After four races to the rhythm of performance records (World and Asian) is not possible to complain if Dudince are obtained only two national records and only the third world performance of all time on the 50 km !
50 km
They start in 44 with the head immediately Matej Toth, who will be the star of the day,
After rounding the 10 km in 44:00 and 20 km in 1:26:51 the Slovak is 3:24 seconds ahead of Polish couple of Rafal Augustyn and Lukasz Nowak and on Irish Robert Heffernan.
The race is already over, unless unexpected collapse of Toth's known as 50 km racer highly reliable.
The only thing we do not know yet is time.
Toth continues his solitary walk with the following split:
25km: 1:48:07
30km: 2:09:20
35km: 2.30: 35
40km: 2:51:46
45km: 3:13:13
to finish with a time of 3:34:38 that represents the world's best performance of the year and the third of all times.
In second place in 3:43:55 Rafal Augustyn that around 44km managed to get rid of teammate Lukasz Nowak (with some technical problem) that gets the bronze in 3:44:53.
Fourth World Champion of Moscow 2013, Robert Heffernan, who redeems from the disqualification incurred in Spain, with a time of 3:48:44.
The Italians:
Good for eighth place of Matteo Giupponi ending in 3:49:52 (personal best)
Twentieth Lorenzo Dessi in 4:05:44
Vito Di Bari is twenty-third in 4:17:52 at first 50 km, although frankly we expected something better
Of the 44 at the start, 27 they complete the race, 14 DNF and 3 DQ
20 km men
Fifteen athletes at the start for a race that suffers from the presence of the more known race of 50 km.
To 5 km are in the lead in four (Marco de Luca, Caio Bonfim, Andres Chocho and Alex Wright) and the distance is covered in 20:47. The South African Lebogang Shange, secong in Lugano follows in 20:58.
To 10 km are in five and pass in 41:35
At 15 km the South African Shange, which has forced the pace at 12 km, with a time of 1:01:57, followed by Andres Chocho in 1:02:22 and Marco de Luca, excellent third in 1:02:24. Others come off.
The South African shows no signs of abating, and goes on to win the 20 km in 1:22:44.
Second is the Ecuadorian Andres Chocho and third in 1:23:20 Marco de Luca in 1:23:43 (both with a red card).
The Brazilian Caio Bomfin comes fourth, risking a lot (two red cards) in 1:24:44.
Of the fifteen starters, 13 they complete the race, 2 DNF and no DQ
20 km Women
The best race for the Italian colors rewritten with the Italian record for the first time in history below 1:27:00
They start at 32 and immediately go to lead Eleonora Anna Giorgi to set the pace.
At 5 km Giorgi is leading the race with the Ukrainian Lyudmila Olyanovska (21:31). Follows Antonella Palmisano in 22:04. More distant the Brazilian Erica de Sena and the Czech Aneszka Drakotova, after the fresh victory in Lugano.
At 10 km is the Olyanovska to lead in 43:15 together with Eleonora Anna Giorgi in 43:16.
Antonella Palmisano is always third in 44:18 followed by Erica de Sena in 44:22.
Aneszka Drahotova follows in 44:56
At 15 km back in the lead Eleonora Anna Giorgi in 1:01:11, which has launched its own attack between km 14 and 15, followed by Lyudmila Olyanovska (1:01:21) while Antonella Palmisano follows in 1:06:31 (+1:09). Erica de Sena follows in 1:06:57.
The last kilometers are transformed for the Italian in a walk against time to get under the wall of 1:27:00.
Finish the race with the new Italian record of 1:26:46 (a red card).
Second is Lyudmila Olyanovska in 1:28:18 in the last 5 km final has paid the effort.
Third is Antonella Palmisano who finishes the race with a time of 1:28:40, also paying the effort in the final.
Follow Erica de Sena and Aneszka Drahotova.