A week after claiming silver in the 35km event, Brazil’s Caio Bonfim went one better to win gold in the men’s 20km race walk at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25.
Japan’s world record-holder Toshikazu Yamanishi had led for much of the second half, but he was hit with a two-minute time penalty, taking him out of contention. That allowed Bonfim to take up the lead with a few kilometres to go.
Bonfim, winner of two global silver medals and two bronze, held on to win his first major gold in 1:18:35. China’s Wang Zhaozhao took silver in 1:18:43 ahead of Spain’s Paul McGrath (1:18:45).
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