We return today to the choice of the athlete of the month, which in the last month of July we had postponed.
Let's start again just re-proposing our nomination of the month of
July 2018
In the next days we will update you with those of August 2018.
Men category
In a month with the activity reduced to only the national championships that usually take place on the distance of 10.000m on the track, our choice could only take into consideration the three best results of the 10.000m track walk that took place in Kitami (JPN) last 8th July on the second day of the "Hokuren Distance Challenge" an event that takes place on four stages and which contemplates how the middle-distance, long-distance and march races stand out from the title.
We have also left out the interesting results of the U20 World Champion in Tampere, just because of the Juniors, while in our choice of athlete of the month we want to address only senior athletes.
For the choice of the best athletes of the month of July then Marcia dal Mondo offers its readers the following ranking:
| Date | Event | Venue | Distance | Athlete | Result | Score |
| | | | | | | |
| 8.7.2018 | Hokuren DC | Kitami (JPN) | 10.000m track | MATSUNAGA Daisuke | 37:58.08 | 1.218 |
| 8.7.2018 | Hokuren DC | Kitami (JPN) | 10.000m track | KOUKI Ikeda | 38:40:04 | 1.188 |
| 8.7.2018 | Hokuren DC | Kitami (JPN) | 10.000m track | MASATORA Kawano | 38:50:37 | 1.180 |
We take this opportunity to propose the updated 2018 list of the first 10 performances on the distance of 10000m track walk men.
Women category
As far as the female category is concerned, the contests that we have taken into consideration are the following three:
| Date | Event | Venue | Distance | Athlete | Result |
| | | | | | |
| 3.7.2018 | China Championships | Chinfeng (CHN) | 50km | Li Maucou | 4:13:04 |
| 9.7.2018 | Portugal Championships | Leiria (POR) | 10.000m track | HENRIQUES Ines | 43:19.3 |
| 21.7.2018 | Spain Championships | Getafe (ESP) | 10.000m track | GONZALEZ Raquel | 43:37.95 |
Using the same system of the past few months we have determined the best performance in July:
| Pos. | Athlete | Result | Score points |
| | | | |
| 1. | LI Maucou | 4:13:04 | 1.202 |
| 2. | HENRIQUES Ines | 43:19.3 | 1.146 |
| 3. | GONZALEZ Raquel | 43:37.95 | 1.136 |