CWG 2022: Fashionista Athlete Priyanka Goswami's Moment Under The Sun

A devotee of Lord Krishna and all things fashionable, Commonwealth Games silver medallist race walker Priyanka Goswami is an interesting melange, who aspires to be a designer of haute couture. She competed in her race walk event at the CWG here on Saturday with her fingernails painted, and her hair and kits in tip-top condition.

They were just the way she wanted them to be, perhaps helping her in scripting a small piece of history in the process.

"I love new things, wearing fashionable dresses. Before I go for races, I would think how to dress up my kits and which hairstyle I will have, like this," Goswami said.

Before her race, Goswami had painted her fingernails with flags of countries where she had competed.

"I have also painted my nails with the flags of the country where I compete so I have England for the Commonwealth Games, Japan for the Olympic Games, Spain because I raced there and some other flags as well.

"I also have a Lord Krishna and I take him with me to every competition and he brought me luck today," Goswami, who has become the first Indian woman to win a CWG medal in race walk, added.

Her Instagram page says a lot about her liking for dressing up well.

As a child Goswami was fascinated with the bag the medal winners were presented with, but on Saturday, the race walker actually got to lay her hand on the coveted metal the podium finishers are awarded at prestigious international events.

Prior to the Tokyo Olympics last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had mentioned that Goswami had taken up athletics due to her fascination with the medal winners' bag.

"It's a big achievement, it is really tough to win race walk medal in international events. Not only winning the medal, I also made history," Goswami