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Double delight for Spain as Perez wins women's 20km race walk
  + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Defending champion Kimberly Garcia Leon of Peru led a breakaway group that at the halfway mark included Perez, Montag, Olympic champion Palmisano and Yang Jiayu of China, the 2017 winner and current world record holder. The 27-year-old finished 25 seconds ahead of Montag and became the first Spanish woman to win the event at the world championships. "I cannot even put into words how important it was to me to win this gold," Perez, the 35km world record holder, said. Perez was disqualified from the 20km walk at last year's worlds as well as the 2022 European Championships, and finished fourth at the Tokyo Games. The men's and women's 35km race walk will take place on Thursday.
Persons: Maria Perez, Australia's Jemima Montag, Antonella Palmisano, Kimberly Garcia Leon of, Perez, Montag, Palmisano, Yang Jiayu, Alvaro Martin, cramp, Garcia Leon, Hritika Sharma, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Budapest, Tokyo Games, Thomson Locations: BUDAPEST, Spanish, Italy, Kimberly Garcia Leon of Peru, China, Eugene , Oregon, Hyderabad
[1/2] Athletics - World Athletics Championship - Women's 20 km Race Walk - Budapest, Hungary - August 20, 2023 Spain's Maria Perez celebrates after winning the gold medal in women's 20 km race walk REUTERS/Marton Monus Acquire Licensing RightsBUDAPEST, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Maria Perez completed a Spanish double in the 20 kilometres race walk at the World Athletics Championships after comfortably beating Australia's Jemima Montag to win the women's event on Sunday, with Antonella Palmisano of Italy taking bronze. Like compatriot Alvaro Martin in the men's event on the opening day of the championships on Saturday, Perez pulled away from the chasing pack with around 5km remaining and crossed the finish line in one hour, 26 minutes and 51 seconds. The 27-year-old clinched her first world title after finishing 25 seconds ahead of Montag, with Olympic champion Palmisano third in 1:27:26. Defending champion Kimberly Garcia Leon of Peru finished a further sixth seconds adrift of Palmisano in fourth place. Reporting by Hritika Sharma in Hyderabad; Editing by Peter RutherfordOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: Spain's Maria Perez, Marton Monus, Maria Perez, Australia's Jemima Montag, Antonella Palmisano, Alvaro Martin, Perez, Montag, Kimberly Garcia Leon, Hritika Sharma, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Rights, Thomson Locations: Budapest, Hungary, Spanish, Italy, Peru, Hyderabad
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