Matej Toth has won this morning's 50km walk for what was Slovakia's first ever gold medal in the discipline at the World Athletics Championships.
The 32-year-old - a European silver medallist last year - clocked a winning time of 3:40.32 to record a milestone achievement for his country in Beijing.
Two-time Olympic silver medallist Jared Tallent of Australia took the silver, having finished a minute behind Toth, while Japan's Takayuki Tanii claimed bronze.
Defending champion at the Worlds Robert Heffernan missed out on a podium finish in the defence of his title as the Irishman ended up fifth.
