Perez, Fiorini set world records in winning Euro race walk golds
BIRMINGHAM: Spain’s Maria Perez and Italian Sofia Fiorini set new world records when winning the half-marathon and marathon race walk events respectively at the European championships in Birmingham on Saturday.
At the European championships held in Birmingham, Spain's Maria Perez and Italy's Sofia Fiorini shattered world records to secure gold medals in the half-marathon and marathon race walk events, respectively. Perez clocked 1:30:06, surpassing Italy's Antonella Palmisano's previous record by over two minutes, while Fiorini finished in 3:15:11, more than ten minutes ahead of her own previous world record.
Italian Alexandrina Mihai secured silver in the women's half-marathon, and Ukraine's Lyudmila Olyanovska took bronze. Spain's Paul McGrath won the men's half-marathon with a time of 1:23:23, while Italy's Massimo Stano, a 20km champion from the Tokyo Olympics, claimed gold in the men's marathon race walk with a world-record time of 2:56:49.
Spain's Miguel Angel Lopez and France's Aurelien Quinion took silver and bronze, respectively, in the men's marathon race walk.
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