This year we would like to present our readers a review of the top five athletes of the season (women and men).
For women, which is the first analysis we venture into, we have considered a unique ranking regardless of whether or not a 50km participation is involved.
To get into this ranking, the best three results of the year were taken into account:
- in a 20km race
- in a 50km race
- in a 10km race (or 10,000m on track)
We then added the following placement scores:
- major events (World and Area Championships or Cups): 80 points to the first, 70 to the second, 60 to the third and so to climb up to the eighth that receives 10 points
- IAAF challenge: 60 points to the first, 50 to second, 40 to third and so to climb up to sixth that receives 10 points
- national events: 30 points to the first, 20 to the second, 10 to the third
We also added 10 points for each world record broken in 50km women.
The best five athletes came to be:
Yang Jiayu (CHN) - page: click here - report: click here
| Data | Competizione | Pos. | Risultato | Punti | Bonus | Totale |
| | | | | | | |
| 13.08.2017 | London IAAF World Championships in Athletics | 1. | 1:26:18 | 1203 | 80 | 1283 |
| 04.03.2017 | Huanghshan Chinese Grand Prix | 3. | 1:26:35 | 1198 | 10 | 1208 |
| 03.09.2017 | Tianjin National Games | 1. | 1:28:29 | 1164 | 30 | 1194 |
| | Average three score | | | 1188 | | 1228 |
