18-year-old Tushar Pawar created history by clocking 19:59.00 in the U20 5km race walk (road), breaking the national record and winning gold at the Open Race Walking Meet.
He is now the first Indian ever to go sub-20 in the U20 5km (road) race walk.
The national record in the 5000m race walk (track) is held by Nitin Gupta at 19:24.48.
Remarkably, Tushar, a Class 12 student, rushed home after his victory to prepare for his board exam the very next day.