This Sunday in Saint-Sebastien-sur-Loire (Loire-Atlantique) were held the championships of France 20 and 50 kilometers.
The competitions were judged by a mixed jury who saw the presence of four judges belonging to the international panels.
50km men
Great result of Yohann Diniz, to return to racing after injury.
His time of 3:37:48 puts him in the top of world ranking list in 2016, and set him to be a serious contender for gold in Rio de Janeiro.
Second place went to Hugo Andrieu in 4:09:15.
Third place went to Maxime Lecaplain in 4:28:38.
Very interesting the performance from a Canadian Walker who raced out of the National Championships.
Mathieu Bilodeau took the second place of the race.
His time 3.53.56 opens the Rio’s door.
Fourteen athletes at the start, of which 9 have completed the race, 1 DNF and 2 DQ.
20 km men
Medium level results.
Victory to Jean Blancheateau in 1:26:50 in front of Fabien Bernabe (1:28:19)
Third place went to Xavier Le Coz in 1:28:53.
Massive participation with 35 athletes at the start. 29 have completed the race, 5 DNF and 1 DQ.
20 km women
Also in this race does not have registered impressive results.
The victory went to Emilie Menuet in 1:33:27.
Second place went to Violaine Averous in 1:33:59 in front of the bronze Chahineze Nasri (TUN) in 1:34:35.
(editors note)
Top ten world list in 50km in 2016 updated.
| Results | Pos. | Athlete | YoB | Country | Venue | Date |
| | | | | | | |
| 3:37:48 | 1. | Yohann DINIZ | 78 | FRA | St. Sebastien-Loire (FRA) | 13.03 |
| 3:41:02 | 2. | Zhendong WANG | 91 | CHN | Huangshan (CHN) | 06.03 |
| 3:42:43 | 3. | Yucheng HAN | 78 | CHN | Huangshan (CHN) | 06.03 |
| 3:42:54 | 4. | Wei YU | 87 | CHN | Huangshan (CHN) | 06.03 |
| 3:42:57 | 5. | Andres CHOCHO | 83 | ECU | Ciudad Juárez (MEX) | 06.03 |
| 3:43:31 | 6. | Hang ZHANG | 91 | CHN | Huangshan (CHN) | 06.03 |
| 3:45:28 | 7. | Omar ZEPEDA | 77 | MEX | Ciudad Juárez (MEX) | 06.03 |
| 3:47:51 | 8. | Jian LIU | 97 | CHN | Huangshan (CHN) | 06.03 |
| 3:48:07 | 9. | Faguang XU | 87 | CHN | Huangshan (CHN) | 06.03 |
| 3:48:23 | 10. | Lin ZHANG | 93 | CHN | Huangshan (CHN) | 06.03 |
The start of 50 km (photo by Emmanuel Tardi - FRA)
Diniz during the race (photo by Emmanuel Tardi - FRA)