In this file photo taken on July 22, 2022, Peru's Kimberly Garcia Leon celebrates as she crosses the finish line to win the women's 35km race walk final during the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, United States. (PHOTO / AFP)

Peru's Kimberly Garcia Leon broke the 35 km race walk world record on Saturday with a time of two hours 37 minutes and 44 seconds in Dudince, Slovakia.

The world champion in both the 20km and 35 km walk broke the previous record of 2:38:24 set by Russian Klavdiya Afanasyeva in 2019, in a warning to her rivals ahead of the Paris Olympics next year.

China's Liu Hong came in second in an Asian record of 2:40:06 while Magaly Bonilla from Ecuador took third place.

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At Paris 2024, there will only be one race of 20km for the women and a 35 km mixed team race walk.