming Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout Athletics Commonwealth Games 2022 News CWG 2022 Podium finish for India s veteran race walker Sandeep Kumar heartbreak for Amit Kumar By Navneet Singh Modified 07 Aug 2022 Follow Us Comment Share India's Sandeep Kumar in action at the Commonwealth Games On Sunday at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, there was a podium finish for India’s veteran race walker Sandeep Kumar. However, World U20 Championships silver medalist Amit Kumar finished at the bottom of the men’s 10,000m race walk conducted on the 400m track. This was the first time the 10,000m race walk was organized in both the men's and women’s group. Generally, the distance for a race walk is 20km and it's held on the road. India’s 35-year-old national record holder over 20km and 35km, Sandeep Kumar stayed on course for a bronze medal, clocking 38:48.21 seconds, while promising race walker Amit finished at the bottom of the table with a time of 43:58.64. Narendra Modi@narendramodiGood to see our race walking contingent excel at the Birmingham games. Congratulations to Sandeep Kumar for winning a Bronze medal in the 10,000m event. Wishing him the very best for his upcoming endeavours. #Cheer4India74441536Good to see our race walking contingent excel at the Birmingham games. Congratulations to Sandeep Kumar for winning a Bronze medal in the 10,000m event. Wishing him the very best for his upcoming endeavours. #Cheer4India https://t.co/smFkgXVAPy Canada’s Evan Dunfee won gold with a time of 38:36.37 seconds, a Commonwealth Games record and a personal best over the 10,000m distance. Australia’s Declan Tingay took home silver with a time of 38:42.33. Sandeep got off to a good start, leading the pack of five athletes. But he slowed down at the 2000m mark due to a warning from the race officials due to loss of contact with the ground. “It was a satisfactory result as Sandeep was a bit scared of warnings from race officials in past international competitions,” Sandeep’s personal coach Gurmeet Singh said. “Race walking is a technical event. We have been working on the basic race-walking technique during practice and will continue to do so in future.” Sandeep Kumar outdone by Evan Dunfee Kiren Rijiju@KirenRijijuHeartiest congratulations to Sandeep Kumar who clinches yet another bronze medal? for India in Athletics! And he does this with a Personal Best in the Men's 10000m Racewalk Finals at #CommonwealthGames2022.1830178Heartiest congratulations to Sandeep Kumar who clinches yet another bronze medal? for India in Athletics! And he does this with a Personal Best in the Men's 10000m Racewalk Finals at #CommonwealthGames2022. https://t.co/2Z1wSxJG1k Evan Dunfee played a waiting game. He stayed on the back of the leading pack and surged ahead at the 8000m mark with a blistering 3:49.55. Dunfee slowed down in the next 1000m but again pushed hard with a 3:44.18 for the last 1000m, to clock 38:36.37 seconds for the gold medal. The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) had huge expectations from promising race-walker Amit Kumar. However, due to poor race-walking technique, he got a warning twice during the competition. This spoiled Amit’s chances of a podium finish in Birmingham. The World U20 silver medalist finished ninth and last with a time of 43:58.64. The majority of India's elite race walkers have been achieving new boundaries on the domestic circuit. However, at the international level - barring Commonwealth Games - they haven’t been able to repeat their performances. This despite having Russian foreign expert Tatiana Sibileva overseeing the national coaching program since March of this year. Poll : 0 votes Quick Links More from Sportskeeda Edited by Akshay Saraswat × Feedback Thank You! Be the first one to comment Follow Us Share Show More Comments GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? No thanks Delete GIF Cancel Update GIF Cancel Reply ❮ ❯ GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? 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