{
  "id": 10390519,
  "title": "Kazakh race walker loses gold-medal spot over footwear breach",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/kazakh-race-walker-loses-gold-medal-spot-over-footwear-breach",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-28T07:27:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/sports/others/2026/09/1542954/kazakh-race-walker-loses-gold-medal-spot-over-footwear-breach"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Kazakhstan's Yasmina Toxanbayeva faced a heartbreaking setback at the Asian Games after her victory in the women's marathon race walk was invalidated due to a footwear breach. Danzeng Quzong of China emerged as the gold medalist, followed by Ma Li of China and Yukiko Umeno of Japan in third place. The 21-year-old Toxanbayeva initially crossed the finish line first in wet conditions, setting a winning time of 3:22:20. However, a post-match protest led to a delay in the official outcome, which was eventually annulled under World Athletics regulations regarding shoe compliance. Toxanbayeva expressed her gratitude to her team, supporters, and the Kazakh government on Instagram, thanking them for fighting for her.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Reverse Cinderella: Kazakh race walker loses gold-medal spot over footwear breach",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/reverse-cinderella-kazakh-race-walker-loses-gold-medal-spot-over",
        "published": "2026-09-28T08:22:37.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}