behind <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Fernando_L%C3%B3pez_(race_walker)" title="Luis Fernando López (race walker)">Luis Fernando López</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup> He improved his placing at the <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_World_Championships_in_Athletics" title="2007 World Championships in Athletics">2007 World Championships in Athletics</a> with a fourth place finish and reached his first global senior podium a