Nitin Gupta of ____________ hogged the limelight as he broke the national youth record in 5,000m race walk event on the opening day of the National Youth Athletics Championship 2025.

The Correct Answer is Uttar Pradesh.

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•  Nitin Gupta improves national youth 5,000m race walk record.

Key Points

• Nitin Gupta from Uttar Pradesh broke the national youth record in the 5,000m race walk event on the opening day of the National Youth Athletics Championship.
• He won the gold in the boys' 5,000m race walk event with a time of 19:24.48 seconds, improving his own previous record of 20:01.64 seconds, set in Bhubaneswar last year.
• Nitin Gupta, at the age of 17, set the new national record.
• The 5,000m race walk event is not typically part of senior-level competitions.