Hyderabad: Rambabu, an officer from the Artillery Centre in Hyderabad, has qualified for the Cambodian Asian Games in 2023, setting a new national record.
The defense wing's PRO account tweeted, "Hav Rambabu of Artillery Centre #Hyderabad created a New #NationalRecord of 2:31:36 in 10th Indian Open Race Walking Competition 2023 and qualified for
#AsianGames." to make the announcement on Twitter.
Juned and Chandan Singh qualified shortly after Rambabu with times of 2:36:04 and 2:36:55, respectively.
The International Olympic Committee reported in an article that Rambabu also broke the previous national record of 2:36:34 to win the Gujarat National Games last year.