BEIJING (AP) — The Latest from the world championships (all local times):
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9 a.m.
The 20-kilometer walk offers the first of five world championship gold medals up for grabs on Day 2, which culminates with the marquee men’s 100-meter final.
Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill was leading the heptathlon ahead of the long jump, the first of the three disciplines in the event on Sunday.
Medals will also be awarded in the men’s hammer throw and the shot put.
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8:35 a.m.
Competitors in the 20-kilometer walk have left the stadium at the start of Day 2 at the world championships.
China and Japan are aiming to capitalize on the absence of athletes from Russia, where the race walking program is under heavy scrutiny amid a doping scandal.
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