World U20 Athletics Championships: Aarti rewrites national record to clinch bronze in women's 10000m race walk event

Lima [Peru], August 31 (ANI): Aarti clinched a bronze medal in the women's 10000m race walk event with a national U20 record time to open India's medal tally account in the World U20 Athletics Championships.

The 17-year-old clocked a timing of 44:39.99s to secure a podium finish on the penultimate day of the Athletics Championships.

Aarti bettered the national record of 47:21.04s that she previously registered in March th