Overview

• The Canadian race walker won the 35-kilometre world title in Tokyo in 2:28:22 on the opening day of competition.
• He said the injury occurred in the final two kilometres and he pushed through roughly 10 minutes in intense pain to finish.
• An MRI at Tokyo’s Juntendo University Hospital showed a “fairly bad” tear in his right hamstring, according to his Instagram update.
• He has scratched from Saturday’s 20-kilometre race, ending plans to compete in the event he had targeted this season.
• The three-time Olympian, 34, from Richmond, B.C., had focused training on 20 km after recent fourth- and fifth-place finishes at global championships.