Commonwealth Games 2022: Priyanka Goswami bags silver in 10-km Race Walk

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.

PRIYANKA WINS SILVER #Tokyo2020 Olympian @Priyanka_Goswam wins a in Women’s 10 km Race Walk (43:38.00) at #CommonwealthGames2022

With this win the #Athletics medal count rises to 3 br>
Proud of you Champ
Many congratulations!#Cheer4India#India4CWG2022 pic.twitter.com/rMQqUYZpHz

— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) August 6, 2022

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