World Athletics Championships 2025: Japan celebrate first medal as athletes battle Tokyo heat
Japan celebrated the return of a leading global sports event to Tokyo with a medal during the 35 km race walk, which collected curtains discussed under challenging conditions in the World Athletics Championships.
Although the road race was moved 30 minutes before the starting time was planned, the temperature in the opening of the Japanese capital, with heat expectation, still rose to 30C during the first morning session.
This was accompanied by more than 90%of moisture drowning. Evan Dunfee, the winner of the 35 km racing march of Canadian men, described the race that lasted almost two and a half hours for him as “cruel”.
Four years after hosting the postponed 2020 Olympics behind the closed doors due to the Coronavirus epidemic, Hayatti Hayato Katsuki held a podium to the pleasure of those who watched the national stadium on Saturday morning.
As the nine -day championships started, the streets outside were covered by enthusiastic supporters, and after the opportunity to cheer up to their athletes in the same place, it was a touching moment for the host Ulus.
This is a lost opportunity that the people of Japan plan to compensate for the next nine days, nearly 500,000 tickets were sold, and some night sessions were completely sold according to World Athletics President Lord Coe.
