Italy's Antonella Palmisano Takes Gold With Decisive 20km Walk Victory - NewsBreak

Antonella Palmisano topped the women's 20km race walk podium on Friday at Sapporo's Odori Park with an incredible time of 1:29:12, picking up the pace in the final four kilometers and beating silver medal winner Sandra Arenas of Colombia's time by 25 seconds. Defending champion Liu Hong of China – who won gold in this event five years ago in Rio – took bronze.