In the World U20 Athletics Championships, Aarti won a Bronze medal in the Women’s 10000m race walk event with the National U20 record time to open India’s medal account at Lima in Peru yesterday. She clocked 44 minutes 39.39 seconds to finish third in the gruelling event on the penultimate day of competitions.
The 17-year-old Aarti broke her own earlier national record of 47 minutes 21.04 seconds which she had clocked in March this year in the National Federation Cup U20 Championships in Lucknow. Chinese race walkers Zhuoma Baima won the gold while and Meiling Chen clinched silver.
