Yesterday took place in Istanbul (TUR) the Indoor Race Walking Championships sponsored by SportToto which also gives its name to the indoor facility.
About ninety walkers who participated in walking events and among them the most important names were those of Salih Korkmaz (U23 men), Selman Ilhan (U20 men), Mustafa Teekdal (U18 men) and Maryem Bekmez (U20 women).
The men competed on the distance of 5,000m indoors, while women on the usual distance of 3,000m indoors.
In the lower categories (U16 and U14) both boys and girls competed on the distance of 2,000m indoor.
5.000m indoor walk men
Four athletes at the start.
Salih Korkmaz immediately took the lead, passing also at 3.000m in 11:34.33.
This performance represents Turkey's new indoor national record at 3.000m Indoor U23 (previous 11:41.06).
Salih Korkmaz (TUR) finishes the race in 19:15.67 also this new national record U23 of Turkey on the distance of 5.000m indoor (previous always of the same athlete with the time of 19:33.57 established in Istanbul on January 14, 2017)
Below the progression on the distance of 5.000m indoor of Salih Korkmaz
SEASON | PERFORMANCE | PLACE | DATE |
| | | |
2018/19 | 19:15.67 | Istanbul (TUR) | 13 JAN 2019 |
2017/18 | 20:00.50 | Istanbul (TUR) | 13 JAN 2018 |
2016/17 | 19:33.57 | Istanbul (TUR) | 14 JAN 2017 |
2015/16 | 20:27.59 | Minsk (BLR) | 27 FEB 2016 |
2014/15 | 22:23.30 | Istanbul (TUR) | 14 FEB 2015 |
Second place for Ibrahim Ornek (TUR) in 21:34.79
The other two athletes did not lead the withdrawal race.
Below are the first five athletes at the time of the world list on 5,000m indoor walk
RANK | MARK | COMPETITOR | DOB | NAT | VENUE | DATE |
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1 | 18:28.5h | Vasiliy MIZINOV | 29 DEC 1997 | RUS | Chelyabinsk (RUS) | 06 JAN 2019 |
2 | 19:09.44 | Gabriel BORDIER | 08 OCT 1997 | FRA | Nantes (FRA) | 05 JAN 2019 |
3 | 19:15.67 | Salih KORKMAZ | 14 APR 1997 | TUR | Istanbul (TUR) | 13 JAN 2019 |
4 | 19:20.01 | Ivan LOSEV | 26 JAN 1986 | UKR | Kiev (UKR) | 11 JAN 2019 |
5 | 19:24.21 | Eduard ZABUZHENKO | 18 APR 1998 | UKR | Kiev (UKR) | 11 JAN 2019 |
5.000m U20 indoor walk men
There are eleven athletes at the start.
The battle for the victory and the title was between Selman Ilhan, Umut Temel and Ozgur Topsakal.
At 3,000m Selman Ilhan (TUR) took the lead in 12:08.98 (this performance also represents the new U20 national record on the indoor distance of Turkey).
In the second part of the race he forces the pace just enough to win at 5.000m in 20:41.96
Second place for Umut Temel (TUR) in 20:45.24
Third place for Ozgur Topsakal (TUR) in 20:46.79
They finish the race in eight with two DQ athletes and one DNF
5.000m U18 indoor walk boys
There are eleven athletes at the start.
Mustafa Tekdal (TUR) wins in 21:14.85 without any difficulty. This mark it represents the Turkey's new U18 national indoor record on the distance of 5.000m (previous by Ertas Azat, TUR in 21:21.64, established in Istanbul, TUR on Jan. 14, 2017).
Second place for Hamza Bayraktar (TUR) in 22:33.17
Third place for Faruk Isikdag (TUR) in 23:19.98
Ten athletes finished the race with one athlete DQed
3.000m indoor walk women
Victory for Secil Akpinar (TUR) in 14:54.80
Second place for Kibar Gerkin (TUR) in 17:57.22
Third place for Heval Can Sahin (TUR) in 19:27.77
3.000m U20 indoor walk women
Great victory for Meryem Bekmez (TUR) that passes to 2.000m in 8:18.02 and goes to win undisturbed in 12:35.23 which represents the new national record U20 of Turkey (previous of the same athlete in 13:05.40)
Second place for Evin Demir (TUR) in 14:14.30
Third place for Inci Cicek (TUR) in 15:43.32
With this performance the young Turkish leads at the moment to the U20 world list of 3.000m indoor walk
RANK | MARK | COMPETITOR | DOB | NAT | VENUE | DATE |
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1 | 12:35.23 | Meryem BEKMEZ | 31 JUL 2000 | TUR | Istanbul (TUR) | 13 JAN 2019 |
2 | 13:30.3h | Yuliya KHALILOVA | 19 NOV 2002 | RUS | Chelyabinsk (RUS) | 06 JAN 2019 |
3 | 14:03.31 | Sarah ALI | 19 SEP 2001 | FRA | Mondeville (FRA) | 12 JAN 2019 |
4 | 14:08.7h | Yelena SBORETS | 07 APR 2003 | RUS | Chelyabinsk (RUS) | 06 JAN 2019 |
5 | 14:09.42 | Julia PERRICHON | 22 APR 2001 | FRA | Metz (FRA) | 13 JAN 2019 |
3.000m U18 indoor walk girls
Victory for Nuray Eylul Simsek (TUR) in 15:30.22
Second place for Melek Savci (TUR) in 15:45.16
Third place for Sukran Ayaz (TUR) in 15:54.22