Summary
His silver medal is the first for India in this race at the Asian Games in 44 years 🥈
He ran about 42 kilometres, which is like running around a big city many times
Another Indian runner, Kartik Karkera, also finished the race
Key Points
4 points1
Silver medal in the men’s marathon
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First Indian marathon medal at the Asian Games since 1982
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Race distance was about 42 kilometres
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Barwal’s finishing time was about 1 hour 49 minutes
New Words to Learn
8 wordsmarathon
a very long running race, about 42 kilometres
silver medal
the award for finishing in second place
record-holder
someone who has the best official time ever recorded
continental
relating to a whole continent, like Asia
podium
the special place where winners stand to get their medals
contender
a person who is trying to win
kilometre
a unit of distance, about 1000 meters
Asian Games
a big sports competition where countries from Asia play many sports
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