Kheta Ram

Rio Olympics 2016, Day 16 highlights: Rio hands Olympic flag to Tokyo in glittering closing ceremony

Day 16 of the Rio Olympics 2016 will have India's wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt and marathon runners Thonnakkal Gopi, Kheta Ram and Nitendra Singh Rawat in action

Rio Olympics 2016: Thanackal Gopi, Kheta Ram clock personal best to finish 25th, 26th in marathon

Thanackal Gopi and Kheta Ram put up an inspired show and clocked their personal best timings to finish 25th and 26th respectively in the men's marathon.

Rio Olympics 2016 schedule, day 16: Yogeshwar Dutt aims for gold; marathon runners in action

Day 16 of the Rio Olympics 2016 will see Indians in action across two events – wrestling and athletics. All eyes will be on Yogeshwar Dutt for a medal.

Humans of Olympics: Meet Kheta Ram, the Indian marathoner with single-minded focus in Rio

Humans of Olympics: Meet Nitendra Singh Rawat, the Indian runner eyeing to break national record

Rawat is the fastest man in India in the marathon event. He's come a long way from protecting the Kashmir border to representing India at the Olympics

Rajasthan's Kheta Ram breaks 5000m meet record to qualify for Asian Games

Kheta Ram clocked a creditable 13:49.17 to win the race and eclipse the seven-year-old meet mark of 13:51.64 in the name of Surender Singh.