Amit Khatri bags silver in 10,000m race walk at World U-20 Athletics C’ships

Nairobi, Aug 22 (FN Agency) 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.