Peru's Kimberly Garcia won gold in the Pan American Games women's 20 kilometre race walk on Sunday but her time was voided after it was discovered the course was several kilometres short.
Officials only realised the error when Garcia, the 2022 world champion and silver medallist at the 2019 Lima Pan Am Games, crossed the finish line in a time of one hour, 12 minutes, 26 seconds which would have demolished China's Jiayu Yang's world record of 1:23.49.
With women's event completed and the men's race about to get underway organisers delayed the start for over an hour to quickly remeasure the route to the official distance. "In relation to the women's race walk event held today in Parque O'Higgins, we inform that the official race times are null and void due to a measurement problem that is the exclusive responsibility of the Pan American Athletics Association ," said the Santiago Organising Committee in a statement.
"As established by international regulations, APA is the only organisation authorised to carry out measurements and therefore is responsible for the official distance of the competition."
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