We end the reports on last week's news with the Latvian indoor championships that took place in the small indoor facility in Riga: small but functional with a three-lane oval and a 60m-long central four-lane straight.
The two walking races (on the usual distances of 5,000m for men and 3,000m for women) took place on Saturday 27th January, coinciding with the trials of women's pentathlon and men's heptathlon. In addition to the two tests of the senior category, the same distance for the U20s and U18s was followed, and events on less distances for the U16 and U14 were carried out.
3.000m indoor women
Victory without too many worries to Agnese Pastare (LAT) in 13:51.29
The almost thirty-year-old Latvian athlete, who competed in Italy in 2017, and who has a personal best of 13:06.18 (obtained in Riga on February 28, 2012) has obtained yet another performance under 14:00.00.
Below her best results on 3.000m indoor
| Date | Competition | Nation | Pos. | Result |
| | | | | |
| 28.01.2012 | Riga Latvian Ind. Race Walking Ch. | LAT | 1. | 13:06.18 |
| 27.01.2013 | Riga Latvian Ind. Race Walking Ch. | LAT | 1. | 13:19.0h |
| 08.01.2017 | Riga Latvian Ind. Race Walking Ch. | LAT | 1. | 13:41.29 |
| 25.01.2015 | Riga Latvian Race Walking Ind. Ch. | LAT | 1. | 13:43.40 |
| 27.01.2018 | Riga Latvian Race Walking Ind. Ch | LAT | 1. | 13:51.29 |
| 31.01.2016 | Riga Latvian Ind. Race Walking Ch. | LAT | 1. | 14:17.53 |
| 25.01.2014 | Riga | LAT | 1. | 14:57.1h |
Second place to Anita Cuhnova (LAT) in 15:33.96
Third place to Gunita Strante (LAT) in 16:32.23
Agnese Pastare
5.000m indoor men
Victory to Ruslan Smolonskis (LAT) in 20:48.12 establishing the new personal best (previous 21:23.36 established in Riga, LAT on January 8, 2017).
Second place tp Raivo Saulgrizes (LAT) in 21:00.53 also for him the new personal best (previous of 21:28.20 established in Riga, LAT on January 31, 2016).
Third place to Edgars Gjacs (LAT) in 21:12.51.
Ruslan Smolonskis