Heffernan dismay at poor showing
Russia’s Olympic champion, Valeriy Borchin, won with ease in 1:18:41 while Hao Wang from China improved on his fourth placing in Beijing to take the silver medal with Eder Sanchez, the Mexican who set a new personal best for the 3,000m walk at Cork City Sports last month, finishing third in another pb of 1:19.22.
Heffernan was 15th in 1:22.09 and struggled to explain a disappointing performance after his sixth place in Osaka two years earlier and his eighth in Beijing last year.