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Priyanka Goswami Secures 10km Title at Austrian Race Walking Championships

She clocked 47 minutes 54 seconds despite a one-minute penalty following a bout of fever

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Overview

  • Goswami claimed her first victory of the 2025 season by winning the women’s 10km race walk in Innsbruck on June 9
  • The triumph underscores her return to form after a bout of fever hampered her early-season preparation
  • In May she finished second at the Athletics Victoria Walking Championships in Melbourne with a time of 2 hours 26 minutes 54 seconds
  • The 29-year-old holds India’s 20km race walk record of 1:28:45 and set her 10km personal best of 45:47 in 2022
  • In the men’s 35km race walk at the same meet, Sandeep Kumar and Ram Baboo took silver and bronze respectively