World Athletics Championships: 100m Heats, Women’s 10,000m Final And More On Night One – Live

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Dunfee and Perez return stepping golds

Reuters – Evan Dunfee of Canada and Spanish defending champion Maria Perez prevailed successful suffocating Tokyo humidity to triumph nan first golden medals of nan 20th World Athletics Championships successful nan 35-km walks connected Saturday.

Dunfee, nan symptom of nan gruelling effort successful reliable conditions etched connected his face, crossed nan statement astatine nan National Stadium successful 2 hours, 28 minutes and 22 seconds to declare his first world title.

Canada's Evan Dunfee crosses nan decorativeness statement to triumph nan men's 35km title walk.

“It is simply a dream travel true,” said Dunfee. “I americium turning 35 this twelvemonth but I conscionable consciousness for illustration I americium getting amended and better. I was conscionable diligent today. That is portion of my crippled and everyone who knows maine knows that I tin go amended successful nan 2nd half of nan race.”

Caio Bonfim of Brazil won metallic successful 2:28.55 while Hayato Katsuki took a celebrated bronze for hosts Japan successful 2:29.16.

World grounds holder Perez, who did nan 20-km-35-km double astatine nan past world championships successful Budapest 2 years ago, roared successful delight arsenic she deed nan portion successful 2:39.01 earlier sinking to her knees connected nan way and sobbing.

Italian Antonella Palmisano, nan 2021 Tokyo Olympic champion astatine 20km, took metallic much than 3 minutes down successful 2:42.24, while bronze went to Paula Milena Torres successful an Ecuadorian grounds clip of 2:42.44. “I kept fighting passim nan people and this is what title stepping is about, to purpose to beryllium a amended jock and person,” said Perez. “I consciousness privileged to hit Antonella. She is my idol.”

The commencement times of some races were shifted backmost by half an hr successful a bid to mitigate nan power and humidity successful nan Japanese capital.

Sean Ingle besides said to 1 of Team GB’s awesome badge hopes.

Sean Ingle is our man successful Toyko, and nan arena is taking spot nether a alternatively excessively acquainted cloud.

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