from Fidal web-site)

Friday, May 6, on the eve of the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships in Rome 2016 (7-8 May), there will be the press conference of presentation. 

Meet at 12 hours at the Sheraton Parco De Medici Hotel Rome. Attended by the General Secretary of the IAAF Jean Gracia, President FIDAL Alfio Giomi and some of the most representative international athletes of the event: 

the italian Eleonora Giorgi (Italian record holder 20km), 

the Chinese Hong Liu (20km world champion and world record holder), 

the Canadian Benjamin Thorne (20km bronze world champion) 

and IAAF Ambassador Robert Korzeniowski (four times Olympic champion and three medals at World Championships) and Jefferson Perez (three World medals and an Olympic Gold in career).