
Alvaro Martin and Maria Perez pulled off a spectacular twin double for Spain on Thursday when they won the men's and women's 35km walk days after respectively claiming the 20km titles.
Martin took the 35km race in 2:24.30 just ahead of the Ecuadorian Brian Daniel Pintado. Masatora Kawano, who lost out on gold by one second in last year's championships in Eugene, finished in third.