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Steeplechaser Avinash Sable, race walker Priyanka Goswami clinch silver medals in CWG

Commonwealth Games athletics competition here on Saturday. Goswami also scripted history as she became the first Indian woman to win a medal in race walk with a silver in 10,000m event. With the two silver, the Indian athletics team's medal count swelled to four and it has already gone past the number in 2018 Gold Coast where the country had won a gold, silver and bronze each in track and field. High jumper Tejswin Shankar and long jumper Murali Sreeshankar had won a bronze and silver respectively in Birmingham.

CWG 2022: Steeplechaser Sable, Race Walker Priyanka Clinch Silver Medals

Avinash Sable broke his own national record to win a silver in the men's 3000m steeplechase while Priyanka Goswami also clinched a medal of the same hue in the women's 10,000m race walk on a productive day for India in the Commonwealth Games athletics competition here on Saturday. Goswami also scripted history as she became the first Indian woman to win a medal in race walk with a silver in 10,000m event. With the two silver, the Indian athletics team's medal count swelled to four and it has already gone past the number in 2018 Gold Coast where the country had won a gold, silver and bronze each in track and field.

CWG 2022: Priyanka Goswami clinches silver in women's 10,000m race walk

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 Goswami Wins Silver Medal In Women's 10,000m Race Walk

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.

Commonwealth Games 2022, Updated Medals Tally: With 9 Gold, India At Fifth Spot

The eighth day of the ongoing Commonwealth Games saw Indian wrestlers taking centre stage, winning three more gold medals. Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Deepak Punia were the ones that won gold in their respective weight categories to take India's medal tally to 26, including nine gold. As a result, the contingent is now at the fifth spot in the medals tally, ahead of Scotland and South Africa.

Canadian wrestlers Lachlan McNeil, Ana Godinez Gonzalez claim silver medals at Commonwealth Games

Canadian freestyle wrestlers Lachlan McNeil, Ana Godinez Gonzalez and Hannah Taylor added to Canada's medal total at the 2022 Commonwealth Games on Friday.

Indian men's 4x400m relay team qualifies for final, Jyothi exits in 100m hurdles

Commonwealth Games after finishing second in its heat race on Friday. The Indian quartet of Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Noah Nirmal Tom, Mohammed Ajmal and Amoj Jacob took the automatic qualification route, clocking 3:06.97s to finish second behind Kenya in heat 2. India were fourth before the last leg bend but Amoj overtook two runners at the final stretch to finish second. He had suffered a hamstring injury while running 4x400m relay as part of the Indian quartet during the National Inter-State Championships in Chennai last month.

CWG 2022: Indian Team Reaches Final Of Men's 4x400 Relay Event

The Indian quartet of Muhammad Anas, Noah Nirmal Tom, Muhammed Ajmal and Amoj Jacob have qualified for the final of the men's 4 x 400 relay event after performing great in their heat number 2 at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Friday. The Indian team finished in the second spot in heat 2, having clocked the timings of 3:06.97 seconds. At the top was team Kenya, which clocked a timing of 3:06.76s. At the third position was the team of Trinidad and Tobago, which ended with timings of 3:07.12s on the board. These three teams have earned a spot in the final.

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Steeplechaser Avinash Sable, race walker Priyanka Goswami clinch silver medals in CWG

CWG 2022: Steeplechaser Sable, Race Walker Priyanka Clinch Silver Medals

CWG 2022: Priyanka Goswami clinches silver in women's 10,000m race walk

Priyanka Goswami Wins Silver Medal In Women's 10,000m Race Walk

Commonwealth Games 2022, Updated Medals Tally: With 9 Gold, India At Fifth Spot

Canadian wrestlers Lachlan McNeil, Ana Godinez Gonzalez claim silver medals at Commonwealth Games

Indian men's 4x400m relay team qualifies for final, Jyothi exits in 100m hurdles

CWG 2022: Indian Team Reaches Final Of Men's 4x400 Relay Event