Khatri said he couldn’t breathe properly at one stage in the race and was happy with his overall performance.
Amit Khatri won a silver in men’s 10,000m race walk event to clinch India’s second medal at the World U20 Athletics Championship in Nairobi on Saturday. The 17-year-old, the national record holder and world U-20 season leader, clocked 42 minutes and 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. Data check: From Neeraj Chopra to Amit Khatri – India’s medals at World U20 Athletics Championships 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.
