Race walkers flop, high jumper Roy qualifies for final round

Guangzhou, Nov 21(PTI) Commonwealth Games Indian bronze
medallist Harminder Singh finished a disappointing sixth in
the men's 20km race walk event on the opening day of athletics
competitions in the Asian Games here Sunday.
Harminder clocked a below-par 1:26:33 to finish sixth. He
had clocked 1:23:28 in the Commonwealth Games last month.
Another Indian in the fray, Baljinder Singh finished
seventh with an effort of 1:28:06.
Chinese athletes bagged both the gold and the silver with
Wang Ho winning the event at 1:20:50 ahead of compatriot Chu
Yafei who clocked 1:21:57.
The bronze went to Kim Hyunsub of South Korea who clocked
1:22:47. Kim had won the silver in the 2006 Asian Games in
Doha.
In men's high jump event, Indian national record holder
Hari Shankar Roy qualified for the final while compatriot
Nikhil Chittarasu fell by the wayside.
Both Roy and Chittarasu failed to clear the 2.15m mark
but the former qualified for the final round as one of the 12
best performers after clearing the marks of 2.0m, 2.05m and
2.10m in first attempts. PTI