The U-18 Indian athlete Nitin Gupta was well to win the gold medal in the boys’ 5,000 meter racewalk final in the U-15 Asian Championships in Saudi Arabia, but lost medals for an initial festival and won second place and won the silver medal.
The athletes of Uttar Pradesh were comfortable in the last 50 meters of the race with Zhu Ninghao in China. However, Nitin decided to celebrate the losing microcecand in the previous stretch and Ninghao took him to win a gold medal.
Ninghao witnessed 20: 21.50s to win a gold medal, while Nitin finished second by a microcecond clocking 20: 21.51s.
Nitin Silver is India’s first medal in the current version of the Asian U18 Athletics Championship.
Watch: Nitin Gupta loses gold due to the initial festival
🚨 Nitin Gupta won India’s first medal in the U-18 Asian Athletics Championship 2025!
The young man of Uttar Pradesh gave silver to silver in the 5 km race, 20: 21.51s disappeared from just 0.01S in a nail cutting finish against the Zhu Ninghao of Clocking-China!
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The 17 -year -old athlete has placed the current U20 World lead in the 5,000 meter rackwalk with a time of 19: 24.48. He shattered the U20 and U18 National Records at the National Youth Athletics Championship in Patna, Bihar.
Among other Indian athletes in the action, Aarti finished second in the girls’ 100 meters and recorded a new personal best. She was also eligible for the final with the second fastest time across the heat behind the Zhang Qian (11.75s) of China.
She will join today in the finals of the 100 meter incident of girls in today.
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In the 400 meter heat of the girls, Edwina Jason saw 56.96S to qualify for the final. With 55.86S individual best, he has a chance to win a later medal in the final.
