India's Amit Khatri wins silver in 10km race walk at World U-20 Athletics Meet

Amit Khatri won silver in men’s 10,000m race walk event to clinch India's second medal at the World U-20 Athletics Championship in Nairobi on Saturday.

The 17-year-old Khatri, the national record holder and world U-20 season leader, clocked 42 minute 17.94 seconds to finish second behind Kenya's Heristone Wanyoni (42:10.84) on the fourth and penultimate day of the championships.

The mixed 4x400m relay team had won a bronze on the first day of competitions on Wednesday. Khatri was leading after the 9000m mark but the local athlete Wanyoni pulled ahead with less than two laps left in the race to win gold with a personal best time. Paul McGrath of Spain won the bronze with a timing of 42:26.11 minutes.


The Rohtak lad rued that he could not produce his personal best of 40:40.97 which he had recorded while winning gold during the Federation Cup Junior National Championships in January.

The high altitude conditions in the Kenyan capital had affected Khatri's performance as he struggled for breath during the race.