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Ecuador’s Brian Pintado wins first athletics gold in men’s 20km race walk. China’s Yang Jiayu storms the women’s race. Ecuador’s Brian Pintado has won the first athletics gold medal of the Paris Olympic Games with victory in the men’s 20km (12.4-mile) race walk. Brazil’s Caio Bonfim improved on his fourth-place finish in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 by taking silver, and Spain’s world champion Alvaro Martin took the bronze as the track and field events got under way in the French capital on Thursday. In the women’s category, China’s Yang Jiayu claimed gold by pulling away from the field after…