Aarti, 17, clocked 44 minutes 39.39 seconds to finish third in the event on the penultimate day of competitions.
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Aarti won a bronze medal in women’s 10,000m race walk event with a national U-20 record time to open India’s medal account in the World U-20 Athletics Championships on Friday.
Aarti, 17, clocked 44 minutes 39.39 seconds to finish third in the event on the penultimate day of competitions.
Aarti broke her own earlier national record of 47:21.04 which she had clocked in March enroute a gold in the National Federation Cup U-20 Championships in Lucknow.
Chinese athletes Zhuoma Baima (43:26.60) and Meiling Chen (44:30.67) took the gold and silver respectively.
In the men’s 4x400m relay heats, the Indian quartet of Rihan Chaudhary, Ankul, Abiram Pramod and Jay Kumar shattered the national U-20 record, clocking 3 minute 08.10 second, to finish second and qualify for the final round.
In the women’s 4x400m relay heats, the Indian team of Rujula Amol Bhonsle, Neole Anna Cornelio, Abinaya Rajarajan and Sudheeksha Vadluri also rewrote the national U-20 record, clocking 45.31 seconds but failed to make it to the final by a whisker after finishing ninth overall.
On Thursday, Pooja Singh rewrote the national U-20 women’s national record in high jump to enter the final with a ninth-place finish in the qualification round.
The 17-year-old, who hails from Fatehbad district of Haryana, cleared a height of 1.83m to finish second in qualification round group B and ninth overall and qualify for the final to be held on Saturday.
Daughter of a mason, Pooja broke her own national U20 record of 1.82m set last year in Korea while winning a silver medal at the Asian U20 Championships.
(with inputs from PTI)