Vikash Singh (athlete) explained

Vikash Singh (born 6 July 1996) is an Indian athlete from Delhi.^[1] He takes part in 20km race walk. He is selected to represent India in the 2024 Summer Olympics at Paris.^[2] He finished 30th at the Paris Olympics with a time of 1hour, 22min, 36 seconds.^{[3] [4]}

Early life

Singh is a Kerala-born athlete, settled in Delhi.

Career

Singh met the Olympic qualifying mark at the Asian 20 km Race Walking Championships by clocking 1:20:05 seconds on way to a silver medal on 19 March 2023. The qualifying mark was 1hour, 20min, 10sec. Paramjeet, who won the bronze medal also crossed the qualifying mark and made it to the Olympics. The duo will take part in the 20 km race walk at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Vikash SINGH Profile World Athletics . 2024-07-06 . worldathletics.org.
2. Web site: 2023-03-19 . Indian racewalkers Vikas Singh and Paramjeet Singh Bisht qualify for 2024 Paris Olympics . 2024-07-06 . India Today . en.
3. Web site: 2024-07-20 . Vikash Singh Paris Olympics 2024, Athletics: Know Your Olympian . 2024-09-04 . News18 . en.
4. Web site: SINGH . NAVNEET . 2024-08-15 . Paris Olympics 2024: Nervous Vikash Singh returns wiser . 2024-09-04 . The Patriot . en-US.
5. News: 2023-03-19 . Race walkers Vikash Singh, Paramjeet Singh Bisht qualify for 2024 Olympics and 2023 World C'ships in 20km event . 2024-07-06 . The Economic Times . 0013-0389.