SAPPORO, Japan :Poland's Dawid Tomala cruised to victory in the Olympic men's 50km race walk with a dominant performance over the second half of the race in Sapporo on Friday, reaching the top of the podium in just his second completed race of the distance.Tomala, 31, said he switched to the 50km distance from the 20km earlier this year because he was"bored and needed new challenges," and his decision paid immediate dividends.
China's Luo Yadong was in front for most of the first third of the race, until the pack including Tomala caught up with him at the 20km mark. "I had around 15K to the end and I knew it is possible to lose energy, because in a 50K, anything can happen. Sometimes you walk fast and you can't finish the race ... But I felt comfortable at that speed so tried to walk it as long as I could."
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