Priyanka Goswami scripts history, becomes 1st Indian to clinch silver in 10,000m race walk at CWG

Priyanka Goswami scripts history, becomes 1st Indian to clinch silver in 10,000m race walk at CWG

Priyanka Goswami won a silver in women's 10,000m race walk. | @Priyanka_Goswami |

Priyanka Goswami on Saturday 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.