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Heat Risks Force World Marathons And Race Walks To Start Earlier

People walk under a water misting system to cool down as heat grips Tokyo

The marathons and 35km race walks at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo will start half an hour earlier because of health risks posed by unseasonably hot weather, organisers said Thursday.

The energy-sapping race walks are scheduled to open the championships on Saturday morning, with the women's marathon on Sunday and the men's on Monday.

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