NEW DELHI:
Aarti
, a 17-year-old Indian athlete, secured a bronze medal in the women's
10000m race walk
event at the World U-20
Athletics
Championships in Lima on Friday, setting a new national record with a time of 44 minutes 39.39 seconds.
This achievement marked the beginning of India's medal tally in the competition, PTI reported.
The gold and silver medals in the challenging event were claimed by Chinese race walkers Zhuoma Baima (43:26.60) and Meiling Chen (44:30.67), respectively.
In another notable performance, Pooja Singh, a 17-year-old from Fatehbad district, Haryana, broke the national U20 women's high jump record during the qualification round on Thursday night.
Pooja, the daughter of a mason, cleared a height of 1.83m, surpassing her own previous record of 1.82m set last year in Korea, where she won a silver medal at the Asian U-20 Championships.
Her impressive jump earned her a second-place finish in qualification round group B and a ninth-place finish overall, securing her spot in the final scheduled for Saturday.
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