Russia's Borchin snatches gold in men's 20km race walk
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Xinhua, August 28, 2011
Defending champion Valeriy Borchin of Russia took the gold in men's 20km race walk at Daegu worlds on Sunday morning, by clocking 1:19:56.
His teammate Vladimir Kanaykin took the silver, 31 seconds behind Borchin. Luis Fernando Lopez, from Colombia, took the bronze by clocking 1:20:38, which is his personal season best.
Wang Zhen of China, who turned 20 last Wednesday, ended up in fourth with 1:20:54, more than 2 minutes poorer than his personal season best 1:18:38.
Borchin, who turns 25 on Sept. 11, was described as a runaway winner of the 20km race walk at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin. His personal best this year is 1:18:55, set at Rio Maior on April 9.
In Daegu, Borchin had been expected to face tough challenges from other young talent race walkers such as Wang Zhen and Yusuke Suzuki of Japan. That is partly the reason that he has been chasing Suzuki until the 15km mark.
After that, he surpassed the Japanese walker and took the lead all the way to the finish line.
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