The Iberoamerican Athletics Championships will start tomorrow, August 24th, and will take place in Peru in Trujillo at the Chan Chan stadium.
The two walking events will take place:
- Saturday 25th August at 8.00: 10.000m track walk women
- Sunday 26 August at 8:20: 20.000m track walk men
Eighteen Vountries are participating.
The entry list
20.000m men track walk
Without any doubt the most interesting race will be that of women who sees four athletes in an area of less than 50" and all of high level agostistic.
Julia Takacs (ESP), recent bronze winner at the European Championships in Berlin 2018 and third in the IAAF Ranking for the 50km behind Ines Henriques (POR) and Hang Yin (CHN), is the holder of the Iberoamerican record with a time of 43:10.85.
Relevant contestants will be:
Glenda Morejion (ECU), the young Ecuadorian star coming from the recent bronze of the U20 World Championships in Tampere where she made her personal best.
Kimberly Garcia (PER), home athlete, winner last year at the IAAF Challenge in Rio Maior
Sandra Lorena Arenas (COL), fifth at the World Championships in London 2017, and that this year has already won the IAAF Challenge at Dudince and the Colombia Cup at Pitalito
The 2018 lists (first 20 athletes) of Iberoamerican Countries
10.000m track walk women
20.000m track walk men