New Delhi: India's Baljinder Singh bagged a bronze medal in the men's section of the 10th Asian 20km Race Walking Championships at Nomi City in Japan yesterday to qualify for the World Championships.

The Punjab race walker clocked a modest time of 1 hour 22 minutes 58 seconds to finish third in the competition. He has a personal best of 1:22.12 secs.

The 28-year-old thus became only the second Indian to win a medal in the prestigious championships after Gurmeet Singh won a silver in 2012 besides two bronze medals in 2013 and 2014 editions.