Today took place the 2017 edition of the British Grand Prix of Race Walking in Leeds, very well organized by Andrew Drake and Malcom Brown's team.
The race is held in the Roundhay Park.
20km men
Victory to Tom Bosworth (GBR) in in 1:24:59 (1:24:58.95)
Second place to Callum Wilkinson (GBR) in in 1:24:59 (1:24:58:59)
Third place to Zacharias Tsamoudakis (GRE) in 1:25:31 (1:25:30:51).
The Greek athlete improves to 4:06 his personal best established this year at Marathonas (GRE) on January 15 2017, reaching 15th in the European list U23.
Below updated U23 provisional 2017 list
| U23 Men - 40 (18 of Russian athletes) performances as at June 25, 2017 (under 1:28:00) |
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| Time | Pos | Athlete | YoB | Nation | Venue | Date |
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| 01:18:25 | 1. | Sergey SHIROBOKOV | 99 | RUS | Sochi (RUS) | 18.02 |
| 01:20:57 | - | Aleksey SHEVCHUK | 97 | RUS | Sochi (RUS) | 18.02 |
| 01:21:32 | - | Timofey PARKAYEV | 97 | RUS | Sochi (RUS) | 18.02 |
| 01:21:48 | - | Vasiliy MIZINOV | 97 | RUS | Cheboksary (RUS) | 10.06 |
| 01:21:56 | 2. | Diego GARCIA | 96 | ESP | Poděbrady (CZE) | 21.05 |
| 01:22:08 | 3. | Karl JUNGHANSS | 96 | GER | Naumburg (GER) | 23.04 |
| 01:22:09 | - | Vladislav SARAYKIN | 97 | RUS | Sochi (RUS) | 18.02 |
| 01:22:16 | - | Ivan KAKAYEV | 97 | RUS | Cheboksary (RUS) | 10.06 |
| 01:22:17 | 4. | Callum WILKINSON | 97 | GBR | Poděbrady (CZE) | 21.05 |
| 01:22:48 | 5. | Nathaniel SEILER | 96 | GER | Naumburg (GER) | 23.04 |
| 01:22:59 | 6. | Jean BLANCHETEAU | 96 | FRA | Poděbrady (CZE) | 08.04 |
| 01:23:26 | 7. | Manuel BERMÚDEZ | 97 | ESP | Mérida (ESP) | 02.04 |
| 01:23:29 | - | Nikolay MARKOV | 95 | RUS | Sochi (RUS) | 18.02 |
| 01:23:31 | - | Kiril SHUTOV | 97 | RUS | Sochi (RUS) | 18.02 |
| 01:23:46 | 8. | Gianluca PICCHIOTTINO | 96 | ITA | Cassino (ITA) | 26.03 |
| 01:23:48 | 9. | Jonathan HILBERT | 95 | GER | Naumburg (GER) | 23.04 |
| 01:23:50 | 10. | Gabriel BORDIER | 97 | FRA | Poděbrady (CZE) | 08.04 |
| 01:24:05 | - | Aleksey KUDASHKIN | 97 | RUS | Sochi (RUS) | 18.02 |
| 01:24:09 | 11. | Andrea AUGRUSTI | 95 | ITA | Cassino (ITA) | 26.03 |
| 01:24:13 | - | MAKSIM VAKHRUSHEV | 96 | RUS | Sochi (RUS) | 18.02 |
| 01:24:51 | 12. | Fabian BERNABE | 95 | FRA | La Roche-sur-Yon (FRA) | 12.03 |
| 01:25:24 | 13. | Salih KORKMAZ | 97 | TUR | Poděbrady (CZE) | 21.05 |
| 01:25:24 | - | Andrey TRYAPKIN | 97 | RUS | Cheboksary (RUS) | 10.06 |
| 01:25:29 | 14. | Bence VENYERCSÁN | 96 | HUN | Békéscsaba (HUN) | 30.04 |
| 01:25:31 | 15. | Zacharias TSMOUDAKIS | 96 | GRE | Leeds (GBR) | 25.06 |
| 01:25:48 | 16. | Stefano CHIESA | 96 | ITA | Cassino (ITA) | 26.03 |
| 01:26:00 | 17. | Cameron CORBISHLEY | 97 | GBR | Poděbrady (CZE) | 08.04 |
| 01:26:30 | - | Nikolay SERGEYEV | 96 | RUS | Sochi (RUS) | 18.02 |
| 01:26:34 | - | Zakhar BYKON | 97 | RUS | Sochi (RUS) | 18.02 |
| 01:26:45 | - | Nikita RUSIN | 96 | RUS | Sochi (RUS) | 18.02 |
| 01:26:49 | 18. | Miguel RODRIGUES | 96 | POR | La Coruna (ESP) | 03.06 |
| 01:26:50 | 19. | Dmitriy LUKYANCHUK | 97 | BLR | Gomel (BLR) | 22.04 |
| 01:26:58 | - | Aleksey VASILYEV | 97 | RUS | Sochi (RUS) | 18.02 |
| 01:27:01 | 20. | Ivan LOPEZ | 97 | ESP | La Coruna (ESP) | 03.06 |
| 01:27:30 | 21. | Dmytro SOBCHUK | 95 | UKR | Ivano-Frankivsk (UKR) | 11.03 |
| 01:27.37 | 22. | Gregorio ANGELINI | 96 | ITA | Cassino (ITA) | 26.03 |
| 01:27:41 | 23. | Dominik CERNY | 97 | SVK | Borsky Mikulas (SVK) | 22.04 |
| 01:27:48 | - | Yevgeniy DOBRYNKIN | 97 | RUS | Sochi (RUS) | 18.02 |
| 01:27:50 | - | Aleksandr ORLOV | 95 | RUS | Sochi (RUS) | 18.02 |
| 01:27:51 | - | Roman GEORGIYEV | 95 | RUS | Sochi (RUS) | 18.02 |
| 01:27:56 | - | Maksim NOVIKOV | 97 | RUS | Sochi (RUS) | 18.02 |
In the men’s 20km, Leeds-based duo Tom Bosworth and Callum Wilkinson went to the front from the start on their home turf and soon established a lead ahead of Dominic King and Greek Zacharias Tsamoudakis.
The pair passed 10km in 43:50 and wound up the pace in the second half, walking together until the last 100m when, in a sprint finish, Bosworth took the victory by one second in 1:24:59 as they both secured their places on the team for London. Behind them Tsamoudakis pulled away in the second half to clock a PB of 1:25:31 ahead of King, who clocked a PB of 1:26:08, which ranks him fourth in the UK in 2017 and moves him to No.19 on the UK all-time list just above his twin brother Daniel who was disqualified in the second half.
20km women
Vicory to Gemma Bridge (GBR) in 1:32:33 (1:32:32.96) new personal best (previous of 1:34:24 obtained on May 21, 2017 during European Cup in Podebrady).
Second place to Alana Barber (NZL) in 1:32:38 (1:32:37.76).
For the New Zealand walker this is the sixth 20km in which she competed in 2017 with the following results all within a range of 1:32:23 and 1:36:16 obtained in altitude at Monterrey (MEX).
| Date | Competition | Nation | Pos. | Result |
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| 19.02.2017 | Adelaide Oceania 20km Race Walk Ch. | AUS | 4. | 1:32:23 |
| 12.03.2017 | Ciudad Juárez Circuito Internacional de Marcha | MEX | 9. | 1:34:56 |
| 19.03.2017 | Monterrey Circuito Internacional de Marcha | MEX | 6. | 1:36:16 |
| 15.04.2017 | Taicang IAAF Race Walking Challenge | CHN | 6. | 1:35:28 |
| 03.06.2017 | La Coruña Gran Premio Cantones | ESP | 15. | 1:35:37 |
| 25.06.2017 | Leeds British Race Walking Grand Prix | GBR | 2. | 1:32:38 |
Third place to Bethan Davies (GRE) in 1:33:04 (1:33:03.88) new personal best (previous of 1:33:48 obtained on June 5, 2016 in the same race in Leeds).
Callum Wilkinson (30) and Tom Bosworth (14)
(Photos by Chris Maddocks - GBR)
Full results (included also other distances) in the section Results or download directly from this link: click here