Bhawna Jat, Priyanka Goswami Olympics 2021 Women's 20km racewalk FINAL LIVE updates, commentary

That'll be the end of the race!

Bhawna Jatt finishes 32nd with a speed of 1:37:38

Priyanka Goswami finishes 17th with a speed of 1:32:36

Final finish:

1. Antonella Palmisano (Italy) 1:29:12
2. Sandra Lorena Arena (Colombia)1:29:37
3. Hong Liu (China) 1:29:57

Hong and Maria overtake Sena last moment!

Arenas and Sena are in a close chase for the second spot!

Antonella has a healthy lead and she is on the brink of winning a gold medal!

Antonella Palmisano from Italy leads the race into the final lap! She is followed by Arenas from Colombia and Sena from Brazil.

After the completion of 18km, Priyanka Goswami is ranked 17th, Bhawna is yet to complete her 18th

After the completion of 17km, Indians are ranked at:

17. Priyanka Goswami
31. Bhawna Jatt

Antonella from Italy extends her lead!

The top 5 are separated by only 2 seconds with 4 kilometres to go!

After the completion of 16km, Indians are ranked at:

17. Priyanka Goswami
32. Bhawna Jatt

Can we have another Italian finsihing first at 20km racewalk?

Priyanka is 32 seconds behind Antonella from Italy who is leading the race.

After the completion of 15km, Indians are ranked at:

15.Priyanka Goswami
34. Bhawna Jatt

After the completion of 14km, Indians are ranked at:

15. Priyanka Goswami
33. Bhawna Jatt

Priyanka is away from the leading pack and chances of a medal looks bleak from here.

Priyanka is slipping behind now!

After the completion of 12km, Indians are ranked at:

10. Priyanka Goswami
35. Bhawna Jatt

After the completion of 11km, Indians are ranked at:

8. Priyanka Goswami
34. Bhawna Jatt

The top 13 racewalkers are separated by only one second!

After the completion of 10km, Indians are ranked at:

9. Priyanka Goswami
34. Bhawna Jatt

This has been a much more competitive event in comparison to the men's one held yesterday!

After the completion of 9km, Indians are ranked at:

7. Priyanka Goswami
33. Bhawna Jatt

Priyanka also has a warning to her name.

Priyanka drops to 8th as of now but the top 10 runners are seperated by inches only!

Yes, you heard it correct. Priyanka Goswami is first after completion of 8km!

After the completion of 8km, Indians are ranked at:

1. Priyanka Goswami
33. Bhawna Jatt

After the completion of 7km, Indians are ranked at:

4. Priyanka Goswami
34. Bhawna Jatt

Bhawna Jat is lagging behind in the race while Priyanka is still pushing in the top 5 as we reach the 30 minutes mark.

After the completion of 6km, Indians are ranked at:

3. Priyanka Goswami
33. Bhawna Jatt

Priyanka is once again back in top 3!

After the completion of 5km, Indians are ranked at:

5.Priyanka Goswami
28. Bhawna Jatt

Priaynka moves to top 3 after taking the first turn in 5th lap!

After the completion of 4km, Indians are ranked at:

4. Priyanka Goswami
28. Bhawna Jatt

Not much to seperate the top 20 runners so far, the pack is moving together.

After the completion of 3km, Indians are ranked at:

6. Priyanka Goswami
27. Bhawna Jat

Five runners are running at the same speed and leading the race.

After the completion of 2km, Indians are ranked at:

17. Priyanka Goswami
34. Bhawna Jatt

After the completion of 1km, Indians are ranked at:

16.Priyanka Goswami
35. Bhawna Jatt

The Indian duo can be spotted in the second line of the pack.

The race begins!

We're 5 minutes away from the start!

There are 58 participants in this racewalk!

The Olympics Record was set by Elena Lashmanova from Russia who completed the 20km event in 1 hour 25 minutes and 2 seconds at the London Olympics 2012

The World Record for this event was set by the Chinese Jiayu Yang in March 2011. She finished the distance in 1 hour 23 minutes and 49 seconds.

Bhawna Jat is ranked 139 in the world and her personal best timing is of 1 hour 29 minutes and 54 seconds with her seasonal best being 1:32:59

Priyanka Goswami is ranked 55 in the world and her personal and seasonal best timing is of 1 hour 28 minutes and 45 seconds.