Race walker Servin Sebastian opens India's account with bronze at Asian Athletics C'ships

Gumi (South Korea), May 27 (PTI) Servin Sebastian opened India's account at the 26th Asian Athletics Championships with a bronze medal in the men's 20km race walk event here on Tuesday.

The 25-year-old clocked 1:21:13.60sec to finish behind China's Wang Zhaozhao (1:20:36.90) and Japan's Kento Yoshikawa (1:20:44.90), for a podium finish in the tournament's first event.

Sebastian's timing was just shy of his personal best of 1:21:23sec, set earlier this year for a gold at the Uttarakhand National Games in February.

Amit, the other Indian in the field, finished fifth with a time of 1:22:14.30.

India has sent a 59-strong contingent for the event where the country won 27 medals in the previous edition. PTI APA PM APA PM PM