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Paralympic newsletter: Canada wins 2 more bronze, plus who to watch this weekend

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Aarti Wins 10000m Race Walk Bronze With National Record To Open India's Account In World U20 Championships

Aarti won a bronze in women's 10000m race walk event with national U20 record time to open India's medal account in the World U20 Athletics Championships on Friday. The 17-year-old Aarti clocked 44 minutes 39.39 seconds to finish third in the gruelling event on the penultimate day of competitions. Aarti broke her own earlier national record of 47:21.04 which she had clocked in March while winning gold in the National Federation Cup U20 Championships in Lucknow. Chinese race walkers Zhuoma Baima (43:26.60) and Meiling Chen (44:30.67) took the gold and silver respectively.

Sarah Healy impresses in Rome, Ireland book World U20 final spot

UCD AC's Sarah Healy produced a strong run to finish eighth in the women’s 1500m at the latest Diamond League meeting in Rome.

Refugee from Afghanistan hoping to double up in LA under French flag

PARIS : Zakia Khudadadi, the first athlete from the refugees team to clinch a medal at the Paralympics, is hoping to represent France at the next games in Los Angeles in 2028 and wants to expand her repertoire by competing in both taekwondo and athletics.