Caio Oliveira de Sena Bonfim and South American recordwoman Erica Rocha Sena, both with great performances in the last part of the season, are leading the Brazilian team for the IAAF World Race Walk Team Championships, to be held on May 7 and 8 in Rome.
Caio Bonfim will compete in 20 km. with the team-mates Moacir Zimmermann, José Alessandro Bernardo Bagio and Rudney Dias Nogueira.
Erica Rocha de Sena, who is preparing in Ecuador, will compete in the same distance with Cisiane Dutra Lopes, Nair da Rosa and Liliane Priscila Barbosa.
Matheus Gabriel da Liz Correa will compete in U20 10 km.
Last year at the Beijing World Championships both Erica de Sena and Caio Bonfim obtained the 6th place in 20 km road walk.
And in the Pan American Games in Toronto, Erica de Sena was second, while Caio Bonfim won the bronze medal.
Few weeks ago, in Dudince, Erica broke his South American record clocking 1:28:22.
Matheus Gabriel da Liz Correa U20 who will compete in Rome