Riffa (Bahrain), Oct 24: India’s Palash Mandal won a bronze medal in the boys’ 5000m walk at the Asian Youth Games here on Friday.
Mandal clocked 24:48.92s to secure the third position in the final behind Chinese duo of Haoze Zhang (21:43.82s) and silver medallist Yujie Lu (22:28.64s).
The meet record is in the name of Nitin Gupta of India, who clocked 19:24.48s in 2025 in Patna.
The dominant show on the mat lifted India’s tally to two gold, three silver and seven bronze medals (2-3-7) at the continental event that will conclude on October 27.
China continued to lead the table with eight gold, 11 silver and two bronze (8-11-2), followed by Thailand (6-2-2), Uzbekistan (6-2-2) and Iran (3-4-6).
Athletes from 45 national federations are competing for a total of 1,677 medals — 505 gold, 503 silver and 669 bronze — across 21 sports at the ongoing Asian Youth Games. (PTI)
