Priyanka Goswami wins silver medal in women’s 10,000m race walk | News about Commonwealth Games – Canada Express News

Priyanka Goswami made history on Saturday when she became the first Indian woman to medal in racewalk with a silver in the 10,000m event at the Commonwealth Games here. Goswami clocked a personal best of 43:38.83s and finished second behind Australia’s Jemima Montag (42:34.30). Emily Wamusyi Ngii (43:50.86) from Kenya took the bronze. The other Indian in the fight, Bhawna Jat, finished eighth and last with a personal best of 47:14.13. Harminder Singh was the first Indian to win a medal in the race walk — bronze — in the 2010 CWG 20km event in Delhi.

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