Miranda Coetzee and Zenéy van der Walt Step Up in Record-Breaking Style

The 35km podium featured (from left) Italy’s Antonella Palmisano for silver, Spain’s María Pérez for gold in a time of 2:39:01, and Paula Milena Torres closing off with bronze for a new Ecuadorian national title, on Day 1 of the World Athletics Championship in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday, 13 September, 2025. Photo: Dan Vernon / World Athletics

Miranda Coetzee and Zenéy van der Walt helped to open Team South Africa’s participation at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in record-breaking style in Saturday’s qualifying morning session in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday.

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