World U20 Athletics Championships 2024: Aarti wins bronze in 10000m race walk with national record

Aarti was victorious in the women’s 10000m race walk competition at the World U20 Athletics Championships 2024, which took place on Friday in Lima, Peru. She was awarded the bronze medal for her performance. This was the first medal that India has ever won at the competition.

Aarti, who is 17 years old, finished the race in 44 minutes and 39.39 seconds, so rewriting her own U20 national mark of 47 minutes and 21.04 seconds, which she had previously achieved in Lucknow earlier this year. Aarti’s time to finish the marathon was 44 minutes and 39.39 seconds.

Both Zhuoma Baima and Meiling Chen, who participated for the People’s Republic of China, won the gold and silver medals, respectively. Both of these athletes competed for the People’s Republic of China.

An invitation to compete in the World Under-20 Championships was granted to Aarti as a result of her outstanding performance in the women’s 10,000-meter race walk at the Asian U20 Athletics Championships 2024, which were held in Dubai.

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United Arab Emirates, in the month of April. She finished with a time of 47 minutes and 45.33 seconds, which was good enough to earn her the bronze medal at the continental competition.

Competitors from India will compete in three separate competitions on the last day of the World U20 Athletics Championships. These competitors will fight for medals in each of the competitions that they compete in.

During the preliminary round of the men’s 4×400-meter relay, the Indian team, which of Rihan Chaudhary, Ankul, Abiram Pramod, and Jay Kumar, achieved a time of 3:08.10 seconds, which resulted in the breaking of the national Junior Under-20 record.

They were able to achieve a second-place result in the third part, which allowed them to advance to the final round. Pooja Singh broke the national record for the women’s high jump by achieving a leap of 1.83 meters during the qualification round B.

This resulted in her breaking the record already held by the previous holder. Her overall performance in the qualification was ninth, and she will be competing in the medal round of the competition on Saturday. She will be competing in the competition.

Prior to Pooja’s achievement, the national U20 record stood at 1.82 meters. This mark was established at the Asian U20 Athletics championship that was held in the Republic of Korea earlier this year. Pooja became the first person to break this record.

As part of the men’s steeplechase category, Shahruk Khan will be competing in the final round of the tournament. It was during the heats that he had also broken the national record for the U20 age group. He had clocked in at 8:45:12, which enabled him to position sixth in the qualification round.

During the World Athletics U20 Championships that were held in Cali, Colombia, two years ago, India emerged triumphant with three medals, including two silvers and a bronze. These medals were awarded to India.

Both the men’s triple jump and the mixed 4×400-meter relay were events in which Selva Thirumaran was able to demonstrate his exceptional skill, earning him silver medals. During the women’s 400-meter race, Rupal Chaudhary had the opportunity to compete and was awarded bronze.

at the year 2024, India sent a total of 43 competitors to compete at the World Under-20 Athletics Championships. Among these athletes were seven who had previously won the European Under-20 title. There will be a finish to the competition on Saturday, according to the timetable.