BEIJING (AP) — The Latest from the IAAF world championships (all times local):
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7:40 a.m.
The 50-kilometer walk got under way Sunday morning, minus the only Russian entered in the competition.
Alexander Yargunkin was entered in the race but did not start amid reports that he did not travel to China because of the recent doping scandal engulfing race walking in Russia.
Jared Tallent, the two-time Olympic and two-time world championship silver medalist from Australia, was among the early leaders.