Ana Cabecinha of the Oriental Club of Pechao and Ines Henriques of the Centro Natation of Rio Maior will be the two most representative athletes of Portugal in the next European Championship Cup in Podebrady.
The Federação Portuguesa de Atletismo has made known yesterday the team that will be composed of:
20 km women
Ana Cabecinha - CO Pechão
Inês Henriques - CN Rio Maior
Mara Ribeiro - SL Benfica
20 km men
João Vieira - Sporting CP
Miguel Carvalho - SL Benfica
50 km men
Pedro Isidro - SL Benfica
10 km U20 women
Carolina Costa - CO Pechão
Inês Reis - CCD Leões da Floresta
10 km U20 men
Rodrigo Marques - CO Pechão
As technical teammembers, the team will be composed by the national coach Carlos Carmino, and the two technical coaches of Ana Cabecinha (Paulo Murta) and Ines Henriques (Jorge Miguel).
Ana Cabecinha has a progression in the 20km of all respect
| Season | Result | Venue | Date |
| | | | |
| 2004 | 1:37:39 | Naumburg (GER) | 02.05.2004 |
| 2005 | 1:34:13 | La Coruna (ESP) | 04.06.2005 |
| 2006 | 1:31:02 | La Coruna (ESP) | 13.05.2006 |
| 2007 | 1:32:44 | Rio Maior (POR) | 14.04.2007 |
| 2008 | 1:27:46 | Beijing (CHN) | 21.08.2008 |
| 2009 | 1:33:05 | Rio Maior (POR) | 04.04.2009 |
| 2010 | 1:31:14 | Rio Maior (POR) | 10.04.2010 |
| 2011 | 1:31:08 | Lugano (SUI) | 20.03.2011 |
| 2012 | 1:28:03 | London (GBR) | 11.08.2012 |
| 2013 | 1:29:17 | Moskva (RUS) | 13.08.2013 |
| 2014 | 1:27:49 | Taicang (CHN) | 03.05.2014 |
| 2015 | 1:28:28 | Murcia (ESP) | 17.05.2015 |
| 2016 | 1:28:40 | Roma (ITA) | 07.05.2016 |
| 2017 | 1:31:47 | Ciudad Juárez (MEX) | 12.03.2017 |
And the same can be said for Ines Henriques who recently at Rio Maior has reached the historic result of having completed 100 races on 20km in less than 1:40:00.
| Season | Result | Venue | Date |
| | | | |
| 2000 | 1:41:19 | Eisenhüttenstadt (GER) | 17.06.2000 |
| 2002 | 1:35:28 | Torino (ITA) | 12.10.2002 |
| 2003 | 1:36:03 | Cheboksary (RUS) | 18.05.2003 |
| 2004 | 1:31:23 | Lisbon (POR) | 31.07.2004 |
| 2005 | 1:33:24 | Rio Maior (POR) | 02.04.2005 |
| 2006 | 1:30:28 | La Coruna (ESP) | 13.05.2006 |
| 2007 | 1:30:24 | Leamington (GBR) | 20.05.2007 |
| 2008 | 1:31:06 | La Coruna (ESP) | 07.06.2008 |
| 2009 | 1:30:34 | Porto (POR) | 21.02.2009 |
| 2010 | 1:29:36 | La Coruna (ESP) | 19.06.2010 |
| 2011 | 1:30:29 | Sesto San Giovanni (ITA) | 01.05.2011 |
| 2012 | 1:29:54 | London (GBR) | 11.08.2012 |
| 2013 | 1:29:30 | La Coruna (ESP) | 01.06.2013 |
| 2014 | 1:29:33 | Taicang (CHN) | 03.05.2014 |
| 2015 | 1:29:52 | Rio Maior (POR) | 18.04.2015 |
| 2016 | 1:29:00 | Roma (ITA) | 07.05.2016 |
| 2017 | 1:32:15 | Rio Maior (POR) | 01.04.2017 |
The athlete coached by Jorge Miguel, the historic patron of race walk to Rio Maior, has also set the new 50km world record this season with the time of 4:08:26.
The following table, updated to date, shows the top 20 female athletes of the European list of 2017 (excluded Russian atletes not admitted)
| Time | Pos | Athlete | YoB | Nation | Venue | Date |
| | | | | | | |
| 01:30:55 | 1. | Julia TAKACS | 85 | ESP | Naumburg (GER) | 23.04 |
| 01:30:55 | 2. | Brigita VIRBALYTĖ-DIMSIENĖ | 85 | LTU | Adelaide (AUS) | 19.02 |
| 01:30:57 | 3. | Lidia SANCHEZ-PUEBLA | 96 | ESP | Mérida (ESP) | 02.04 |
| 01:31:33 | 4. | Laura GARCÍA-CARO | 95 | ESP | Mérida (ESP) | 02.04 |
| 01:33:23 | 5. | Živilė VAICIUKEVIČIŪTĖ | 96 | LTU | Podebrady (CZE) | 08.04 |
| 01:31:44 | 6. | Nadiya BOROVSKA | 81 | UKR | Ivano-Frankivsk (UKR) | 12.03 |
| 01:31:46 | 7. | Maria PEREZ | 96 | ESP | Mérida (ESP) | 02.04 |
| 01:31:47 | 8. | Ana CABECINHA | 84 | POR | Ciudad Juárez (MEX) | 12.03 |
| 01:31:50 | 9. | Amanda CANO | 94 | ESP | Mérida (ESP) | 02.04 |
| 01:32:00 | 10. | Emilie MENUET | 91 | FRA | La Roche-sur-Yon (FRA) | 12.03 |
| 01:32:15 | 11. | Ines HENRIQUES | 80 | POR | Rio Maior (POR) | 01.04 |
| 01:33:23 | 12. | Monika VAICIUKEVIČIŪTĖ | 96 | LTU | Podebrady (CZE) | 08.04 |
| 01:32:47 | 13. | Antigoni DRISBIOTI | 84 | GRE | Rio Maior (POR) | 01.04 |
| 01:33:03 | 14. | Ainhoa PINEDO | 83 | ESP | Mérida (ESP) | 02.04 |
| 01:33:18 | 15. | Anežka DRAHOTOVÁ | 95 | CZE | Podebrady (CZE) | 08.04 |
| 01:33:26 | 16. | Mária CZÁKOVÁ | 88 | SVK | Lugano (SUI) | 19.03 |
| 01:33:45 | 17. | Valentina TRAPLETTI | 85 | ITA | Cassino (ITA) | 26.03 |
| 01:33:49 | 18. | Inna KASHINA | 91 | UKR | Ivano-Frankivsk (UKR) | 12.03 |
| 01:34:04 | 19. | Maria LARIOS LOPEZ | 92 | ESP | Mérida (ESP) | 02.04 |
| 01:34:16 | 20. | Katarzyna GOLBA | 89 | POL | Lugano (SUI) | 19.03 |
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