Saturday, August 11, 2012
MYT 7:55:03 PM
LONDON (Reuters) - Russia's Sergey Kirdyapkin won gold in the men's 50km race walk on Saturday in a new Olympic record time of 3 hours 35.59 minutes.
The 32-year-old double world champion finished ahead of Australia's Jared Tallent, who collected his second consecutive Olympic silver medal in a time of 3:36:53.
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Russia's Sergey Kirdyapkin (L) Japan's Koichiro Morioka (C) Slovakia's Matej Toth (R) compete at the start of the men's 50km race walk during the London 2012 Olympic Games at The Mall August 11, 2012. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh |
China's Si Tianfeng won bronze in a time of 3:37:16.
(Reporting by Neil Maidment, editing by Mark Meadows)