New Delhi:
Kavita Raut on Friday became the first Indian woman to win an individual medal in track events of the Commonwealth Games as she bagged the bronze in 10,000m race at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
Raut clocked 33:05.28s to finish third in front of 20,000-odd crowd who cheered with a deafening sound all through her run.
Before her feat, the women's 4X400m relay team had won a silver in track events fours ago in Melbourne.
Long jumper Anju Bobby George and discuss thrower Seema Antil had bagged a silver and a bronze each in the field events.
Incidentally, it is only the 10th medal for India in athletics in the Commonwealth Games history.