Overview

• Spain’s Pérez clocked 1:25:54 to add the 20 km title to last week’s 35 km, repeating her Budapest 2023 double and becoming a four‑time world champion.
• Mexico’s Alegna González earned silver in 1:26:06 with a new continental record, and Japan’s Nanako Fujii took bronze in 1:26:18.
• Peru’s Kimberly García finished fifth in 1:26:22, breaking the national record, with compatriot Mary Luz Andía tenth in 1:28:52 and Evelyn Inga 30th in 1:33:29.
• Spain’s Paul McGrath captured bronze in the men’s 20 km after judge sanctions and late surges reshaped the closing stages.
• Heat and humidity shaped tactics and recovery across events, as reporting also notes World Athletics plans to shift race‑walking toward marathon and half‑marathon formats next year.