A month ago we launched a survey among our readers with the aim of getting to know their idea on the best walkers of the year 2018 proposed by Marcia dal Mondo.
We now want to remember that in the men we had proposed the following ten athletes
- Liang Rui (CHN)
- Qiwyang Shenjie (CHN)
- Yang Jiayu (CHN)
- Sandra Lorena Arenas (COL)
- Anezka Drahotova (CZE)
- Maria Perez (ESP)
- Julia Takacs (ESP)
- Antonella Palmisano (ITA)
- Maria Guadalupe Gonzalez (MEX)
- Ines Henriques (POR)
the motivations of their nominations on our part can be consulted in our news published on October 31, 2018 ( click here )
We tell you immediately that the result of the survey in the women's category has been very mixed.
For the first four positions the fight between the four main contenders was until the last vote, so much so that for the second and third position at the end there is a tie.
Regarding the victory the winner was particularly successful thanks to the votes of press and media and those obtained by coaches.
Although the public survey launched on the Social Network has been viewed by over 170 people, the same has only been answered by 48 readers who have expressed themselves as follows:
- Antonella Palmisano (ITA): votes 27
- Maria Perez (ESP): votes 23
- Ines Henriques (POR): votes 21
- Maria Guadalupe Gonzalez (MEX): votes 14
- Liang Rui (CHN): votes 9
- Qieyang Shenjie (CHN): votes 7
- Julia Takacs (JPN): votes 7
- Sandra Lorena Arenas (SVK): votes 2
- Yang Jiayu (CHN): no votes
- Anezka Drahotova (CZE): no votes
Marcia dal Mondo then contacted about thirty walking experts from the following IAAF geographical Areas, receiving a positive response to the survey by:
- Europe: 10 experts
- Asia: 3 experts
- Oceania: 2 experts
- NACAC: 1 expert
- CONSUDATE: 1 expert
and representing the following categories:
- Coaches: 7 experts
- Athletes and former athletes: 3 experts
- Judges: 3 experts
- Journalists and media: 5 experts
The results of the expert survey were as follows:
Per Area
Athlete | Europe | Asia | Oceania | NACAC | CONSUDATLE | Experts |
| | | | | | |
Qieyang Shenjie (CHN) | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 32 |
Liang Rui (CHN) | 14 | 7 | 6 | - | - | 27 |
Gonzalez Maria Guadalupe (MEX) | 13 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 22 |
Maria Perez (ESP) | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | 10 |
Antonella Palmisano (ITA) | 8 | - | - | - | - | 8 |
Ines Henriques (POR) | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 4 |
Sandra Lorena Arenas (COL) | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 |
Yang Jiayu (CHN) | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Anezka Drahotova (CZE) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Julia Takacs (ESP) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Per expert category
Athlete | Coach | Athletes & ex athletes | Press & Media | Judges | Experts |
| | | | | |
Qieyang Shenjie (CHN) | 10 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 32 |
Liang Rui (CHN) | 11 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 27 |
Gonzalez Maria Guadalupe (MEX) | 13 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 22 |
Maria Perez (ESP) | 2 | - | 1 | 7 | 10 |
Antonella Palmisano (ITA) | 4 | - | - | 4 | 8 |
Ines Henriques (POR) | 2 | - | - | 2 | 4 |
Sandra Lorena Arenas (COL) | - | - | 3 | - | 3 |
Yang Jiayu (CHN) | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
Anezka Drahotova (CZE) | - | - | - | - | - |
Julia Takacs (ESP) | - | - | - | - | - |
The combined final result of the athlete's survey of the year of Marcia dal Mondo is therefore the following:
Athlete | Public | Experts | Total |
| | | |
Qieyang Shenjie (CHN) | 7 | 32 | 39 |
Liang Rui (CHN) | 9 | 27 | 36 |
Gonzalez Maria Guadalupe (MEX) | 14 | 22 | 36 |
Palmisano Antonella (ITA) | 27 | 8 | 35 |
Perez Maria (ESP) | 23 | 10 | 33 |
Henriques Ines (POR) | 21 | 4 | 25 |
Takacs Julia (ESP) | 7 | - | 7 |
Arenas Sandra Lorena (COL) | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Yang Jiayu (CHN) | - | 2 | 2 |
Anezka Drahotova (CZE) | - | - | - |
Antonella Palmisano winner of the public survey (photo by Giancarlo Colombo per Fidal)