Caio Bonfim is a gold medal at the World Cup and achieve history

Silver at Paris Olympics, Caio Bonfim He won the gold medal in the 20 km athletic gait race at the Athletics World Cup. The Brazilian won the competition this Friday (19) in Japan, completing the route in 1 hour, 18 minutes and 35 seconds.

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The Brazilian march finished the race with eight seconds advantage over the runner -up. During the competition, Bonfim remained among the leaders, alternating positions from first to sixth place in the final 6 kilometers before securing victory.

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This is the athlete's second medal in the current edition of the World Cup. Previously, Bonfim had won the silver in the 35 km race. Chinese Zhaozhao Wang (1:18:35) and Spanish Paul McGrath (1:18:45) closed the podium on Friday's race.

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➡️ Caio Bonfim is silver in the 35km athletic march in the Athletics World Cup

Bonfim managed to maintain a consistent pace throughout the course, standing out especially in the final part of the race, when he surpassed the best positioned opponents. Other Brazilians of the race, Mateus Corrêa and Max Santos ended 17 and 42, respectively.

Largest Brazilian Medalist in Worlds

With the two medals achievements in Tokyo, Caio Bonfim became the largest Brazilian medalist in athletics worlds. The march surpassed Claudinei Quirino, who won a bronze in Athens-1997 and a silver and a bronze in Sevilla-1999. Caio's other two medals were bronzes in London-2017 and Budapest-2023. The athlete's gold was only the third in Brazil in the history of the worlds. The other two were conquered by Fabiana Murer in the jump with stick and Alison dos Santos in 400m with barriers.

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