Overview

• Perez won the 20km race walk in 1:25:54, a season’s best, finishing 12 seconds ahead of Mexico’s Alegna Gonzalez.
• The victory follows her successful 35km title defense the previous week, repeating her 2023 double across both distances.
• Gonzalez claimed silver in 1:26:06 to return Mexico to the podium in the event.
• Fujii took bronze in 1:26:18, edging Ecuador’s Paula Milena Torres at the line and setting a Japanese record.
• China’s world record‑holder and reigning Olympic champion Yang Jiayu placed sixth as podium dynamics shifted.