Manju, Baboo win 35km race walk mixed bronze

India’s bronze medallists Baboo Ram (right) and Manju Rani

Indian race walkers Manju Rani and Ram Baboo won the bronze medal in the inaugural 35km mixed team event at the Asian Games here on Wednesday.

Rani and Baboo - both national record holders in women's and men's events - clocked a combined time of 5 hours 51 minutes and 14 seconds to finish third behind China (5:16:41) and Japan (5:22:11).

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In the 35km race walk mixed team event, the times (results) of the male and female athletes, who finished the race, are added in order to determine the medal winners.

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