Commonwealth Games 2022: Priyanka Goswami wins silver in women’s 10,000m race walk

Priyanka Goswami on Saturday wins a medal in race walk with a silver in the 10,000m event at the Commonwealth Games.

Goswami clocked a personal best time of 43:38.83s to finish second behind Jemima Montag (42:34.30) of Australia. Emily Wamusyi Ngii (43:50.86) of Kenya took the bronze.

Meanwhile, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) took to its official Twitter handle on Saturday and celebrated Priyanka’s win with a tweet. “PRIYANKA WINS SILVER #Tokyo2020 Olympian @Priyanka_Goswam wins a silver medal in Women’s 10 km Race Walk (43:38.00) at #CommonwealthGames2022. With this win the #Athletics medal count rises to 3. Proud of you Champ, Many congratulations!,” SAI Media said.

It is pertinent to mention that this was India’s third medal in Athletics at the CWG 2022, after Tejaswin Shankar and Murali Sreeshankar added medals to India’s tally on Day 7.