Intense weekend for race walking.
In Australia will took place the 50km Australian Championship with other races on 20km (men and women).
At Melbourne's Fawkner Park, Victoria will race the race that was suspended two weeks ago for safety reasons as a result of thunderstorms raging in the area.
The updated entry list sends us a message of sadness: updated entry list today shows only one person in the race - Perseus Karlstrom (SWE). Compared to the original entries Damian Blocki (POL), Mattew Griggs (AUS) and Brendon Reading (AUS) were forced to withdraw with the change of date from 3 to 17 December.
The one female entrant Claire Tallent (AUS) (to her first 50km of Championship after having won the title several times in 20k has gone from 50 km to 20 km) has changed from racing in the 50km to the 20km.
In Spain they will compete again, even this weekend !
This time in Getafe where the 19th Trofeo de Marcha Asociacon Deportiva Cerro de Buenavista is expected on the classic distances of 10km and 5km on the road.
At the same time, the Spanish Master Championship of road race will also be matched, as well as competitions for the promotional categories over minor distances.
These programs of competitions continous, on distances between 5km and 10km always collect a good number of athletes and maintain high interest of race walking in the territory.
From November up today, in a period in which, for example, in Italy (but not only) years have not seen the organization of races, our friends in Spain have been able to continue to keep alive the interest with:
Nov. 18, 2017: Toledo - XXX Espada Toledana
Nov. 19, 2017: Manresa - XI Memorial Enric Villapiana
Nov. 25, 2017: Lugo - XXIX Campeonato de Galicia de Marcha de Invierno
Nov. 26, 2017: Murcia - Campeonato de Marcha de Promocion
Dec. 10, 2017: Guadix - Campeonato de Espagna de Marcha Atletica de Promocion
Dec. 10, 2017: Guadix - XXXII G.P. de Marcha Atlética Ciudad de Guadix - XIII Memorial Manuel Alcalde
Dec. 17, 2017: Getafe - XIX Trofeo de Marcha Asociación Deportiva Cerro de Buenavista
We leave it to the reflections of our readers if it is also of interest in marketing this kind of competition and what is the return on the whole movement of race walking. Then certainly it is not surprising that the Spanish athletes are almost always in the top positions in the world rankings of all categories.