On August 5, Beijing time, the men's 20 km race walking competition of the Tokyo Olympic Games ended in Sapporo, Italy's Stano won the championship in 1 hour 21 minutes and 05 seconds, China's Wang Kaihua won the 7th in 1 hour 22 minutes 03, and another Chinese player Zhang Jun won the 8th place in 1 hour 22 minutes 16, and the Chinese athlete did not have the opportunity to achieve the Olympic triple championship in this event. Japan's Xiangxi Ikeda won the silver medal in 1 hour 21 minutes 14 minutes, and Japan's world champion Toshiwa Nishiyama won the bronze medal in 1 hour 21 minutes 28 minutes.
The world record for the men's 20 km race walk is the 1 hour, 16 minutes and 36 seconds set by Japan's Yusuke Suzuki in 2015. At the 2012 London Olympics, 19-year-old Chen Ding won the Olympic record with a time of 1 hour, 18 minutes and 6 minutes, Wang Zhen won the bronze, and Cai Zelin won the fourth place. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, China's Wang Zhen won the gold medal in 1 hour, 19 minutes and 14 seconds, and another Chinese player, Cai Zelin, won the silver medal. At the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games, Wang Kaihua overtook Japan's Famous Shanxi Lihe in the last two kilometers to win the championship in 1 hour 22 minutes and 04 minutes, and Shanxi Lihe won the silver medal in 1 hour 22 minutes 10 minutes. At the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Shanxi Lihe won the championship with a time of 1 hour, 26 minutes and 34 seconds, and the best result of the Chinese team was still only the seventh place for Wang Kaihua.
Wang Kaihua and the host shanxi Lihe, Wang Kaihua ranked first in the world this season with 1 hour, 16 minutes and 54 minutes, Shanxi Lihe ranked second in the world with 1 hour, 17 minutes and 20 minutes, and this Tokyo Olympic Games we also participated in this project Cai Zelin and Zhang Jun. Before the Olympic Games, the Japanese athletics team regarded the men's 20 km race walk as the biggest gold medal winning point, and they believed that the probability of winning gold in this event was far greater than the possibility of the men's 4X100 meters to win the gold.
Today's competition site temperature reached about 30 degrees, humidity is close to 60%, many participants walked 2 kilometers have been sweating. Shortly after the large force set off, 27-year-old Wang Kaihua rushed out to take it away. Kumar, a 35-year-old Indian veteran, followed Wang Kaihua up, while Shanxi Lihe led the first group of more than 10 players to follow. When Wang Kaihua and Kumar's advantage was most obvious, it was about 13 seconds ahead of the first group.
It may be that Wang Kaihua's technology is too good, near 8 kilometers, India's Kumar has eaten the second yellow card, he is also physically unable to keep up, so he took the initiative to slow down and quickly fell into the first group. After half-time, Wang Kaihua also had some speed drops, and it took Wang Kaihua 49 minutes and 03 seconds to reach the 12th kilometer, second place Spain's Martin Alvaro ranked second with 49 minutes and 06 seconds, Italy's Stano Massim ranked third with 57 minutes and 21 seconds, and Japan's Shanxi Lihe was in fourth place.
By the 14th kilometer, Wang Kaihua was overtaken by his opponents, but remained within the top first group. Japan's Riwa Nissai was first with 57 minutes and 20 seconds, Italy's Stano was second with 57 minutes and 20 seconds, Spain's Martin Alvaro was third with 57 minutes and 21 seconds, and Wang Kaihua was fourth with 57 minutes and 21 seconds. Spain's Garcia Diego, Japan's Ikeda Xiangxi, and China's Zhang Jun are also 57 minutes and 21 seconds.
At 15 km, seven runners formed the first group to compete for the gold medal in this event, With Stano and Alvaro at the forefront, and Wang Kaihua and Zhang Jun temporarily falling behind the first group. By the 16th kilometer, Wang Kaihua and Zhang Jun were in 4th and 6th places respectively. Italy's Stano maintained the advantage to occupy the first place, and Shanxi Lihe tried to accelerate but was blocked by him. Another Japanese player, Xiangxi Ikeda, also followed, and the three formed a new first group, and gradually opened up with the other players behind them.
Nisui's speed began to slow, and Ikeda sped up to meet the lead Staro almost side by side. By 19 km, Stano and Xiangxi Ikeda remained in the top two, with Wang Kaihua in the 5th position. In the end, Italy's Stano was the first to cross the finish line to win the gold medal, two Japanese athletes won silver and bronze medals, and China's Wang Kaihua and Zhang Jun finished 7th and 8th respectively.