Pintado and Yang stride to race walk goldpublished at 10:18 1 August 2024

Brian Daniel Pintado pulled away in the final kilometre
Ecuador's Brian Daniel Pintado strode home to win Olympic gold in the men's 20km race walk in Paris.
Pintado broke away from the leading pack in the final kilometre to win the South American country's first medal of the 2024 Games and their fourth ever Olympic gold.
Pintado follows in the footsteps of Jefferson Perez, who won the 20km walk at the 1996 Atlanta Games - Ecuador's first Olympic gold.
Brazil's Caio Bonfim, who led early on before dropping back then finishing strongly, took silver while Spain's Alvaro Martin won bronze.
Italian defending champion Massimo Stano was aiming to be the first man to win this event twice, but could not keep pace at the conclusion and finished fourth.
Great Britain's Callum Wilkinson finished 16th in an event where the start was delayed by 30 minutes due to thunderstorms in Paris.
The women's 20km race walk followed immediately afterwards and was won by China's Yang Jiayu for her country's 11th gold of these Games.
Spain's Maria Perez and Australian Jemina Montag won silver and bronze respectively.