The first leg of the Frigerio Trophy 2015 took place in Genoa (ITA) on the distance of 10,000m on track for male and 5.000m on track for female
Marcia dal Mondo is proud to report that the news n. 2,000 of our website is the one that brings the second all time best performance of Asia on the distance of 10.000m track walk.
10.000m men track walk
Great race of the Chinese Wang Zhen who wins the event in 38:23.73, which is the second best all time performance of Asia on the distance (after the record of Eiki Takahashi, 38:18.51, obtained in Nagasaki om Dec. 14, 2014 and better of the previous record of 38:27.09 by Yusuke Suzuki obtained in Yamaguchi - JPN last Oct. 11, 2014).
Behind Wang Zhen arrives another Chinese, Cai Zelin (39:15.91), while the third and fourth place come together the other two athletes coached by Sandro Damilano Yu Wei (40:36.54) and Zhang Lin in 40:36.84.
The first is of Italian is Leonardo Dei Tos fifth in 42:20.99.
With this victory, Wang Zhen wanted to celebrate another victory in his private life.
Saturday he hase become a father for the first time of a little girl who unfortunately is still not able to see. Greetings !
5.000m women track walk
Liu Hong subdued for a problem to the tibial, must give the victory to the bronze of London 2012, Qieyang Shenjie who won the race in 21:26.61.
Liu Hong second in 21:40.01
Third and first of the Italian, Valentina Trapletti in 22:38.81.
In fourth place the stronger of the two sisters Polli, Laura in 23:27.10.
Follows the evergreen Rossella Giordano able at over 42 years to cover the distance of 5.000m walk in 23:32.06
Also interesting to note the race of Nicole Colombi ending in 24:23.06 after winning yesterday the bronze medal at the Italian Indoor Championships in Ancona on the distance of 3.000m.
These are the split times per 1.000m of principal races in Genoa of most important athletes.
10.000 mt. men
Wang Zhen
3.58 - 7.48 (3.50) - 11.38 (3.50) - 15.27 (3.49) - 19.17 (3.50)
23.09 (3.52) - 26.57 (3.48) - 30.48 (3.51) - 34.37 (3.49) - 38.23 (3.46)
19.17 + 19.06 = 38.23
Cai Zelin
3.58 - 7.48 (3.50) - 11.43 (3.55) - 15.46 (4.03) - 19.40 (3.54)
23.38 (3.58) - 27.35 (3.57) - 31.31 (3.56) - 35.25 (3.54) - 39.15 (3.50)
19.40 + 19.35 = 39.15
5.000 mt. women
Qieyang Shenjie
4.21 - 8.40 (4.18) - 13.00 (4.20) - 17.15 (4.15) - 21.26 (4.11)
Liu Hong
4.15 - 8.34 - (4.19) - 12.57 (4.23) - 17.18 (4.21) - 21.40 (4.22)
Lastly, to note the beautiful organization of LOC in memory of Giuseppe Malaspina and that all youth competitions were conducted with the use of the new rule of the Pit Lane.
Female podium
Male podium
Start Women race