The walking races begin in Pescara's waterfront in the rain.
10km women
Quiet departure.
The passage to 1km sees in the head Antonella Palmisano and Valentina Trapletti in 4:38
The couple continues to agree with the following split times
- 2km: 4:37 (9:15)
- 3km 4:38 (13:53)
- 4km: 4:38 (18:31)
- 5km: 4:40 (23:11)
Behind them the couple formed by Diana Cacciotti and Fatima Lotfi with these split times
- 1km: 5:01
- 2km: 4:39 (9:40)
- 3km 4:44 (14:24)
- 4km: 4:45 (19:09)
- 5km: 4:44 (23:53)
Even after half the race the two leaders continue by mutual agreement
- 6km in 4:28 (27:39)
Immediately after Antonella Palmisano increases the pace and the two cover the following km in 4:22 (32:01).
The bronze fight between Diana Cacciotti and Fatima Lotfi after a pass to the 6km in 4:34 suffers a backlash for the disqualification of the athlete coached by Sandro Bellucci, while Fatima Lotfi remains only in third place.
The passage at 8km sees the change of pace of Antonella Palmisano
- 8km: 4:21 (36:22)
- 9km 4:27 (40:49)
while Valentina Trapletti covers the same distances in
- 8km: 4:27 (36:28)
- 9km 4:28 (40:56)
and behind them Fatima Lotfi
- 7km: 4:41 (33:08)
- 8km: 4:38 (37:46)
- 9km 4:40 (42:26)
Victory to Antonella Palmisano in 45:15 (last km in 4:26)
Second place to Valentina Trapletti in 45:33 (last km in 4:37)
Third place to Fatima Lotfi in 47.01 (last km in 4:35)
10km men
Departure under the incessant rain.
The favorites are immediately in the lead: Massimo Stano, Federico Tontodonati, Stefano Chiesa and Gianluca Picchiottino.
Shortly before the 3km (1km: 3:53 - 2km: 7:48) Stano forces the pace and passes to 3km in the following order
- Stano: 11:43
- Tontodonati: 11:51
- Chiesa: 11:53
- Picchiottino: 11:55
The next km is covered by Massimo Stano in 3:57 and his passage to 4km is 15:40
Followed by Tondonati (15:55), Picchiottino (16:01), while losing a few meters Stefano Chiesa (16:06).
At the halfway point the situation is as follows:
- Stano: 19:39
- Tontodonati: 19:53
- Picchiottino: 19:55
- Chiesa: 20:11
followed by Francesco Fortunato (20:25).
At 7km is still in the lead Massimo Stano (27:36) but the second place comeback Giuanluca Picchiottino (27:47) (7:52 in the last 2km).
At 8km the advantage of Stano on Picchiottino is only 7".
The last 2km are exciting.
Between 8 and 9Km Gianluca Picchiottino (3:52) tries to catch Massimo Stano (3:56) but he only gets to 3".
Meanwhile Francesco Fortunato reaches the third position.
On the last lap Massimo Stano relies on his prestigy and wins in 39:19.
Second place to Gianluca Picchiottino in 39:26.
These two results represent the two best world performances of 2018 on 10km road walk.
Third place to Francesco Fortunato in 40:03.
For the latter an unprecedented little satisfaction: to compete in an Italian Championship together with his former coach and discoverer, Antonio "Tonino" Lopetuso, a well-known name of Italian race walk of the seventies, which today ended (at the age of 60th) the race in 52:48.
Fourth Federico Tontodonati in 40:18 and fifth Andrea Agrusti in 41:15.
Below the updated world top list (first 20 athletes) on the distance of 10km men