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Indian Open Race Walking Competition: Uttarakhand's Suraj Panwar has achieved the qualifying standard for the Paris 2024 Olympics in the men's 20km race walk event at the Indian Open Race Walking Competition, here on Tuesday.

Panwar clocked one hour, 19 minutes and 43 seconds (1:19:43.08) to win the silver medal. The men’s 20km race walking qualifying standard for the Paris 2024 Olympics is 1:20:10.

Akshdeep Singh, who met the Paris qualification last year, successfully defended his title with the timing of 1:19:37.56, bettering his own national record of 1:19:55.00s, which he set during the Nationals last year in February.