{
  "id": 1059219,
  "title": "Perez, Fiorini set world records in winning Euro race walk golds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/perez-fiorini-set-world-records-in-winning-euro-race-walk-golds",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-15T14:53:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/sports/others/2026/08/1511879/perez-fiorini-set-world-records-winning-euro-race-walk-golds"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "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.",
  "key_points": [
    "Maria Perez set new world record in women's half-marathon race walk (1:30:06)",
    "Sofia Fiorini broke world record in women's marathon race walk (3:15:11)",
    "Massimo Stano won men's marathon race walk with world-record time (2:56:49)"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}