Saturday (2) was golden for Caio Bonfim from Brasilia at the Podebrady International Race Walking Grand Prix (Czech Republic), stage of the gold series of the World Atlhetics world circuit (top athletics entity). Bonfim won the gold medal when he came first in the 20-kilometer race, completing the course in 1h18s54, almost a minute ahead of one of the favorites, the Swedish Perseus Karlstrom (1h19s42), two-time European champion, who took silver . Irishman David Kenny (1h19s44) came in third and took bronze. 
“The race ended here, 3 degrees, we are freezing, but you reserved that for us. Insane pace from start to finish, but the legs responded, the technical and mental aspects responded and, in the spiritual, God was in control. We managed the race and we won. I was the only one who did it under 1:19 and I’m very happy”, celebrated Caio Bonfim, in a statement to the Brazilian Athletics Confederation (CBAt).
IT’S GOLDEN! ???♂️??
It is from Caio Bonfim, in the 20km racewalk.
The Brazilian won the Podebrady ?? stage of the World Circuit.
Another fantastic result from our marching star! pic.twitter.com/V0Tvh7HhGF
— Team Brazil (@timebrasil) April 2, 2022
The Grand Prix in the Czech Republic brought together 367 athletes (91 of them in the men’s competition), including Olympic and world medalists. The triumph this Saturday (2) is an additional incentive in the preparation of the Brasiliense for his main competition in 2022: the Eugene World Cup, in the city of Oregon (United States), scheduled for the period from July 15 to 24.
Bronze winner at the 2017 London World Cup, Caio Bonfim approached this Saturday (2) his best result, the Brazilian record obtained in 2019, in La Coruña (Spain). At the time he made the 20km course in 1h18s47.
