Australian athlete Jemima Montag has won bronze in the 20 km race walk at the Paris Olympics.
The 26-year-old Melburn was third to cross the finish line in a field of 45 runners, behind China’s Jiayu Yang and Colombia’s María Pérez.
Edit broke her own national record when she crossed the finish line in a time of 1:26:25. This was the second time this year that she broke this record.
Montag is the second Australian to win a medal in the event, after Jane Saville won bronze in Athens 20 years ago.
Montag’s grandmother was a Holocaust survivor who escaped the horrors of Auschwitz. She died three years ago, shortly before competing in the Tokyo Games.
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