Tomorrow returns to racing Matej Toth (SVK).
The 2016 Rio Olympic Champion will return to the competition after the controversial stop that led him to renounce the World Championships in London 2017. The year 2017 was a particularly difficult year for the athlete of Nitra, but it was resolved positively succeeding to prove his innocence in connection with the alleged irregularities in the biological passport.
His presence at the start of the "Maistrovska SR v chodzi - Elan Meeting" of Bratislava is almost certain and will have to deal with it as well as with its local opponents of all time, even with some international athletes.
They are in fact in entry list Cameron Corbishley (GBR), Erick Barrondo (GUA), Alex Wright (IRL) and Salih Korkmaz (TUR).
On the distance of 5,000m indoor Matej Toth boasts a personal best of 18:34.56 established in Vienna (AUT) the far February 11, 2012, while his most recent performance before the suspension of the activity was 19:25.42 obtained at the Meeting Elan of Bratislava on January 31, 2016.
The performances of its main opponents are as follows:
| Athlete | Nation | Personal best | Venue | Date |
| | | | | |
| CORBISHLEY Cameron | GBR | 21:02:14 | Sheffield, GBR | 12.2.2017 |
| BARRONO Erick Bernabé | GUA | 21:14.41 | Bordeaux, FRA | 19.2.2017 |
| WRIGHT Alex | IRL | 18:50.70 | Athlone, IRL | 18.2.2017 |
| KORKMAZ Salih | TUR | 19:33.57 | Istanbul, TUR | 14.1.2017 |