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Men's 50km Racewalk Final: Sergey Kirdyapkin Wins Gold; John Nunn Finishes 43rd

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Russia's Sergey Kirdyapkin took gold in the men's 50 kilometer racewalk final at the Summer Olympics on Saturday with a final time of 3:35:59, which stands as a new Olympic record.

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The United States' John Nunn, who is from Durango, CO, finished in 43rd place with a time of 4:03:28. The time was a personal best for Nunn. He was the only athlete from the U.S. in the final.

The top 10 finishers:

Rk Bib Athlete Mark
1 2810 RUSKIRDYAPKIN Sergey 3:35:59
2 1064 AUSTALLENT Jared 3:36:53
3 1359 CHNSI Tianfeng 3:37:16
4 2094 IRLHEFFERNAN Robert 3:37:54
5 2807 RUSEROKHIN Igor 3:37:54
6 2801 RUSBAKULIN Sergey 3:38:55
7 1351 CHNLI Jianbo 3:39:01
8 2991 SVKTOTH Matej 3:41:24
9 2665 POLNOWAK Lukasz 3:42:47
10 2227 JPNMORIOKA Koichiro 3:43:14

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