The second day start with the
10km U20 women
They start in 42
A small group led by Alegna Gonzalez (MEX) and Glenda Morejon (ECU) in the lead.
The others: Nanako Fujii (JPN), Li Wenxiu (CHN), Ma Li (CHN), Meryem Bekmez (TUR) and Noelia Vargas (CRC).
The passage to the 5km is 23:09
In the second part of the race force the pace Alegna Gonzalez (MEX) and Glenda Morejon (ECU) with a second part of the race respectively of 21:59 (Gonzalez) and 22:04 (Morejon).
Victory for Alegna Gonzalez (MEX) in 45:08
Second place at Glenda Morejon (ECU) in 45:13
Third place to Nanako Fukii (JPN) in 45:29
Fourth place in Li Wenxiu (CHN) in 45:51
Fifth place in Meryem Bekmez (TUR) in 46.14
The only Italian in the race, Valeria Di Sabato, arrives 24th in 51:10 very close to the personal best.
Team standings
Victory for China (points 10)
Second place for Ecuador (points 13)
Third place for Turkey (points 15)
Fourth place for Japan (points 20)
Fifth place for Peru (points 28)
The new world lisr of 10km U20 women after Taicang:
20km men
At 5km: leaders are Hagen Pohle (GER) and Wang Kaihua (CHN) in 20:31
Following is the group led by Giorgio Rubino (ITA), Daisuke Matsunaga (JPN), Mauricio Arteaga (ECU) detached by 6 seconds.
At 10km
Hagen Pohle (GER) and Wang Kaihua (CHN) were in the lead in 40:48.
At 10" follows the still quite large group led by Jin Xiangqian (CHN), Isamu Fujisawa (JAP), Cai Zelin (CHN), Eider Arevalo (COL) and Eiki Takahashi (JPN). In the group also Massimo Stano (ITA) and Diego Garcia (ESP).
Immediately after force the pace Wang Kaihua catches Hagen Pohle, while Massimo Stano puts himself ahead of the group of pursuers in which Daisuke Matsunaga is charged by two red cards.
And already the first surprise: Cai Zelin, one of the favorites of the home team, is forced to retire due to a probable breaking of the meniscus. The victory in the team standing is very complicated for China. Now the undisputed favorite is Japan.
At 49:30 from the start of the race Stano and the group of pursuers catch Pohle and begin to reduce the gap with wang Kahihua (now 7")
Eiki Takahashi and Koki Ikeda (JPN) who reach after a while Wang Kaihua, while Tom Bosworth (GBR) is stopped for 2min. in the Pit Lane Area.
At 15km
The situation is as follows: Wang, Ikeka, Yamanishi and Takahashi in the lead 1:01:09
Jin, Fujisawa and Stano behind in 1:01:12
Arevalo still behind in 101: 29
Massimo Stano forces the pace to reduce the gap with the first and brings the others in the leading group (now there are seven). Arevalo is behind.
Forces the pace Massimo Stano and goes to lead the race.
At 16 km Yamanishi and Ikeda are in front of Stano.
Yamanishi, Ikeda and Wang Kaihua still in the lead, while Stano and Takahashi are a distance of about ten meters.
Yamanishi receives the second red card.
Last lap: Koki Ikeda and Wang Kaihua lead the way, followed by Yamanishi, still behind Stano and Takahashi.
Force again Ikeda and pull off Wang Kaihua,
Victory to Koki Ikeda in 1:21:13
Second place to Wang Kaihua in 1:21:22
Third place to Massimo Stano in 1:21:33
Fourth place to Toshikazu Yamanishi in 1:21:53
Fifth place to Brian Pintado (ECU) in 1:22:21
The other Italians
Francesco Fortunato is 9th in 1:23:31
Giorgio Rubino is 17th in 1:24:03
Marco De Luca is part of the large group of DNF (13 athletes)
We hope that no one wants to hurt, but the change of generation in Italy is in full swing, and this is already in itself always good news.
Team Standings
Victory to Giappone (points 12)
Second place to Italy (points 29)
Third place to China (points 42)
Fourth place to Ecuador (points 47)
Fifht place to Spagna (points 49)
The world list of 20km men in the top ten positions after the Taicang race has not changed.
The beautiful double contact of Maika Yagi (JPN) - 17th in U20 women in 50:04
pictured by Karl Junghannss for Race Walk Pictures