Organizers at the World Athletics Championships pushed up the start time for the race walk and marathon events on Saturday in Tokyo as a countermeasure against the heat and humidity.
While the change may have offered a modicum of relief, the athletes in the men’s and women’s 35-kilometer race walks still had to fight through stifling humidity in a glimpse of what may lie ahead for the rest of the road races.
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