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The Latest: Race walker Diniz runs into problems

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):

10:40 a.m.

Just when he was motoring, world record holder Yohann Diniz has run into problems in the men's 50-kilometer walk having built up an early lead.

With 20K to go, the high-school sports coach from France had been 1 minute, 28 seconds ahead of a slimmed-down chasing group of seven men, including the reigning Olympic champion, Jared Tallent of Australia, and world champion Matej Toth from Slovakia.

But he then pulled up complaining of stomach pain, just as the chasing group was picking up the pace to try to reel in the 38-year-old hunting an elusive Olympic medal in the longest athletics event of the games.