This morning (in the night Italian time) were held in Nomi th 40th Asian Championships 20km road walk that every year take place in the charming town of 50,000 inhabitants in the prefecture of Ishihawa.
20 km men
This year the performance was not as impressive as that of 2015, as Yusuke Suzuki set a new world record over the distance, but still of great interest.
The race was also attended by some non-Asian athletes who competed in the preparation of the Olympic Games in Rio.
For this reason we propose the two distinctly arrival orders: the general and that of the Asian Championships.
The race was won by Daisuke Matsunaga (JPN) who was not part of the Japanese team for the Asian Championships.
Matsunaga has covered the distance in 1:18:53 which is currently the third best world performance of the year.
Matsunaga has thus redeemed the disqualification, suffered in Kobe, the last lap of the Japanese Championships a month ago.
These are his split times:
- 5km: 19:31
- 10km: 19:36 (39:07)
- 15km: 19:45 (58:52)
- 20km: 20:01 (1:18:53)
The second place went to the Canadian Inaki Gomez, in 1:19:20, which is the new record of Canada
These are his split times:
- 5km: 19:35
- 10km: 19:46 (39:21)
- 15km: 19:50 (59:11)
- 20km: 20:09 (1:19:20)
In third place was another Japanese Takumi Saitou who was not part of the Japanese team for the Asian Championships.
These are his split times:
- 5km: 19:35
- 10km: 19:46 (39:21)
- 15km: 19:52 (59:13)
- 20km: 20:31 (1:19:44)
The Asian Championships instead were won by the athlete Gurmeet Singh (IND), arrived eighth overall, with a time of 1:20:29.
Second the Japanese Isamu Fujisawa (1:20:49), capable less than a month ago in Kobe of 1:18:45 (which is up now the second time of 2016).
Third arrived the Kazakhstan athlete Georgiy Sheiko in 1:21:52
20 km women
In the women's race all the first three athletes were also part of their team for the Asian Championships, so the ranks coincide.
The race was won by China's Liang Rui, in 1:28:43.
These her split times:
- 5km: 22:26
- 10km: 22:02 (44:28)
- 15km: 22:13 (1:06:41)
- 20km: 22:02 (1:28:43)
In second place it was ranked Kumiko Okada (JPN) in 1:30:03
These her split times:
- 5km: 22:09
- 10km: 22:18 (44:27)
- 15km: 22:37 (1:07:04)
- 20km: 22:59 (1:30:03)
In third place was ranked Jeongeun Lee (KOR) in 1:33:53
These her split times:
- 5km: 22:36
- 10km: 23:30 (45:56)
- 15km: 23:48 (1:09:44)
- 20km: 24:09 (1:33:53)
Full results in the section Results or directly download from this link: click here
20km women start
Leading group with Daisuke Matsunaga (40) and Inaki Gomez (703)