(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 24 - Italy's first gold medal at the Eugene Athletics World Championships, with the Olympic champion of the 20km walk Massimo Stano who won the title in the 35km.
The Apulian walker won with a time of 2h23'14, a new national record.
On the podium with the blue were the Japanese Masatora Kawano, silver medal, and the Swedish Perseus Karlstrom, bronze.
Italy returns to world champion gold 19 years after the one won by Giuseppe Gibilisco in the pole vault in Paris 2003.
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