It was held on Saturday, October 2 at Nitra in Slovakia the eighth edition of the International Race Walk, dedicated this year to the day of the farewell toi 2016 for Matej Toth, the winner of the 50km at the World Championships in Beijing in 2015.
The race, over distances of 5km for men and 3km for women was more like a walkway of onor for the Slovak champion.
5km men
As easy prediction wins Matej Toth, with the time of 19:46.
In second place the teammate of Dukla Banska Bystrica, Anton Kucmin, just two seconds behind in 19:48.
In third place still an athlete of Dukla Banska Bystrica, Dusan Majdan, which ends in 20:16, in front of the Polish Grzegorz Sudol, fresh from victory in the Team Standings of Multi-day Around Taihu in China (20:21).
3km women
Unquestioned victory of Agnieszka Dygacz, coming from the good performance in Multi-day Around Taihu in China, with a time of 13:00.
In second place was the athlete of the Dukla Banska Bystrica, Maria Czakova at 13:27, in front of the teammate Lucia Cubanova in 14:04.
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Matej Toth and Anton Kucmin
The start of both races
Agnieszka Dygacz (bib number 20) during the race