Harminder clinches bronze for India in 20km walk

India's Harminder Singh clinched a surprise bronze medal in the men's 20km walk at the Commonwealth Games after clocking a personal best of 1:23:28 here today.

The 26-year-old Harminder finished a minute and 10 seconds behind silver-medallist Luke Adams of Australia. Another Australian Jared Tallent clinched the gold medal after he was trailing Adams till the last two kilometers in a new Games record of 1:22:18.

However, there was disappointment for India in the women's 20km walk in which Rani Yadav was the best-placed at sixth after clocking 1:42:54.

Another Indian Sandhya Jolly finished eighth with a timing of 1:51:44, while Deepmala Devi failed to even finish the race and ended up bottom of the heap.

England's Jo Jackson grabbed the gold medal in this event by clocking 1:34:22, while Australia Claire Tallent, wife of men's gold winner Jared, settled for the silver with a timing of 1:36:55.

The bronze went to Kenya's Wanjiru Grace, who finished with a timing of 1:37:49.