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There were comfortable wins for Brian Pintado and Kimberly Garcia at the Grande Pr&eacute;mio Internacional de Rio Maior on Saturday (11) &ndash; the latest Gold stop of the World Athletics Race Walking Tour.
In fact, the staggered start of the men&rsquo;s and women&rsquo;s 20km saw both cross the finish line in the same minute.
Pintado, the defending champion, was away and gone long before 15km. It also brought a welcome return to racing following disqualification at the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships Antalya 24. But Garcia had Mexico&rsquo;s Alejandra Ortega for company right up to the last one-kilometre circuit.
It was a warm 19C despite the early evening start, but was to get cooler. 2022 double world champion Garcia was hard to spot at the start, wearing long black socks, black kinaesthetic tape from knee to glute muscles and topped off with dark glasses.
She also modestly hung back at the 6pm start. In fact, the Peruvian was content to leave three others to take it on with home hope Vitoria Oliveira leading the charge.
Not that it was a particularly hard task. The opening kilometre was a pedestrian 4:43 and when Mexico&rsquo;s Valeria Ortuno and Erica Sena went through the line for the second lap in 9:10, it was clear things were warming up.
One lap later, and the first four were walking single file. Surprisingly, Garcia was six seconds behind Ortuno at the front, but that slight gap was coming down inch by inch.
The status quo was preserved at quarter distance reached in 22:49. Shortly after 4km, Garcia ominously drew alongside Oliveira with the other two a couple of seconds ahead.
Ortega was moving though the gears and soon changed the look of the leaders. She actually passed 10km first in 45:51 although Garcia, Oliveira and Sena were treading on her heels as Ortuno began to suffer. It remained the same through the next four laps, but at 15km Oliveira&rsquo;s brave bid for glory was done.
It was now a three-woman race between Garcia, Sena and Ortega, but not for long. By 17km, 39-year-old Sena felt the increased pace and was forced to give way.
With two circuits left, the Brazilian knew third would have to do, but up front the battle for first was still very much on &ndash; or so it seemed. There was very much a feeling the world&rsquo;s No.1 ranked race walker was biding her time after three big races in a little over a month.
And so it proved. Garcia did just enough to come home in 1:30:35 with Ortega five seconds back.
The Mexican was a lowly 30th in Podebrady in April and ninth last week in Warsaw, but took second place here in a season&rsquo;s best of 1:30:40. Sena was a distant third in 1:31:17 while Hungary&rsquo;s Rita Recei just inched ahead of a tiring Oliveira for fourth.
In the men&rsquo;s race, five went through the first kilometre and a blanket would have covered cover the lot. Marc Tur, Jeferson Segura, Mazlum Demir, Pablo Rodriguez were slightly ahead of Pintado at a steady four minutes plus for each 1km lap, although that slowed to 12:12 when they went through 3km.
At 5km, Turkey&rsquo;s Demir was content to hang off the back by a second, but it was shoulder to shoulder for the other four leaders. The pace, rather than speeding up, was slowing ever so slightly that saw the five through a sixth lap in a comfortable 24:28.
That all changed at 8km. Segura from Mexico sensed his chance to make the podium, so he and Pintado went away leaving the other three in their wake. Out of the blue, Segura suddenly called it a day just before 10km but it was hammer down for the eventual winner.
Pintado reached halfway in 40:22 and quickly found 16 seconds on the three chasers that included Tur from Spain, Peru&rsquo;s Rodriguez and Demir. The Ecuadorean pushed on to double the gap by 14km although behind him chinks of evening light appeared between Rodriguez, Tur and Demir as they battled for the places.
Pintado hit his watch at 1:00:05 for 15km. Rodriguez was now 38 seconds back; Tur added another two to the deficit, and Demir was six seconds behind the Spaniard. That battle for second and third was done and dusted on lap 18 with Rodriguez forging an 11-second gap over Tur, and Demir losing time hand over fist.
Pintado went through the gears over the last two kilometres to come home in 1:19:57. It might have been a few seconds quicker had he not stopped to wrestle with an Ecuadoran flag he attempted to drape over his shoulders as he strolled through the line.
Rodriguez finished in 1:20:47, Tur in 1:21:09 and Demir a distant 1:22:11.
Paul Warburton for World Athletics
<h3>Leading results</h3>
Women 1 Kimberly Garcia (PER) 1:30:35 2 Alejandra Ortega (MEX) 1:30:40 3 Erica Sena (BRA) 1:31:17 4 Rita Recsei (HUN) 1:32:22 5 Vitoria Oliveira (POR) 1:32:32
Men 1 Brian Pintado (ECU) 1:19:57 2 Cesar Rodriguez (PER) 1:20:47 3 Marc Tur (ESP) 1:21:09 4 Mazlum Demir (TUR) 1:22:11 5 Bence Venyercsan (HUN) 1:24:11

There were comfortable wins for Brian Pintado and Kimberly Garcia at the Grande Prémio Internacional de Rio Maior 

Pintado and Garcia triumph in Rio Maior

Alison dos Santos and Kenny Bednarek produced the standout performances of the Seashore Group Doha Meeting as both men smashed meeting records in the Qatari leg of the Wanda Diamond League on Friday (10).
If Dos Santos was looking for a confidence-boosting performance at the start of an Olympic season, the Brazilian certainly delivered. He had set the previous meeting record of 47.24 here two years ago in a season when he went on to win the world title with a championship record of 46.29.
Towards the end of that year, however, he was struck with injury and spent most of the off season &ndash; and first half of 2023 &ndash; rehabbing his way back to competitive form. He went on to clock a season&rsquo;s best of 47.38 and finish fifth at the World Championships in Budapest, but it was clear he wasn&rsquo;t firing on all cylinders.
But tonight in the Qatari capital, the 23-year-old made a clear statement that he&rsquo;s back to his smooth-striding best.
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Drawn in lane five, Dos Santos took an early lead, helped by having the fast-starting CJ Allen to chase down in the lane outside him. As they came off the final bend and the stagger unwound, Dos Santos breezed past the US hurdler and went on to open up a significant lead down the home straight.
He crossed the line in 46.86, winning by more than one-and-a-half seconds from Allen (48.39). France&rsquo;s Wilfried Happio was further back in third (49.10).
It&rsquo;s Dos Santos&rsquo;s fastest ever season opener, and the fastest time ever recorded before the month of June.
"This is a very good way to start things&nbsp;&ndash; I'm very excited," said Dos Santos. "It's going to be a tough year, so to start in this fashion is very positive."
The winds that had been whipping around the stadium earlier in the evening dipped slightly just before the men&rsquo;s 200m got under way. USA&rsquo;s Courtney Lindsey got off to a strong start, but Bednarek caught his compatriot before the half-way stage and was really starting to motor.
Bednarek, the 2022 world silver medallist, pulled ahead of the rest of the field with each powerful stride down the home straight, and crossed the line a clear winner in a PB of 19.67, smashing Noah Lyles&rsquo; six-year-old meeting record by 0.15.
Lindsey was a distant second in 20.01 and Kyree King made it a US 1-2-3 by placing third in 20.21.
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&ldquo;I knew I was ready to run a world lead, I was just hoping that the wind would work with us,&rdquo; said Bednarek. &ldquo;Running fast this early in the season is a good sign. But times don&rsquo;t matter &ndash; my main goal this year is to win the Olympic title.&rdquo;
The wind was both a help and a hindrance in the men&rsquo;s long jump. World indoor bronze medallist Carey McLeod sailed out to a winning leap of 8.52m in round four &ndash; the longest jump of his career in any conditions &ndash; but the 5.2m/s tailwind meant it wouldn&rsquo;t count as a PB or meeting record.
Nevertheless, it gave the Jamaican a confidence-boosting victory over world and Olympic champion Miltiadis Tentoglou, who ended the evening with a wind-legal season&rsquo;s best of 8.36m (1.9m/s) in the final round. Swiss decathlete Simon Ehammer was third with a wind-assisted 8.30m.
Slovenia&rsquo;s 2022 world champion Kristjan Ceh found the conditions to his liking in the men&rsquo;s discus. The 25-year-old, who was making his outdoor season debut, opened his campaign with 65.51m but trailed Australia&rsquo;s Matt Denny, who launched his discus out to 69.02m with his first throw.
Denny held the lead up until round four when Ceh unleashed a mammoth throw of 70.48m, just 41cm behind his own meeting record, to steal the victory.
<h2>Close finishes in javelin, sprints and steeplechase</h2>
The men&rsquo;s javelin has been the source of several enthralling contests in Doha in recent years, and tonight was no different.
World and Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra, the winner in Doha last year, was up against two-time world champion Anderson Peters, the Doha winner in 2022. But it was Diamond League champion Jakub Vadlejch &ndash; the runner-up in Doha for the past two years &ndash; who took an early lead, opening his series with 85.87m.
The Czech thrower improved to 86.93m in round two, then extended his lead with 88.38m in round three. Chopra moved into second place with an 86.24m effort in round three, putting him ahead of Peters (85.75m). But in the final round, the Indian sent his spear flying well beyond the 85-metre line. Seconds later his distance was confirmed: 88.36m, just two centimetres shy of Vadlejch&rsquo;s lead.
Peters also improved in the final round, the Grenadian throwing 86.62m to consolidate his third-place finish.
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The finishes were similarly close in both the women&rsquo;s 100m flat and hurdles.
European bronze medallist Ditaji Kambundji came from behind to win the 100m hurdles. The Swiss 21-year-old came off the final hurdle well to propel herself past USA&rsquo;s Tonea Marshall, winning in 12.49. In a race where 0.05 separated the top four finishers, Marshall was second in 12.51 and Poland&rsquo;s Pia Skrzyszowska was third in 12.53.
In the women&rsquo;s 100m flat, Britain&rsquo;s Darryl Neita edged ahead of USA&rsquo;s Tamari Davis to win by 0.01 in a season&rsquo;s best of 10.98. Celera Barnes was a close third in 11.02.
And in the final race of the night, Ethiopia&rsquo;s African Games champion Samuel Firewu was locked in a fierce sprint with world bronze medallist Abraham Kibiwott in the closing stages of the men&rsquo;s 3000m steeplechase, eventually emerging with victory in a PB of 8:07.25 from the Kenyan&rsquo;s 8:07.38.
<h2>Good night for global gold medallists</h2>
It was a successful evening for several reigning world and Olympic champions across a range of disciplines.
World 800m champion Mary Moraa emerged victorious in the women&rsquo;s 800m. The Kenyan held off a strong challenge from world indoor silver medallist Jemma Reekie to win in a season&rsquo;s best of 1:57.91, finishing 0.51 ahead of the Briton. Benin&rsquo;s Noelie Yarigo was third in 1:58.70.
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Mary Moraa wins the 800m at the Diamond League meeting in Doha (&copy; Getty Images)
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Moraa&rsquo;s compatriot Beatrice Chebet was similarly impressive in the women&rsquo;s 5000m. The high-quality field &ndash; which featured the likes of Ejgayehu Taye and her fellow Ethiopians Medina Eisa and Melknat Wudu &ndash; was paced through the first 2000m in 5:48, after which Taye took up the running.
The world 10,000m bronze medallist continued to lead through the closing stages, but Chebet unleashed a burst of speed with 200m to go and sprinted away to a clear victory in a world-leading 14:26.98 &ndash; a meeting record by virtue of the fact that the women&rsquo;s 5000m has previously never been held at this competition.
World indoor champion Freweyni Hailu looked to be on her way to a decisive victory in the women&rsquo;s 1500m as she built up a lead of about 20 metres with a lap to go. But the Ethiopian started to fade over the final 200m while Australia&rsquo;s Jess Hull and Ethiopia&rsquo;s Diribe Welteji battled it out behind.
Hull managed to make up some of the deficit, but Hailu had done just enough to hold on, winning in 4:00.42 from Hull&rsquo;s 4:00.84.
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Less than a week after he and his Bahamian teammates provided one of the highlights of the World Athletics Relays Bahamas 24, Olympic champion Steven Gardiner was a comfortable winner of the men&rsquo;s 400m.
The 28-year-old, who won the world title in this city back in 2019, finished 0.31 ahead of Commonwealth champion Muzala Samukonga of Zambia.
Britain&rsquo;s Molly Caudery was another reigning global champion who was victorious in the Qatari capital tonight. The world indoor champion won the pole vault on countback from Australia&rsquo;s world champion Nina Kennedy, both women clearing a best of 4.73m.
Elsewhere, rising Kenyan Brian Komen got the better of his highly decorated compatriot Timothy Cheruiyot in the men&rsquo;s 1500m, winning in 3:32.43. The African Games champion finished 0.24 ahead of 2019 world champion Cheruiyot with Reynold Cheruiyot placing third in 3:32.96.
Serbian teenager Angelina Topic, the youngest in the field by five years, won the women&rsquo;s high jump with 1.94m, clearing all of her bars up to and including that height on her first attempt.

Alison dos Santos and Kenny Bednarek produced the standout performances of the Seashore Group Doha Meeting

Dos Santos and Bednarek take down meeting records in Doha

USA broke their own 10-year-old championship record to dominate the women&rsquo;s 4x100m at the World Athletics Relays Bahamas 24, before their teammates threatened the men&rsquo;s 4x100m mark to clinch another win in Nassau on Sunday (5).
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After helping her nation to a heat win and Olympic qualification on Saturday, Gabby Thomas vowed they could go even quicker in the final. She wasn&rsquo;t wrong.
The women&rsquo;s 4x100m championship record of 41.88 had been set at the inaugural World Athletics Relays in Nassau in 2014. A decade on, another US quartet made history in the Bahamian capital, as Tamari Davis, Thomas, Celera Barnes and Melissa Jefferson combined to clock 41.85 and cap a successful campaign.
They won by almost a second, while France proved they will be a force at their home Olympics later this year by securing the runner-up spot in 42.75. Third place was claimed by Great Britain &amp; NI in 42.80.
As she had done in the previous day&rsquo;s heats, Davis got the race started for USA, running a strong first leg to put her nation ahead. Olympic and world 200m medallist Thomas, who joined Davis on USA&rsquo;s world title-winning team in Budapest last year, was ready to take over and she maintained the advantage before handing the baton to Barnes.&nbsp;
They had put Jefferson in a great position and the win never looked in doubt, as the two-time world relay gold medallist surged down the home straight. The fight for second place was won by France, as Mallory Leconte &ndash; racing in lane one &ndash; held off Great Britain&rsquo;s Aleeya Sibbons. Germany finished fourth and Australia fifth.
While her teammates posed for photos, Thomas left the track to prepare for the 4x400m final less than 20 minutes later, which USA also won.
<h2>Men&rsquo;s record survives, but only just</h2>
The men&rsquo;s 4x100m championship record of 37.38 was also set by USA in Nassau but in 2015, during the second edition of the event. It still stands, but only just, as Courtney Lindsey, Kenny Bednarek, Kyree King and Noah Lyles teamed up to run a world-leading 37.40.
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Noah Lyles heads out for the final leg of the men's 4x100m at the WRE Bahamas 24 (&copy; Sergio Mateo)
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That same US quartet had run 37.49 to win the heats and they were similarly dominant in the final, winning by almost half a second ahead of 2022 world champions Canada.
Olympic 200m champion Andre De Grasse anchored Canada to second place in 37.89. Olympic champions Italy crossed the line next, but the team was later disqualified for a changeover occurring outside the zone. As a result, France secured third place in 38.44, just 0.01 ahead of Japan and Great Britain who both clocked 38.45 and were separated by only one thousandth of a second.
&ldquo;We were talking after the race about what else we can do,&rdquo; said Lyles, who ran the anchor leg during USA&rsquo;s world title win in Budapest after his individual 100m and 200m victories. &ldquo;Me and Kyree can get more out of that exchange zone and Kenny and Kyree can do the same. We were faster today, but still, it is all about the zone.&rdquo;
The team certainly looked in the zone. Lindsey ran the first leg, going up against Canada&rsquo;s Aaron Brown. Bednarek then took over from Lindsey and ran the second leg against athletes including Italy&rsquo;s Olympic 100m champion Marcell Jacobs.
Bednarek handed the baton to King and then Lyles powered home to secure the win, chased by De Grasse, France&rsquo;s Aymeric Priam and Sota Miwa of Japan.
<h2>12 more teams secure spots for Paris</h2>
Teams that <a href="https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-relays/bahamas24/news/news/bahamas-24-day-one-qualified-paris-2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">missed out on Paris places on day one</a> had another chance to book their spots for the Olympics in a second round of races ahead of the finals on Sunday. Competition was fierce, with the top two in each of the three heats securing automatic qualification for the Olympics.&nbsp;
The 2021 World Relays winners Italy cruised to the first 4x100m Paris place of the evening, winning the first women&rsquo;s heat in 42.60. It shows they mean business as despite not making it through to defend their title in Nassau, they went more than a second faster than their winning time from three years ago. Cote d&rsquo;Ivoire missed out on an automatic qualifying place by just three thousands of a second on day one but multiple global medallist Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith was determined that her team would not be denied again. She received the baton behind Italy and Spain but stormed past Maria Isabel Perez, and almost caught Arianna De Masi, to secure the second spot in 42.63.
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Italy and Cote d&rsquo;Ivoire secure their 4x100m places for Paris (&copy; Francesca Grana)
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Jamaica will defend their Olympic title after they secured their Paris place on the second attempt. After finishing fifth in their race in the first round, they were dominant winners on day two, with world U20 200m bronze medallist Alana Reid crossing the finish line in 42.74. More than half a second back, Trinidad and Tobago&rsquo;s Leah Bertrand gave chase to finish second in 43.54.&nbsp;
Nigeria and Switzerland were well away in the third and final heat and while Nigeria clinched victory in a close finish &ndash; 42.71 to 42.75 &ndash; they were both rewarded with Paris places.&nbsp;
The first of the evening&rsquo;s men&rsquo;s 4x100m races saw Germany triumph, as Yannick Wolf held on for the win in 38.57. But the real drama was happening behind him. Liberia were in fourth place at the final changeover but Joseph Fahnbulleh blazed the anchor leg, overtaking Brazil and then Switzerland to clinch an Olympic spot by five thousandths of a second. Liberia and Switzerland both clocked 38.65 &ndash; a national record for the former &ndash; while Brazil followed in fourth.
Ghana and Nigeria ran away with the second heat and their places for the Olympics never seemed in doubt as they clocked 38.29 and 38.57, respectively. There was more success for Africa in the third and final heat as Akani Simbine ran a storming anchor for South Africa. After that final leg timed at 8.92, he crossed the finish line with 38.08 on the clock to ensure his team will be in Paris.&nbsp;
They&rsquo;ll be joined by Australia, who were pipped for second place by just four thousandths of a second in the first round, as the quartet went 0.04 quicker than on day one to finish runner-up in 38.46.
Jess Whittington for World Athletics

World Athletics Relays Bahamas 24

USA broke their own 10-year-old championship record to dominate the women’s 4x100m at the World Athletics Relays Bahamas 24

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