Antonella Palmisano completed an Italian gold sweep of the 20-kilometer race walk at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday while Dawid Tomala captured the title for Poland in a grueling men's 50 km event held amid heat and humidity in Sapporo.Japan failed to win a medal in either event, unable to add to its silver and bronze in the men's 20 km.Palmisano, who turned 30 on Friday, is the first Italian woman to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics since 1984 in Los Angeles.Much like her gold medal-winning countryman Massimo Stano in the 20 km the previous day, she appeared to have endless stamina as …READ FULL ARTICLE
