A silver medal-winning show at the World U-20 Championships has boosted confidence of race walker Amit Khatri, who now wants to replicate his success at the big stage—the Asian Games and the Commonwealth Games next year.

Son of a havildar-ranked Indian defence force personnel, Khatri clocked 42 minutes 17.94 seconds to finish behind host country’s Heristone Wanyoni (42:10.84) in men’s 10,000m race on Saturday.