Rio 2016: Sandeep finishes 35th in 50km walk

India's Sandeep Kumar finished 35th in the 50km Race Walk event here yesterday.

Rio de Janeiro: India's Sandeep Kumar finished 35th in the 50km Race Walk event here yesterday.

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The 30-year-old racewalker took four hours, seven minutes and fifty five seconds to complete the distance. Matej Toth of Slovakia won the gold clocking 3:40:58, while Australian Jared Tallent (3:41:16) took the silver and Hirooki Arai of Japan settled for the bronze with a time of 3:41:24. The Indian was 26:57 minutes behind the leader of the race at the finish line.

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