Commonwealth Games 2022: Priyanka Goswami bags silver in 10-km Race Walk
Priyanka Goswami became the first Indian woman to win a medal in race walk with a silver in 10,000m event at the Commonwealth Games.
Indian athelete and Tokyo olympian Priyanka Goswami has won a silver medal in Women's 10 KM Race Walk event at Commonwwealth Games in Birmingham.
She scripted history as she became the first Indian woman to win a medal in race walk with a silver in 10,000m event at the Commonwealth Games here.
Goswami clocked a personal best time of 43:38.83s to finished second behind Jemima Montag (42:34.30) of Australia.
Emily Wamusyi Ngii (43:50.86) of Kenya took the bronze.
The other Indian in the fray, Bhawna Jat finished eighth and last with a personal best time of 47:14.13.
Harminder Singh was the first Indian to have won a medal in race walk -- bronze -- in the 20km event in 2010 CWG in Delhi.
with inputs from PTI
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