Gurpreet fails to finish gruelling 50km race walk due to cramps

TOKYO: India's only representative in the gruelling 50km race walk event at the Tokyo Olympics, Gurpreet Singh, limped off around the 35km mark due to cramps on Friday. Gurpreet, who started the race from 14th position in a field of 59 athletes, could not come to terms with the energy-sapping heat and humidity despite the race starting early morning on Friday. The temperatures soared o around 30 degrees C and humidity touched 70 per cent as Gurpreet, an army man, started losing ground. At the eight-km mark, Gurpreet was 37th, just 0.37 seconds behind the race leader but dropped to 44th around the 10km milestone. IANS

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