(Athletics news) Olympic 2021 Live Update: Men's 20km Race Walk saw three Indians participating in the Tokyo Olympics which featured one debutant. K.T Irfan finished a disappointing 51st with a timing of 1:34:41, he had previously finished 10th in the London 2012 Olympics. Debutant Rahul Rohilla finished 47th with a timing of 1:32:06 and Sandeep Kumar who broke the national record this year gave some hopes as he finished 23rd with a timing of 1:25:07, he had competed in 50km Walk in the 2016 Rio Olympics. He was placed second till the 8km mark and soon started slipping away after that. 

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Massimo Stano from Italy finished first with a timing of 1:21:05, while Japan took the next two spots as Koki Ikeda finished second with a timing of 1:21:14 and Toshikazu Yamanishi finished third with a timing of 1:21:28. The Men’s Race Walking has one more Indian left in the competition as Gurpreet Singh will be competing tomorrow in the 50km Race Walk.