New Delhi, April 17 -- Nitin Gupta was leading the U-18 boys 5,000m race-walk final, but early celebration cost him a gold medal at the Asian Youth Athletics Championship in Dammam, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.
As Nitin raised his arm in celebration about 40 metres from the finish, China's Zhu Ninghao sneaked past to win, giving a valuable lesson to the Indian. Zhu won in 20 minutes, 21.50 secs while Gupta took silver (20:21.51secs). Lo Sheng Qin of Chinese Taipei was third (21:37.88).
Aarti took a creditable bronze in the girls' 100m. The Indian was slow off the blocks but brilliantly picked up pace to finish third (11.93secs) despite stumbling on the line. China's Zhang Qian (11.80secs) and Sri Lanka's Dhanajana Swmini Fernando Liyanage (...