Amit Khatri bags silver in 10,000m race walk at World U-20 Athletics C'ships (Video)

Nairobi: India's Amit Khatri won the silver medal in the men's 10,000 m race walk event at the World U-20 Athletics Championship at Kasarani Stadium, here on Saturday.

The 17-year-old Khatri clocked 42 minute 17.94 seconds to finish second behind Kenya's Heristone Wanyoni (42:10.84) while Paul McGrath of Spain bagged the bronze with a timing of 42:26.11 minutes.

Amit’s silver is the second medal for India at this meet.The mixed 4x400m relay team had won a bronze on the opening day of competitions on Wednesday.(UNI)

Heristone Wanyonyi  wins Kenya's first ever global race walk title 

He is the #WorldAthleticsU20 10,000m race walk champion in a PB 42:10.84.

Amit  wins  for India and @PaulMcGrathinho  continues Spain's history of race walking success with a  pic.twitter.com/zhu4iSDvcO

— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) August 21, 2021