Athletics - World Athletics Championships – men’s 50 km walk – London Stadium, London, Britain – August 13, 2017 – Yohann Diniz of France crosses the finish line to win the gold medal. REUTERS/Matthew Childs
LONDON (Reuters) - Yohann Diniz produced an astonishing solo tour de force to become the oldest man ever to become a world athletics champion at the age of 39 as he won the 50 kilometre walk title on Sunday.
The French world record holder, one of the great figures of race walking, produced the second fastest walk in history, 3 hours 33 minutes 12 seconds -- a time only he has bettered -- with one of the performances of the entire World Championships.
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