Ecuador's Daniel Pintado won the 20km title sports walking at the Olympic Games in Paris, BTA reported.
The race was delayed for half an hour due to a storm with rain, lightning and thunder in the French capital, and after the start, the world vice-champion from Budapest 2023 at 35 kilometers Pintado triumphed with a time of 1:18:55.
The Ecuadorian attacked in the last two kilometers and overtook fellow South American Caio Bonfim from Brazil, who finished second, 14 seconds behind the winner.
The world champion in the discipline Alvaro Martin (Spain) came third with 1:19.11 hours. Defending Tokyo 2020 champion Massimo Stano (Italy) narrowly missed out on another podium finish. He finished fourth, a second behind Martin.
The silver medalist in Tokyo 2020, Koki Ikeda (Japan), who was the only participant to have a personal best under 1:17, placed seventh with 1:19.41.