Nitin Gupta breaks national record in men's 10,000m racewalk at Junior National Athletics Championships 2025

Farzan has been a sports journalist since 2020, closely following Olympic sports and kabaddi.

Published at :June 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM

Modified at :June 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM

Nitin Gupta broke the three-year-old national record, set at the same competition.

Uttar Pradesh’s Nitin Gupta broke the national record in the men’s 10000m Race Walk event at the U20 Junior National Athletics Championships 2025 on Monday, June 23. He clocked a time of 39:46.78 seconds to set a new national record, surpassing Amit Khatri’s 40:40.97 seconds, which was set during the 2021 edition of the U20 Junior National Athletics Championships.

The Bhopal-born athlete’s national record of 40:40.97 seconds was also the meet record, which Nitin broke on Monday. The new junior National Record holder was shy of the senior National Record, currently held by Sandeep Kumar (38:49.21), which was set during the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

Uttarakhand’s Himanshu Kumar and Himanshu Panwar won the silver and bronze medals, clocking a time of 42:05.92s and 42:21.33s, respectively. 35 athletes were expected to compete in the men’s 10000m Racewalk final. However, 31 athletes started the race and only 21 finished it.

Two racers from Delhi and one each from Haryana and Bihar did not start the race. Meanwhile, four athletes from Uttarakhand, two from Rajasthan and one each from Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Haryana and the junior camp failed to complete the race.

U20 Junior National Athletics Championships 2025: Men’s 10000m Race Walk Final Results

Nitin Gupta (Uttar Pradesh) – 39:46.78s
Himanshu Kumar (Uttarakhand) – 42:05.92s
Himanshu Panwar (Uttarakhand) – 42:21.33s
Babendra Singh (Uttarakhand) – 43:29.12s
Prashant Kumar (Madhya Pradesh) – 43:43.92s
Ritul Parihar (Uttarakhand) – 44:17.89s
Sachin (Haryana) – 44:30.42s
Tushar Giri (Uttar Pradesh) – 45:01.91s
Harikesh (Haryana) – 45:16.97s
Yogesh Singh (NCOE Bangalore) – 45:54.16s
Ningombam Malemnga (Manipur) – 46:11.49s
Manmohan Singh (Uttarakhand) – 46:16.04s
Jithin Raj K (Kerala) – 47:14.77s
Vivek Bholabhai (Gujarat) – 48:10.28s
Sagarbhai Katara (Gujarat) – 49:11.88s
Shani Kumar (Uttar Pradesh) – 49:25.78s
Elangbam Gungcha (Manipur) – 50:14.86s
Anurag (Uttar Pradesh) – 50:59.46s
Prashant (Uttar Pradesh) – 51:54.93s
Ankit Kishore (Jharkhand) – 51:57.94s
Darshan Bharamappa (Karnataka) – 53:59.52s
Ritik Kumar (Rajasthan) – DNF
Tushar Panwar (Uttarakhand) – DNF
Saurabh Singh Panwar (Uttarakhand) – DNF
Aman Thakur (Uttarakhand) – DNF
Praveen (Rajasthan) – DNF
Amit Kumar (Chhattisgarh) – DNF
Mayank (Haryana) – DNF
Ayush Balaso (Junior Camp 1) – DNF
Aryan Gupta (Jharkhand) – DNF
Anshul Sajwan (Uttarakhand) – DNF
Nishant Dalal (Delhi) – DNS
Vikas (Haryana) – DNS
Yashwant Singh (Delhi) – DNS
Neeraj Keshri (Bihar) – DNS

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Mohamed Farzan

Farzan is a journalist at Khel Now covering Indian Olympic sports and kabaddi. With five years of experience working with major sports organizations like Chennaiyin FC, Dabang Delhi K.C., Rajasthan Royals, and Yuva Kabaddi Series, he brings diverse expertise. Farzan has covered two Olympics, one Commonwealth Games, and one Asian Games, making his knowledge of Indian sports broad and versatile.