Spain's Martin wins first gold medal at Budapest world championships

Alvaro Martin won the first gold medal of the 2023 world athletics championships on Saturday in the men's 20km walk.

The 29-year-old Spaniard finished in one hour, 17 minutes and 32 seconds - the fastest time this year.

Perseus Karlstrom from Sweden was seven seconds behind with a Swedish national record time and Caio Bonfim from Brazil claimed bronze with another national record time.

Toshikazu Yaman