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	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	Basanta is from a hamlet, located 12 hours north of Kathmandu, Nepal.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/london-olympics-2012/olympics-2012-teamindia/basantrana.cms \|title=Basanta Bahadur Rana Olympics 2012 Player Profile, News, Medals - Times of India \|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803005910/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/london-olympics-2012/olympics-2012-teamindia/basantrana.cms \|archive-date=2012-08-03}} </ref> He joined the [[Indian army]] in 2002 and is currently serving at the [[Gorkha regiments (India)\|Gorkha Regiment]]. Basanta is supported by [[Anglian Medal Hunt Company]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=An introduction to Indian long distance walkers\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/article3614805.ece\|work=The Hindu\|date= 8 July 2012 \|accessdate=9 July ~~2022~~}}</ref>		Basanta is from a hamlet, located 12 hours north of Kathmandu, Nepal.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/london-olympics-2012/olympics-2012-teamindia/basantrana.cms \|title=Basanta Bahadur Rana Olympics 2012 Player Profile, News, Medals - Times of India \|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803005910/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/london-olympics-2012/olympics-2012-teamindia/basantrana.cms \|archive-date=2012-08-03}} </ref> He joined the [[Indian army]] in 2002 and is currently serving at the [[Gorkha regiments (India)\|Gorkha Regiment]]. Basanta is supported by [[Anglian Medal Hunt Company]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=An introduction to Indian long distance walkers\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/article3614805.ece\|work=The Hindu\|date= 8 July 2012 \|accessdate=9 July 2012}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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	[[Sepoy]] '''Basanta Bahadur Rana''' (born 18 January 1984 in [[Chamkipur]], [[Nepal]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418091004/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/basant-bahadur-rana-1.html Sports-Reference profile]</ref>) is an ~~[[India]]n~~ athlete who competes in [[racewalking]].<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=ind/athcode=241440/index.html IAAF Profile]</ref> He represented [[India at the 2012 Summer Olympics\|India]] in the [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk\|50 km race walk event]] at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in London. His personal best in this event before the Games was 4:02:13 and he bettered it by clocking a time of 3:56:48, a new [[List of Indian records in athletics\|national record]].		[[Sepoy]] '''Basanta Bahadur Rana''' (born 18 January 1984 in [[Chamkipur]], [[Nepal]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418091004/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/basant-bahadur-rana-1.html Sports-Reference profile]</ref>) is an Indian athlete who competes in [[racewalking]].<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=ind/athcode=241440/index.html IAAF Profile]</ref> He represented [[India at the 2012 Summer Olympics\|India]] in the [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk\|50 km race walk event]] at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in London. His personal best in this event before the Games was 4:02:13 and he bettered it by clocking a time of 3:56:48, a new [[List of Indian records in athletics\|national record]].

	==2012 Summer Olympics==		==2012 Summer Olympics==
	Basanta qualified for the Olympics at the [[2012 IAAF World Race Walking Cup]] in [[Saransk]], [[Russia]] in May 2012, with a B qualifying standard. He was trained by the former national record holder Gurdev Singh. In the 1960 Olympics at Rome, [[Zora Singh]] was 8th clocking 4:37:44.6s.		Basanta qualified for the Olympics at the [[2012 IAAF World Race Walking Cup]] in [[Saransk]], [[Russia]] in May 2012, with a B qualifying standard. He was trained by the former national record holder Gurdev Singh. In the 1960 Olympics at Rome, [[Zora Singh]] was 8th clocking 4:37:44.6s.{{fact\|date=September 2022}}

	Basanta finished 36th in the event by setting a new national record of 3:56:48. By setting this record, Basanta broke the previous national record of 4:16:22 clocked by his mentor Gurdev Singh who had set it in [[Hyderabad (India)\|Hyderabad]] in 2005.<ref>{{cite web\|author=Shreedutta Chidananda \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/article3614805.ece \|title=FEATURES / SUNDAY MAGAZINE : The loneliness of the long-distance walkers \|~~publisher~~=The Hindu \|date=2012-07-08 \|accessdate=2012-08-11}}</ref>		Basanta finished 36th in the event by setting a new national record of 3:56:48. By setting this record, Basanta broke the previous national record of 4:16:22 clocked by his mentor Gurdev Singh who had set it in [[Hyderabad (India)\|Hyderabad]] in 2005.<ref>{{cite web\|author=Shreedutta Chidananda \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/article3614805.ece \|title=FEATURES / SUNDAY MAGAZINE : The loneliness of the long-distance walkers \|work=The Hindu \|date=2012-07-08 \|accessdate=2012-08-11}}</ref>

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	Basanta is from a hamlet, located 12 hours north of Kathmandu.<ref>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/london-olympics-2012/olympics-2012-teamindia/basantrana.cms</ref> He joined the [[Indian army]] in 2002 and is currently serving at the [[Gorkha regiments (India)\|Gorkha Regiment]]. Basanta is supported by [[Anglian Medal Hunt Company]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=An introduction to Indian long distance walkers\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/article3614805.ece\|~~publisher~~=The Hindu\|date= 8 July 2012 \|accessdate=9 July ~~2012~~}}</ref>		Basanta is from a hamlet, located 12 hours north of Kathmandu, Nepal.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/london-olympics-2012/olympics-2012-teamindia/basantrana.cms \|title=Basanta Bahadur Rana Olympics 2012 Player Profile, News, Medals - Times of India \|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803005910/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/london-olympics-2012/olympics-2012-teamindia/basantrana.cms \|archive-date=2012-08-03}} </ref> He joined the [[Indian army]] in 2002 and is currently serving at the [[Gorkha regiments (India)\|Gorkha Regiment]]. Basanta is supported by [[Anglian Medal Hunt Company]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=An introduction to Indian long distance walkers\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/article3614805.ece\|work=The Hindu\|date= 8 July 2012 \|accessdate=9 July 2022}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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[[Sepoy]] '''Basanta Bahadur Rana''' (born 18 January 1984 in [[Chamkipur]], [[Nepal]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418091004/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/basant-bahadur-rana-1.html Sports-Reference profile]</ref>) is an [[India]]n athlete who competes in [[racewalking]].<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=ind/athcode=241440/index.html IAAF Profile]</ref> He represented [[India at the 2012 Summer Olympics|India]] in the [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk|50 km race walk event]] at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in London. His personal best in this event before the Games was 4:02:13 and he bettered it by clocking a time of 3:56:48, a new [[List of Indian records in athletics|national record]].

==2012 Summer Olympics==
Basanta qualified for the Olympics at the [[2012 IAAF World Race Walking Cup]] in [[Saransk]], [[Russia]] in May 2012, with a B qualifying standard. He was trained by the former national record holder Gurdev Singh. In the 1960 Olympics at Rome, [[Zora Singh]] was 8th clocking 4:37:44.6s.

Basanta finished 36th in the event by setting a new national record of 3:56:48. By setting this record, Basanta broke the previous national record of 4:16:22 clocked by his mentor Gurdev Singh who had set it in [[Hyderabad (India)|Hyderabad]] in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|author=Shreedutta Chidananda |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/article3614805.ece |title=FEATURES / SUNDAY MAGAZINE : The loneliness of the long-distance walkers |publisher=The Hindu |date=2012-07-08 |accessdate=2012-08-11}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Basanta is from a hamlet, located 12 hours north of Kathmandu.<ref>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/london-olympics-2012/olympics-2012-teamindia/basantrana.cms</ref> He joined the [[Indian army]] in 2002 and is currently serving at the [[Gorkha regiments (India)|Gorkha Regiment]]. Basanta is supported by [[Anglian Medal Hunt Company]].<ref>{{cite web|title=An introduction to Indian long distance walkers|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/article3614805.ece|publisher=The Hindu|date= 8 July 2012 |accessdate=9 July 2012}}</ref>

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[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for India]]
[[Category:People from Nawalparasi District]]
[[Category:Indian Army personnel]]
[[Category:Indian people of Nepalese descent]]
[[Category:Asian Games competitors for India]]