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World Athletics U20 Championships: India's Amit wins silver in 10,000 m race walk

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World Athletics U20 Championships: India's Amit wins silver in 10,000 m race walk
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India's Amit Khatri won the silver medal in men's 10,000m race walk at the World Athletics U20 Championships as he finished with a time of 42 minutes 17.94 seconds in Nairobi on Saturday. Amit finished behind gold medal winner Heristone Wanyonyi of Kenya, who clocked a time of 42:10.84. The Indian youngster had led the race for large parts before being overtaken by Wanyonyi in the penultimate lap. Paul McGrath of Spain took home the bronze medal with a time of 42:26.11.
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World Athletics U20 Amit of India Created History by Winning Silver - NewsyoloAlso read | New Vande Bharat train to come with these modern features Amit (17) had set a new national U-20 record in 10km race walking earlier this year when he won the title at the 18th National Federation Cup with a time of 40:40.97. “As it's a high altitude, so breathing (was a) problem for me. It was my first international competition and (I) won silver for India. I'm happy with silver at least I could fulfil the hopes of India,” said Amit after winning the medal, according to a tweet shared by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI).
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This is the first time that an Indian has won a medal in race walking and is also the first time that the country has won two medals in a single edition of the event. The mixed 4x400m relay team had won the bronze medal earlier this week. World Athletics U20 Championship: India's Shaili Singh qualifies for women's long jump finals | More sports News - Times of IndiaAlso read | ZyCoV-D, 1st Covid vaccine for children above 12, approved in India In the mixed relay race, the Indian quartet of Bharath S, Priya Mohan, Summy and Kapil had clocked 3 minutes 20.60 seconds to finish third in the final. Overall, this is the sixth medal won by an Indian at the World Athletics U20 Championships. Previous winners include Seema Antil, Navjeet Kaur Dhillon, Neeraj Chopra and Hima Das. World Athletics U20 Championships: India's Nandini Agasara qualifies for semifinal of 100m hurdles - Sports News-PTC News-
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