Tokyo Olympics: Athletics LIVE Day 14, August 6th — Men's Relay Team sets a new Asian and National record while Priyanka Goswami and Bhawna Jat finish 17th and 32nd respectively in race walk finals — Updates, scores, results, blog

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Update: 2021-08-06 07:15 GMT

That's all from our coverage for Athletics on Day 14 of the Tokyo Olympics

India's Priyanka Goswami and Bhawna Jat finish 17th and 32nd in the Women's 20km Race Walk Final. On the other hand, the Indian Men's Relay team set a new National and Asian record but couldn't advance to the finals after finishing 9th in the overall standings.

Thank you for joining in and do tune in tomorrow as we have India's Neeraj Chopra competing in the Men's Javelin Throw finals.

Goodbye for now.

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2021-08-06 11:56 GMT

Thank you very much for joining in the live coverage.

Do tune in tomorrow as we have India's Neeraj Chopra in action in the Men's Javelin Throw final.

Goodbye for now.

2021-08-06 11:50 GMT

Indian team knocked out in heats :(

Despite setting a new Asian Record, the timings are not fast enough for the Indian team to qualify for the finals.

The fourth and fifth-placed teams in the first heat both finished under the three-minute mark.

2021-08-06 11:43 GMT

India finishes fourth in their heats.

The team of Muhammed Anas, Noah Nirma, Arokia Rajiv, and Amoj Jacob set a new Asian as well as National Record with a time of 3:00:25.


2021-08-06 11:34 GMT

The second heat is set to start in a couple of minutes. India will be in Lane 2.

2021-08-06 11:32 GMT

To qualify for the finals the Indian team will have to either finish in the first three in their heats or be the top 2 fastest teams amongst all the teams in both the heats.

2021-08-06 11:29 GMT

Welcome back to the final event of our live coverage.

The Indian men's relay team will be in action in the 4x400m heats.

2021-08-06 09:21 GMT

Well, that's all for the women's race walk final.

But we'll come back in some time for the Men's 4x400m relay event.

Stay tuned.

2021-08-06 09:05 GMT

Priyanka Goswami finishes 17th and it is a commendable effort from the 25-year-old.

Her teammate, Bhawna Jat, finishes in the 32nd position.

2021-08-06 09:02 GMT

End of the race

Antonella Palmisano of Italy wins the gold. 

2021-08-06 08:55 GMT

2km to go

Priyanka Goswami has maintained her position of 17th, while Bhawna Jat has improved by a place and is 31st right now.

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