The shape of things to come was evident the way 20 km woman walker Khushbir Kaur who came close to rewrite her on national record of 1:33.07 ,which she had set at the 2014 Asian Games while wining a silver medal. ended her event.
Khushbir clocked 1:40:33 to be placed 54th. The other Indian in the fray, Sapna Punia, did not finish the race, dropping out after the 8km mark.
Khushbir was 43rd after the 2km mark among a field of 74 athletes before completing the 6km mark with a timing of 28:04.
The Indian who timed 1:09.00 to complete the 14km mark, received a caution for a bent knee before she finished the remaining 6kms, 11:58 behind leader Hong.
In men's 50 Km Men walk , National champion Sandeep Kumar did no better .He timed 4 hours 7 minutes and 55 seconds, to finish 35th which was 26:57 behind the gold medalist Matej Toth of Slovakia.
30-year old Sandeep had set up a national record with 3:56. 22 in the IAAF Race walking in China last year.
China's Hong Liu won the gold in 3:40:50 .
In the men's 50km event, world champion Toth managed to beat 2012 London Olympics gold medalist Jared Tallent of Australia into second place with a time of 3:40:58.
Toth, 33, moved past the Australian in the latter stages of a race. The Australian racer clocked 3:41:16. Canada's Evan Dunfee (3:41:38) settled with a bronze and did no better.