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31/12/2016 - Tlaxcala (MEX) - 2nd Olympic Race Walk festival
We close the year 2016 with this news reached us today from Mexico by Sandra Guadalupe Colin Gonzalez. On December 18, in the historic center of the city of Tlaxcala, Mexico, it was held on 2nd Olympic Race Walk Festival, with 142 competitors...
30/12/2016 - Updated the section Italian Athletes
The section dedicated to Italians athletes (men and women) has been updated until Dec. 31, 2016, with a meticulous work by Sandro Damilano. For every athlete have been updated - Personal best - Progressions over the years in their main ...
30/12/2016 - Sport-Express (RUS): national team of Mordovia for 2017.
The Russian Magazine online Sport-Express in its edition yesterday December 29 public the news coming from the official website of the Ministry of Sports of the Republic of Mordovia, Saransk of the candidates athletes to compose the national team of...
29/12/2016 - 2016 end of year review: race walk
"As any athlete knows, it’s one thing to have a good race now and then, but getting the job done frequently over five years makes you something special. Wang Zhen is that something special". Begins with this phrase the report ...
28/12/2016 - Training programs (by Endurance38, France)
It's always difficult to find training programs for race walking. We do not know what are the reasons that make it difficult; many times we tried to ask, and the answers were always vague. We too in our section Training and Interviews we ...
27/12/2016 - Sumy (UKR): Glavan and Kashina are the winners of Indoor Winter Trophy
Intense Christmas Eve reserved to indoor walk in Sumy in Ukraine with the Winter Indoor Race Walk Trophy dedicated to Vladimir Golubnichy. Very interesting the starting number from the lower categories (U14 and U16). We simply report the resu...
27/12/2016 - Mexico: Maria Guadalupe Gonzalez sportswomen of the year
Mexico has begun its successes in race walking to Mexico City Olympic Games in 1968 with successes in men, until 48 years later in Rome in 2016 does not appear for a twist of fate the glorious and triumphant image of Maria Guadalupe Gonzalez Romero....
22/12/2016 - Matej Toth wins the sprint of Peter Sagan
Peter Sagan is a monument of the cycling world and even to his home in Slovakia. Great finisseur, strong in the sprint, he won a lot. He won the last two World Championships of 2015 and 2016 to which are added this year the Gand-Wevelgem and the Tou...
21/12/2016 - Honor to Susana Feitor (POR)
Forty-two years old, beautiful, funny and moreover an iron will. Twenty-seven (or maybe more) of these forty-two years spent traveling the world carrying high the flag of Portugal on race walk from that far August 25, 1989 when little more th...
21/12/2016 - Faro (POR): Ana Cabecinha wins the Winter Meeting
Interesting races this weekend in track athletics Faro (POR). It was scheduled for the Meeting de Inverno da casa do Benfica de Faro and during the first day Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016 the track walk events were also held. The scheduled ...
20/12/2016 - History of Youth Olympic Games (YOG)
The historical panorama in race walk is completed with the Youth Olympic Games which saw their birth in 119th session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) held in Guatemala City on July 6, 2007. The Youth version of the Olympic Games ...
19/12/2016 - Getafe (ESP): Victories Alvaro Martin and Laura Garcia-Caro
Sunday, December 18, 2016 was held on the XVII Race Walk Trophy "Cerro Buenavista" to Getafe city of over 170,000 inhabitants, located in the Madrid metropolitan area. On this occasion they were also held the Championships of Spain for the...
17/12/2016 - European Junior (U20) Championships history - women
Women events in race walk at European Junior Championships in Athletics begin with the eighth edition in Cottbus 1985. Like in first men edition event in women first edition the three names that in the future will be more successful in the Wo...
16/12/2016 - Vittel (FRA): French record in 3.000m indoor U20 women
There are records that you try to beat for years without ever reaching the goal and there are others who break without even knowing it. This is what happened Saturday, December 10, 2016 for the young girl Beretta Clemence (FRA), only 19 years...
15/12/2016 - European Junior (U20) Championships history - men
Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller (DDR), Anatoliy Solomin (URSS) and Jan Ornoch (POL) are certainly not unknown names in the panorama of the last thirty years of the twentieth century with regard to the European and World race walk. But on Sep. 13, 1970 i...
13/12/2016 - Liu Hong (CHN) wouldn't compete in 2017
In 2017, the world women's race walk will lose its prominent athlete. Liu Hong, the Olympic Champion of Rio and the World in Beijing and world record holder over the distance of 20km has announced that in 2017 she doesn't compete. A s...
12/12/2016 - Leiria (POR): Victories of Ines Henriques and Miguel Carvalho in 2nd Leiria Challenge
Sunday, December 11th was played at Leiria in Portugal the 2nd Leiria Race Ralk Challenge. The distances were those of the Olympic program (20km for both men and women) over a number of male and female extra races open to all categories from ...
11/12/2016 - Melbourne (AUS): Australian 50km meet
With all 3 Rio Olympians (Jared Tallent, Chris Erickson and Brendon Reading) opting to bypass the 2016 Australian 50km championship, we had only one starter in 38 year old Canberra based walker Matt Griggs. But what a story it was! Matt was ...
11/12/2016 - Cehegin (ESP): VI winter track walk championship
Cehegin Spanish small town of just over 16,000 inhabitants located in the province of Murcia has hosted this morning the sixth winter track walk championship for the categories U16, U18 and U20. Indoor races were held on the distance of 3.000...
10/12/2016 - USA: Maryanne Daniel receives Lori Maynard Outstanding Official Award 2016
Two years ago, December 9, 2014, it had fallen to Ronald (Ron) Daniel be awarded the "Lori Maynard Award". This award was announced during the course of the "2014 annual Track and Field meeting" and delivered during "8th Ann...
08/12/2016 - History - New section: European U23 Championships
Always with the aim to trace the race walking history Sandro Damilano he dived for a new adventure: to collect and to offer our readers the history of the race walking histopry of European U23 Championships in Athletics. First edition of the ...
06/12/2016 - Krupina (SVK): Indoor Meeting to Anton Kucmin (SVK) and Viktoria Madarasz (HUN)
In some Countries it has already begun the Indoor activities: Slovakia is one of them. Tuesday, November 29, 2016 in indoor track M. E. Šoltésovej in Krupina was held the First International Race Walk Meeting of Krupina which wa...
05/12/2016 - Dane Bird-Smith athlete of the year in Australia, third Jared Tallent
Australian magazine Runner's Tribe has announced recently the sportsman of the year. To contend for the men's title four athletes were left, including two walkers. It was in fact always going to come down to a battle between two star ...
04/12/2016 - Headlines abiding Abdon Pamich and Pino Dordoni
“In that moment I realized that we border people have two souls and for that, many times, we feel lost in the world in which we live. At that moment my two souls came together and I felt like at home. Yes, the wound was still open! Despite all...
03/12/2016 - Italy vs World: 20km men and women
This year Marcia dal Mondo wanted to enrich the statistical analysis by adding some interesting comparisons: a) 20 km men: the speed of the top Italian athlete compared with that of the top athlete of the World 2) 20 km men: the averag...
02/12/2016 - Hong Kong National Championships
This weekend took place the national race walking championship of Hong Kong athletics federation. The race saw a small number of participants and took place with a temperature between 13°C and 17°C while the humidity exceeded 70%. 20k...
02/12/2016 - Trends of speed performances in men walking
Like every year at this time in the Statistics section were published graphs updated for trends of speed performances in road walking events. Starting this year, for the best readability of graphics, we limit the same to the last 20 years:...
01/12/2016 - IAAF Council decisions on race walking
In the first of two days of the IAAF Council Meeting which is being held in Monaco, there have been some important decisions if to the International Federation related to race walking. 2018 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships Th...
01/12/2016 - Trends of speed performances in women walking
Like every year at this time in the Statistics section were published graphs updated for trends of speed performances in road walking events. Starting this year, for the best readability of graphics, we limit the same to the last 20 years: &n...
30/11/2016 - History Section - European Cup updated (after TAS)
The decision of the IAAF and TAS regarding doping influenced also results and srandings of European race Walking Cup and led to a long painstaking work by Sandro Damilano that cures this section. We have decided to only change the resu...
29/11/2016 - 10km (or 10.000m track walk) U18 - World rank list 2016
In the Statistics section was published the World Rank list U20 U18 Men For 10km (or 10.000m track walk) the limit was detected in 47:00. 10.000m track walk Thirty-six were athletes who have obtained in the course of 2016 perfor...
28/11/2016 - 10km (or 10.000m track walk) U20 - World rank list 2016
In the Statistics section was published the World Rank list U20 U20 Men For 10km (or 10.000m track walk) the limit was detected in 43:00. 10.000m track walk Thirty-seven were athletes who have obtained in the course of 2016 perf...
27/11/2016 - 20 km U23 - World rank lists 2016
In the Statistics section was published the World Rank list U23 U23 Men For 20km the limit was detected in 1:24.00. Thirty-two were athletes who have obtained in the course of 2016 performances lowed than this limit, while the p...
26/11/2016 - 50 km Men - World ranking lists 2016 - Performances lower than 3:50:00
Like every year at this time of the season we are going to publish annual rankings of individual race walking events. This year we do not limit ourselves to only one result for each athlete, but will indicate all the lower performance achieve...
25/11/2016 - 20 km Women - World ranking lists 2016 - Performances lower than 1:30:00
Like every year at this time of the season we are going to publish annual rankings of individual race walking events. This year we do not limit ourselves to only one result for each athlete, but will indicate all the lower performance achieve...
25/11/2016 - Ramakrishnan Gandhi, coach of India’n Race Walking Team, passed away following a massive heart attack
We are only now aware that Ramakrishnan Gandhi, coach of India’n Race Walking Team, passed away. Fifty-five years, trainer of Sport Authotity of India passed away following a massive heart attack at his residence last Sunday morning. &n...
24/11/2016 - 20 km Men - World ranking lists 2016 - Performances lower than 1:20:30
Like every year at this time of the season we are going to publish annual rankings of individual race walking events. This year we do not limit ourselves to only one result for each athlete, but will indicate all the lower performance achieve...
23/11/2016 - Marie Polli (SUI): decided to finally hang up her boots
Born November 28, 1980, in a few days will turn 36 years many of which are dedicated to race walking. We are talking about one of our neighbor, Marie Polli, the athlete of Ticino Switzerland which together with her sister Laura has represented the e...
22/11/2016 - Leeds (GBR) - Acts of 3rd European Conference 2016 on Raced Walking
Organized by the National Centre for Race Walking Foundation in conjunction with the Carnegie School of Sport and the Institute for Sport, Physical Activity and Leisure at Leeds Becket University it took place the European Race Walking Confere...
20/11/2016 - Coimbatore (IND): 32nd Indian U20 Championships
Last week took place in India in Coimbatore, at the Nehru Stadium, the 32nd National Championships of India reserved the U20 categories. Very interesting the participation in terms of number of athletes who sees India very interested i...
19/11/2016 - Toledo (ESP): XXIX Espada Toledana, victories of Diego Garcia and Maria Perez
It took place today in Toledo (ESP) the XXIX edition of the Espada Toledana, with race walking events open to all category, but with the two most important races reserved to the senior category. Impressive number of participants for one match...
18/11/2016 - Concordia (ARG): Hurtado (ECU) and Morejon (ECU) win South American U18 championships
Last weekend took place in Concordia (ARG) the South-American U18 Championships . Walking events were held on the classic distance of 10,000m on track (for males on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016) and 5.000m (for females on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016). &...
17/11/2016 - Giorgio Rubino (ITA) at the change of the coach
Rumors of race walking in Italy showed since September Giorgio Rubino looking for a new technical guide before the start of the 2017 season. Giorgio Rubino has had in the year 2016 a troubled season that has in fact ended with no brilliant pe...
17/11/2016 - Juan Manuel Molina (ESP): bronze medal of sport merit
The former Spanish walker Juan Manuel Molina received Tuesday, November 15, 2016, at the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, the bronze medal of the Royal Order of Sport Merit, the highest sports award in Spain. The Government of Spain through...
15/11/2016 - First impressions - Matej Toth
Yesterday was published, edited by Steve Landells, on the website of the IAAF a wonderful article titled First impressions - Matej Toth which covers all of the first moments of the sport career (and not) of ...
12/11/2016 - Leeds (GBR): Gianni Perricelli and Gerry Dragomir invited to the European Race Walking Conference
Organized by the National Centre for Race Walking Foundation in conjunction with the Carnegie School of Sport and the Institute for Sport, Physical Activity and Leisure at Leeds Becket University is in progress the European Race Walking Confer...
07/11/2016 - Bucarest (ROU): 50km road walk Championships
Last Saturday in Bucharest, Romania, took place the local championship of 50km men road walk. In addition, as a corollary to this race, was also held a competition reserved for women on the distance of 10km. 50km men At the star...
07/11/2016 - XXXI Gran premio de Guadix: Victories of Amezcua (ESP) and Kashina (UKR)
Continues the activity despite the season is winding down. Last Saturday in Guadix (ESP) was held the XXXI edition of the Gran Premio Ciudad de Guadix in 2016 valid also for the XII Memorial Manuel Alcalde. We remember that Manuel Alcalde, un...
06/11/2016 - Mexico: Maria Guadal diupe Gonzalez, sportswomen of the year
It was easy to be expected, and we had no doubt. The prize for best sportswomen of the year (Premio National del Deporte) in Mexico was awarded to Maria Guadalupe Gonzalez. The revelation of the year 2016 women's walk was crowned with thi...
03/11/2016 - History Section - World Championships women updated (after TAS)
The rewriting of the Race Walking events in World Championships, after the recent decision of the IAAF and TAS regarding doping led to a long painstaking work by Sandro Damilano that cures this section. We have decided to on...
30/10/2016 - Trieste "you can": Dei Tos and Colombi are the winners of Memorial Rodolfo Crasso
The beautiful sunny day and the temperature that gave the impression of a fresh August day were the backdrop to the 8th edition of the memorial Rodolfo Crasso. The race was held in conjunction with the 2016 edition of the "Inter City" walk...
29/10/2016 - Trieste (ITA): Inter City 2016 and Memorial Rodolfo Crasso
Piazza dell’Unità d’Italia, the best parlor of Trieste, will host tomorrow the meeting "Inter City" race walking event between European cities. The occasion is also to honor the memory of the late President of Gru...
29/10/2016 - Focus on Katie Hayward (AUS)
Normally Marcia dal Mondo does not report local news on race walking in Australia, leaving the heading "Heel and Toe" of our friend and correspondent Tim Erickson this task. In fact Tim Erickson publish each week in our section "Race ...
27/10/2016 - History Section - World Championships men updated (after TAS)
The rewriting of the Race Walking events in World Championships, after the recent decision of the IAAF and TAS regarding doping led to a long painstaking work by Sandro Damilano that cures this section. We have decided to only ch...
26/10/2016 - Wang Zhen and Liu Hong: race walking lessons
Amazing how a double Olympic success can bring youth proselytes even in China, a country where the sport is in any case already at very high levels. So it is also about the two recent Olympic champions of China, Wang Zhen and Liu Hong....
25/10/2016 - Portsmouth (GBR): only 40 runners ahead of walker Tom Bosworth
A Rio Olympian in 5km action on Saturday was Tom Bosworth as the race walker returned to the roads after his sixth-place finish in Brazil to challenge participants in Portsmouth to a race walk vs run challenge. Organisers The Great Run Compan...
24/10/2016 - Marco de Luca (ITA) change the coach
Not only Erick Barrondo, also Marco de Luca change the coach in 2017 (From the FIDAL website by Marco Sicari) Change of technical guide for the walker Marco De Luca. The Roman Fiamme Gialle, 35, switching from Patrick Parcesepe ...
24/10/2016 - Takahata (JPN): other events of All Japan Championships
On the day of Kay Kobayashi in Takahata also we saw other interesting results in other races on the program. As usual in Japan (like in China and some other Countries) the day of the race walk is open for all age categories. The race of 50km ...
24/10/2016 - Matej Toth (SVK): well the surgery on the tibia tendon in his left leg
50km Olympic and World Champion Matej Toth underwent surgery last Tuesday morning on the tibia tendon in his left leg. Matej had decided to wait until the end of the season before the surgery to correct the problem that has bothered him...
23/10/2016 - Takahata (JPN): victory of Kai Kobayashi in his first 50km
Kai Kobayashi (JPN) won the 55th edition of "All Japan Championships 50km". For the Japanese athlete is the first experience in the 50 km almost always having the last two years competed in the 20 km. Kobayashi has a personal best of 1:19:...
22/10/2016 - Takahata (JPN): Japan race walking judges seminar
As on the occasion of the Japan championships of 20 km road walk in Kobe past February, also at 50 km of the All Japan Championships to be held tomorrow in Takahata the JAAF organized a refresher seminar for Japanese national race walking judges. &n...
20/10/2016 - Erick Barrondo: will move in Guadix to be coached by Paquillo Fernandez
A new change of coach for Erick Barrondo. The strong walker of Guatemala is looking for redemption after the disappointing race of 20 km in Rio de Janeiro, where he entered as vice-Olympic champion and where, unfortunately, ended in 50th posi...
19/10/2016 - Hong Kong: the first walk of 2017
The first walk of the year 2017 will be held in Hong Kong. Organized by the Hong Kong Association Racewalking on January 1, 2017 after the festivities for the beginning of the year will start at Stonecutters Island, in the area of the Contain...
18/10/2016 - Erica de Sena interviews Andres Chocho
Below the second part of the interview between Andres Chocho and Erica de Sena. Today is Erica to ask the same questions to the boy-friend. How was the training in 2016? Training in 2016 was very strong, we made ma...
17/10/2016 - Andres Chocho interview Erica de Sena
Partners in training, partners in life. Who but Andrés Chocho could interview Erica de Sena? Marcia dal Mondo wants to present this "family photo" of interest to your readers. In some days we will present the in...
17/10/2016 - Paulo Murta awarded by European Athletics "Excellence in Coaching"
Paulo Murta, the coach of Ana Cabecinha and other young athletes of the Algarve's group received from the hands of the Vice-President of European Athletics, Jean Gracia, the prestigious "Excellence in Coaching" award during a Gala in F...
16/10/2016 - Grottammare (AP): 10km U18 victories to Davide Marchesi and Anthea Mirabello
As it was in the forecast of the eve the races for the title of Italian Champion U18 on the 10km distance were won by two favorite athletes: Davide Marchesi and Anthea Mirabello. 10km road walk U18 boys It been a bit harder than the sa...
15/10/2016 - Ivano-Frankivsk (UKR): Ukrainian road walk Championships U23 e less
Saturday, October 15 was held the first day of the road walk Ukranian Championships in Ivano-Frankivsk for the categories U23 and below. Interesting the participation in all youth categories, a little less in U23 20km men ...
14/10/2016 - Grottammare (AP): last competition of the year in Italy
Sunday, October 16, 2016 will be held in Grottammare (AP), the last leg of the Italian Clubs Championship of Road Walk, which is also combined with the 10km Italian Race Walk Championship U18. In this last race, which sees a large number of e...
14/10/2016 - in memory of Rodolfo Crasso: Trieste reappeared to elite walk.
Trieste reappeared to elite walk. The Gruppo Sportivo San Giacomo, Trieste will host in the parlor of the city, the Piazza Unità d'Italia, Sunday, October 30, 2016 a road walk event open to all categories and athletes of the border...
14/10/2016 - Doping: cases of Alembekova, Sokolova, Noskov, Ryzhov, Strelkov
It was almost two seasons in which the Russian walkers do not appear in the starting lists of major nternational walk competitions. We remind our readers that in a out of competition control carried out in Saransk June 2, 2015, before the Wor...
14/10/2016 - Asan (KOR): 97th edition of “Sports Festival”.
Asan, a city about 100km far from Seoul (South Korea), hosted last weekend the 97th edition of "Sports Festival". The Sports Festival is a late-season in Korea which involves nearly 20,000 athletes in all sports (45 sports entities) in rep...
13/10/2016 - History Section - World Cup updated (women after TAS-IAAF decisions)
The rewriting of the Race Walking World Cup, after the recent decision of the IAAF and TAS regarding doping led to a long painstaking work by Sandro Damilano that cures this section. We have decided to only change the results in the sect...
12/10/2016 - Takahata (JPN) - 55th All Japan Race Walking Event
The 55th All Japan Race Walking Event will take place in TAKAHATA, Japan on October 23. Eight events will be held. Entry athletes of each events are Men 50kmW 38 walkers Men 20kmW 113 walkers Women 20kmW 27 walkers Women ...
10/10/2016 - Kokutai: National Sport Festival (JPN)
The National Sports Festival of Japan or Kokutai is the national premier sports event of that country. It consists of three stages - the - skating and ice hockey stage takes place in January, - the skiing stage takes place in February, - and the mai...
09/10/2016 - History Section - World Cup updated (after TAS decisions)
The rewriting of the Race Walking World Cup, after the recent decision of the IAAF and TAS regarding doping led to a long painstaking work by Sandro Damilano that cures this section. We have decided to only change the results in the section &...
08/10/2016 - Andernach (GER): Michele Antonelli new PB on 50km (3:53:08)
(By the FIDAL website) Is growing the walker Michele Antonelli in 50 km of Andernach, Germany. On the German roads, the Italian champion of 50km closes in third place at 3:53:08, to take away nearly four minutes a personal best....
08/10/2016 - Cles (BZ) - Victories of Angela Di Fabio and Davide Finocchietti
The day of race walking in Cles had its protagonist. There was to expect, as Davide Finocchietti, Athletics Libertas Livorno was the number one favorite of the event, but seeing him walking were twenty-two minutes of show. The photo of the co...
07/10/2016 - Saran (FRA): French national records U20 e U16 obtained by Gabriel Bordier and David Kuster
The National Challenge of the "Ligue de Marche" was the key event of the week for the young marchers France. Male events This weekend is Gabriel Bordier to shine on the track of Saran, setting a new France Juniors (U20) recor...
06/10/2016 - Focus on a friend: Luis Saladie (ESP)
It is true that in our athletic world are important coaches and athletes. For some fans, the most important are the athletes, because they think they are the main target. For others, the most important are the coaches, because they say that w...
05/10/2016 - Cles (BZ) - National criterium U16 boys and girls
They will take place Saturday, October 8, 2016 in Cles (BZ) the walking events valid for the National Criterium U16 boys and girls. The race of U16 girls will take place at 3:25 PM. In this race probably we will assist to...
03/10/2016 - Hillingdon (ENG) - Emma Achurch (GBR) breaks British U20 record 20km
As part of the International Festival of race Walking which was held on the bike course of Hillinddon in the suburbs of London Sunday, October 2, 2016 the most interesting results comes from Junior athletes. These in brief the results....
02/10/2016 - Finals Clubs Championships: the results
The final five of the U18 Club’s Championships, with regard to walking events, yesterday gave their verdict in the races in different cities that saw engaged the best Italian U18 athletes. We remember the locations: Bergamo: Final A Bov...
30/09/2016 - Finals Clubs Championships: tomorrow the races
They will be held tomorrow, the race walk events of the National Finals of the Clubs Track Championships U18. Below the entry list for the Golg Final of Bergamo, the most important one. ...
28/09/2016 - Around Taihu - Bird-Smith (AUS) and Qieyang (CHN) claim individual titles in "Around Taihu"
The fourth day of the classic "Around Taihu" was held on the most feared course with climbs and downhills with the start from Dongshan Hotel and the arrival after 10 km to the Old Luxiang Village. The start was given at 9:30, but to...
27/09/2016 - Around Taihu - 3rd day: Victories of Bird-Smith (AUS) and Qieyang (CHN)
The third day of the classic "Around Taihu" took place in the botanical park Yuanboyuan, on a lap of 3.5 km to be covered three times for a total of 10.5 kilometers. The start was given at 9:00, and today also the day is very hot wi...
26/09/2016 - Around Taihu- 2° station: victories of Arevalo and Qieyang
The second day of the classic "Around Taihu" took place in the center of the host city of Mudu, on a lap course of 10 km. The start was given at 9:30, and also today the day is very hot with high level of humidity. Men profes...
25/09/2016 - Around Taihu: 1st stage - Victories to Karlstrom (SWE) and Nie (CHN)
The first day of the classic "Around Taihu" took place this morning on the long Lake Taihu course go and back of 10 km for a total of 20km. The start was at 9:15 am, but the temperature was already high. In fact it was just th...
24/09/2016 - Cinisello Balsamo (ITA): Victories to Fortunato and Trapletti
In the most important of the finals of the Track Club Championships, the Gold final of Cinisello Balsamo, the two race walk events have not reserved for special surprises as the victories went to the two athletes favored in the eve. 10...
24/09/2016 - Around Taihu - Team composition updated
Some updates on the final composition of the teams for the "Four Days Around Taihu", in addition to what is stated in our news of September 20, 2016 Men Teams composition Team BLR - KAZ: 1004 – Alia...
20/09/2016 - Around Taihu - Provisional entry teams
The composition of the teams in the "Multiday Aroud Taihu" has always been an element of interest. Are interwined not only belonging to the same Country, but also other, and perhaps no less interesting elements, such as the friendsh...
20/09/2016 - Sagamihara City (JPN): the 27th Kanto University Championships
On September 18, at Sagamihara Gion Stadium in Japan, the Kanto University Athletics Championships for students of freshman and sophomore was held. 10.000m track walk men In men 10000m. track walk, Masaya Ishikawa (JPN) won the gold medal at ...
19/09/2016 - Four days "Around Taihu"
As every year the international presence in the classic rcompetition of the end of the season, the "Four Days Around Taihu" presents a "parterre de roi" with the most famous names of the world race walk. Stand out among al...
18/09/2016 - Malmoe (SWE) - Forty years ago the first 50km road walk World Championships
Exactly one Sunday forty years ago took place in Malmoe in Sweden, the first edition of a World Championship, with the race walking event of 50 km: the one and only race. It is worth remembering as happened this difficult decision. The...
14/09/2016 - Section History - Updated the Olympics Games history after Rio de Janeiro
In the section dedicated to the History were updated in these days the reports of the Olympic Games: Men Events - Rio de Janeiro (new update) ( click here ) - London (updated after the TAS decisions of Febru...
13/09/2016 - Pietro Pastorini: a new and amazing adventure
He was one who always walked, even in his work. He was the coach of talents and champions like Michele Didoni and Gianni Perricelli. And now almost eighty years old (79 years old) he will begin a new and amazing adventure, which fills him with joy. ...
07/09/2016 - Walking tall: Autobiography of Robert Heffernan
Deemed too small for his school's Gaelic football team at the age of fourteen, Robert Heffernan took up race walking on a whim. Over the next twenty-three years, driven by a fiercely competitive nature and a dogged desire to be the best in the w...
06/09/2016 - Kostroma (RUS): Russian Race Walking Cup
They were held Saturday in Kostroma the races of the Russian Race Walking Cup. The most interesting events were those on the distance of 20 km men and women who also saw the separate rankings for the category Senior and U23. 20 km men ...
01/09/2016 - The program of the 2016 Wuzhong (Suzhou) “Around Taihu
In the section Calendar under the date September 23, 2016 they were published: - The rules of the 2016 edition of the traditional Multi-days competition at the end of the season - Some additional notes of interest for the athletes. &nb...
31/08/2016 - Focus on Ana Cabecinha and Paulo Murta
From 3 to 5 hours of training a day, 7 days a week all year. This is the “recipe” that Paulo Murta, coach Oriental Pechão Club, has "cooked" for Ana Cabecinha, the most important walker of today's Portugal, and wishe...
29/08/2016 - Race walking: "Four days Around Taihu"
Some changes in the fourth edition of the "Four Days Around Taihu". In the first stage it will return to the course of the first and second edition: the 20 km long Lake Taihu where there will be the Mass Race with Fitwalking that in...
23/08/2016 - Luis Fernando Lopez: projects for the future
Luis Fernando Lopez, the first World Champion in Colombia, has announced for next year his farewell to athletics. Today, at age 37, he has announced that will compete one more year, until the World Championships 2017 and then will retire from the sp...
22/08/2016 - Olympic Games in Rio by the eyes of Matej Tóth
Rights were officially terminated Games 31 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. And so I want to share with my feelings, impressions and experiences from Brazil. Impression of almost all sports events in which I participated, is affected by the r...
21/08/2016 - Congratulations to Evan Dunfee
Few times we happened to read a statement of an athlete within four hours rose from fourth place to bronze and then back to fourth place. The medal is the dream of all, but with these words Evan Dunfee (do not forget the pat on the back to Yohann Di...
19/08/2016 - Rio de Janeiro: 50 km men
The start at 8:00 local time of Rio. first 10 km The field comprises of a whopping 80 men including world record holder Yohann Diniz and 2012 Olympic champion Jared Tallent. 8:11 - Diniz of France is not messing about. The Frenc...
19/08/2016 - Rio de Janeiro: 20 km women
Seventy-four athletes at the start first 5 km It stops almost immediately Neringa Aidietyte (LTU) probably for a recurrence of an injury. Split time at 2 km in 9:15, but they are 20. Leads the pack Maria Guadalupe Gonzalez. Switching t...
18/08/2016 - Rio: start list of 50 km e 20 km women
The IAAF has announced the start list of the 50 km men's and the 20 km women's road walk which will take place tomorrow at the following times. - 50 km men: 8.00 local time - 13.00 CET - 20 km Women: 14:30 local time - 1...
16/08/2016 - Focus on Dane Bird-Smith
Dane Bird-Smith 2016 Olympic Campaign The first interesting skirmishes have occurred in the "Four days of Taihu" between 26 and 29 September last year when to earn the victory in the third edition of the great race of the end of the...
14/08/2016 - Sandro's students star in seafront Olympic 20K setting
Very nice article signed by Elliot Denman, (USA) one of the pens most prolific of racewalking until the years following 1956, when he represented his Country at the Melbourne Games (aged 22, he was 11th in 50 km in 5:12:14). Later in addition to bei...
12/08/2016 - Rio de Janeiro: 20 km men
14:38 - The early leader is Hyunsub Kim of South Korea, but he's primarily just the face at the front of a huge pack. 14:40 - Minor tragedy at the first water station: one of the Brazilian entrants, Jose Alessandro Bagio, is sitting on th...
11/08/2016 - Rio: 20 Kilometres Race Walk - Men -Start list
IAAF published the start list of 20 km road walk men ORDER BIB ATHLETE COUNTRY SB 2016 PB ...
09/08/2016 - Rio de Janeiro: the "preview"
We inform our readers that in the section History -> Olympic Games -> 2016 - Rio de Janeiro were published "preview" of the male and female events prepared on behalf of the IAAF by: Phill Minshull: 20 km men Jon Mulkeen: 20 k...
07/08/2016 - Elisa Rigaudo: the project "Mom-Athlete"
Good morning to those who live race walking and enthusiasts of this beautiful sport. I’m next to flying to Rio de Janeiro after twelve years since my first Olympics, so many things have changed but the fire inside that I have every day ...
06/08/2016 - Abdon Pamich - Memories of a walker
"To become champions first you need to have a passion for what you do, so do not feel any sacrifice. It requires physical skills, training, a lot of motivation, knowing how to suffer, accept the difficulties, calmly deal with the defeats and es...
02/08/2016 - Barrondo: I fight for barefoot children in Guatemala
He fell to his knees with his hands raised to heaven. Beads of sweat ran over his face and tears whe he cross the finish line in London 2012; he shook an entire Country. That is the time that Erick Barrondo immortalized in trhe history of the Guatem...
01/08/2016 - Race walking open Championships in Vietnam
They took place this weekend at the Thong Nhat Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City the International Open Championships in Athletics with the race walking events on the distance of 10,000m track walk for men and 5.000m track walk for women. Certainly...
30/07/2016 - Liu Hong and Mamadou Sakho: Higenamine (Norcoclaurine HCL)
We take the cue from an article that appeared today on sport newspaper “Tuttosport" signed by Andrea Schiavon that reveals the substance of Liu Hong positivity in Rome in 2016, to clarify our readers to which is the substance in indent Th...
29/07/2016 - Roma 2016 - Liu Hong suspended for a month
Unfortunately it does not exist in the world always in motion today, the possibility of a quick stop. Today it causes an uproar the news revealed by the IAAF Newsletter n. 175 e issued yesterday and immediately taken by the sport press today....
28/07/2016 - A short period of rest
The race walk season will be the next and most important goal of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Until then we believe there wouldn’t be competitions of public interest, but only news and updates on the team composition. The...
27/07/2016 - Trento (ITA): victories of Dei Tos and Giorgi
Last night in Trento on the occasion of the 41st Grand Prix of middle-distance there was a 5.000m track walk event. At the race participated, in order to verify the status of their shape before leaving to Rio de Janeiro, Eleonora Giorgi and M...
26/07/2016 - Twenty years ago, Jefferson Perez made history
Twenty years ago, July 26, 1996 entered the history of the world race walk the man who can be considered one of the greatest champions of the last three decades: the only one able to win three times in a row the title of World Champion in Paris in 2...
25/07/2016 - The new U20 world after Bydgoszcz
On the banks of the Brda in Bydgoszcz race walking rediscovers its universality. Who knew, years ago, that race walk was a relegated specialties within Europe have long had to change his mind. The "Far East" (China and Japan) had al...
24/07/2016 - Gijon (ESP): great result of Miguel Angel Lopez
This morning in Gijon (ESP) took place the race of the men of the Spanish Championships on track with the track walk on 10,000m. The race was a solo of Miguel Angel Lopez who won the title with the good performance of 38:06.28. Lopez led the ...
23/07/2016 - Bydgoszcz: Callum Wilkinson (GBR) is the new World Champion U20
An ugly day in Bydgoszcz does from background to competition of male race walk of IAAF World Championships U20. Probabile we never assist to a new record world on the distance, because the performance of 38:46.4 obtained in Moskow on Ma...
23/07/2016 - Gijon (ESP): Victory of Raquel Gonzales with the new Spanish record
This morning in Gijon (ESP) took place the race of the women of the Spanish Championships on track with the track walk on 10,000m. The race was a solo of Raquel Gonzalez who won the title with a new Spanish record on the distance of 42:14.12....
20/07/2016 - Bydgoszcz: China, Italy, Ethiopia with the awakening of African continent
(dal sito web della IAAF) China’s Ma Zhenxia is just 17 years old, but already she owns four major global titles. Winner of the Youth Olympic title in 2014, the world U18 title in 2015 and the junior title at the IAAF World Race ...
19/07/2016 - Bydgoszcz: saturday men's race
(from IAAF web-site) Manuel Bermudez missed out on the gold medal by just four seconds at this year’s World Race Walking Team Championships, but the Spaniard will start as favourite in Bydgoszcz. China’s Zhang Jun, who won ...
18/07/2016 - China team to Rio de Janeiro
China Athletics Association has published the list of athletes who will participate to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The race walking team is made up as follows 20 km. men: Wang Zhen = P.B. = 1h17:36 (2012) - S.B. ...
17/07/2016 - Bydgoszcz: tomorrow the women race
(from IAAF website) Heading into Bydgoszcz, Chinese race walker Ma Zhenxia looked to be one of the biggest favourites of the championships. The 17-year-old has won three major age-group titles in a row, taking gold over 5000m at the 20...
16/07/2016 - Tbilisi (GEO): European Youth Championships - Boys event
On the third day of the first European Youth Championships being held in Tbilisi (GEO) are assigning the medals related to the U18 boys race. 10.000m track walk U18 boys Preview The boys U18 list of 2016 is even more complicated...
15/07/2016 - IAAF: world ranking lists before Rio de Janeiro
The IAAF has published the ranking lists for individual events to be conducted at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, covering the applicable qualifying periods for each event. Our readers will find in the Statistics section. They can a...
15/07/2016 - Ukraine: in Rio without Lyudmila Olyanovska
Stands out the absence of Lyudmila Olyanovska, bronze medalist at the World Championships in Beijing 2015, in the Ukraine squad to Rio de Janeiro. During the year 2016 Ukraine's athlete has not competed since her last appearance at an int...
14/07/2016 - Italian race walking team to Rio de Janeiro
The FIDAL has announced the team that will participate in the next Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Six are the walkers (male/female) who participate. 20 km road walk women - Eleonora Anna Giorgi: belo...
14/07/2016 - Tbilisi (GEO): European Youth Championships - Girls event
The first day of the European Youth Championships being held in Tbilisi will start immediately with the female race walk that's the first event to award medals. 5.000m track walk U18 girls Preview It's always diff...
13/07/2016 - Bydgoszcz (POL): Italian race walking team to World U20
The FIDAL has announced the names of the athletes who will represent Italy at the next U20 World Championships in Bydgoszcz in Poland. They were named to the two walking races: 10.000m track walk men - ...
12/07/2016 - Tblisi (GEO): European Youth Championships - Entry list
The first edition of the European Athletics Youth Championship will take place in Tbilisi (GEO) from Thursday, July 14, 2016 to Sunday, July 17, 2016. The two track walk races are scheduled at the following times: - 5.000m track walk U18 girl...
10/07/2016 - Granollers (ESP): Spanish Championships U16 boys and girls
Are on the way in Granollers near Barcelona (ESP) the Spanish Championship of Athletics of the category U16 boys and girls. 5.000m track walk U16 boys The great duel between the leader of the year José Manuel Naranjo Murillo who...
09/07/2016 - Tblisi (GEO): Italian race walking team
The recent events that have characterized race walking in Italy, have unfortunately "concealed" the four names of the U18 boys and girls who will represent Italy at the first European Youth Championships that will begin Tuesday, July...
08/07/2016 - Alex Schwazer: sample B analysis confirmed result sample A
IAAF has announced this afternoon the positivity of the anti-doping test sample B of the athlete Alex Schwarzer. The result of the test carried out by the Cologne laboratory, confirming what was already evidenced in the sample A. As a result ...
07/07/2016 - Amsterdam (NED): award ceremonies of Trond Nymark and Olive Loughnane
With a brief ceremony on the first day of the European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam, took place the award ceremony of two gold medals, reassigned after the decisions of CAS in Lausanne who rewrote the race walking results at the World Champi...
05/07/2016 - Russian walkers appealed to CAS
The Russian Federation today published a list of 68 athletes who have submitted remember at the CAS in Lausanne for participation in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Six of them are walkers. 20km men Nikolay Markov: personal...
04/07/2016 - Chailly (SUI): fourteenth Swiss title to Marie Polli
In November, she will turn 36 years, many of which are dedicated along with Laura's sister, to race walking. We are talking about Marie Polli, athlete of Switzerland (Ticino) well known in Italy for her frequent races in Lombardy and also for be...
04/07/2016 - Brazilian Team to Rio de Janeiro
After the XXXV Trofeu Brasil in San Bernardino do Campo, the Confederation Brasiliana de Atletismo (CBAT) indicated for the next Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro 66 athletes. Below the walkers team: 20 km men - Caio Olivei...
03/07/2016 - Castellon (ESP): Irene Montejo and Manuel Bermudez Spanish U20 Champions
Are underway in Castellon (ESP) the LXIII Spanish Junior Championships on track. The two walking races were held on the distance of 10,000m on track for both women (yesterday at 10:45) and men (today at 10:15). 10,000m track walk...
03/07/2016 - Parchal (POR): Youth Portuguese Championships
Yesterday were held the walking races of the Portugal Youth Championships. The two male and female competitions, both on the distance of 5.000m on the track, took place on the track of athletics in Parchal Algarve. 5.000m track walk U1...
02/07/2016 - Brasil Trophy 2016: Victories to Caio Bonfim and Erica de Sena
The two athletes on which Brazil poses the highest hopes to do well in the next Olympic Games won the two races on the 20 km road walk in the penultimate day of the 35th Trofeo Brasil underway in Sao Bernardo do Campo. The two race walking events to...
01/07/2016 - Salem (USA): Victories of John Nunn and Maria Michta-Coffey
Today they begin in Salem, Oregon (USA) the Trials for the Games of Rio de Janeiro Olympic; yesterday we have already had a preview with the two walking events with a good number of athletes at the start. 20 km men Although the ...
29/06/2016 - Bydgoszcz (POL): Lukas Nowak and Paulina Buziak winner in Polish Championships
Bydgoszcz, the venue of the next World Championship U20 also hosted last weekend the Championships of Poland in the framework of which also took place the two walking events over a distance of 20km. As always it happens in Eastern Europe thes...
29/06/2016 - Andrea Chocho-bearer for Ecuador in Rio
Yesterday, the Ecuadorian Olympic Committee has designated as standard-bearer of the Ecuadorian delegation to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro the walker Andres Chocho. Chocho is the current Pan-American champion of the 50km walk in...
28/06/2016 - Angers (FRA): Kevin Campion and Emilie Minuet French Champions
This weekend were also held in Angers (FRA) the French Championships. Unlike other Countries, France has chosen to make the Championships on the distance of 5.000m on track for both men and women. 5.000m track walk men At the st...
28/06/2016 - Japan: race walking team to Rio
The Japanese athletics federation (JAAF) has nominated a team of 56 athletes to compete at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The list includes the athletes who were selected earlier this year for the marathon and race-walking events, Japan&rs...
28/06/2016 - Murcia (ESP): Excellent Miguel Angel Lopez at Meeting "Ciudad de Murcia"
Continue with the races even in pre-Olympic track Meetings the activity in non-typical distances, in particular that of 5.000m track walk. On the occasion of the International Meeting "Ciudad de Murcia" local idol Miguel Angel Lopez...
27/06/2016 - Lutsk (UKR): Victories of Ruslan Dmytrenko and Nadiya Borovska
Were held on Sunday, June 26 in Lutsk, Ukraine the local race walking Championships on the distance of 10km road. 10km road walk men The race was held on a hot and windy day on the main avenue of Lutsk. Immediately at the...
27/06/2016 - Birmingham (GBR): Victory of Dane Bird-Smith, Tom Bosworth champion UK Athletics
Very interesting results, yesterday in Birmingham (GBR) in the third day of the UK Championships. 5.000m track walk men The open competition have seen a great deal of live among the heads up between Tom Bosworth (GBR) and Dane Bird-Smi...
27/06/2016 - Cheboksary (RUS): Russian Championships race walking 2016
On the occasion of Russian championships were held in Cheboksary also the usual road walk races on the classic Olympic distances. 50 km The race was held yesterday in the rain for its entire duration. From the first kilometer goes to l...
26/06/2016 - Maia (POR): Victories of Joao Vieira and Ana Cabecinha
They took place yesterday evening at Maia in Portugal local Portuguese Championships of track. 10.000m track walk men Three-athletes fight for the medals. Victory to Joao Vieira (41.24.07) Second place to his brother Sergio Viei...
26/06/2016 - Toledo (ESP): Spanish Championships U23 and Mataro (ESP): Spanish Championships U18
This weekend take place in Toledo the XXXI Spanish U23 Championships. 10,000m track walk men As it was forecast the fight for medals was a matter between the most titled competitors: Alvaro Martin, Diego Garcia and Tur Marc. Did not ha...
26/06/2016 - This weekend in Italy
Italian Championships Francesco Fortunato is the new Italian Champion in the 10km road walk. For the young financier the month June 2016 will be framed. We remember his victories: - June 4: Tunis - Mediterranean Champion ...
26/06/2016 - Durban (RSA): African Championships - victories of Samuel Gathimba and Grace Wanjiru
In Durban the African Championships in Athletics a surprising result in race walk. 20km road walk men The favorites seemed to be Hassanine Sebei (TUN) and Lebogang Shange (RSA) having the best time of accreditation. The surprise was th...
25/06/2016 - Farewell to Professor Fausto Mendoza
Professor Fausto Mendoza Cajas, former president of the Ecuadorian Federation of Athletics and one of the most important leaders of the Consudatle in recent decades, died June 24 at age 71. Consudatle has decreed three days of mourning in his honor....
24/06/2016 - Toledo (ESP): Spanish U23 Championships
The athletics track of the Gymnasium School in Toledo will be the scenario of the Spanish U23 Championships. Needless to point out that the two walking races, as usual, in Spain will be of a high standard. 10.000m. track walk men ...
23/06/2016 - But it is a sacrificial victim or just a doped relapsed?
But it is a sacrificial victim or just a doped relapsed? Here is part of an editorial that appeared in the press Avvenire signed by Massimiliano Castellani, today on June 23 (the day after "the strangest day dell'antidoping in Italy&...
23/06/2016 - Rieti (ITA): National Senior Championships
And we try to recover after yesterday’s shock trying to return to the “walked” walk. This weekend will be held in Rieti the Italian Track Championship, 2016. The two walking events will take place Sunday, June 26 with the 10...
22/06/2016 - Ceremony at the Quirinale: an out unexpectedly program
This morning, rule-abiding to the "whereabout" legislation presented by Elisa Rigaudo, a German Doping Control Officer has been presented to the Quirinale Palace to perform a surprise blood/urine test. The Italian walker was present...
22/06/2016 - Alex Schwazer: new charge of doping?
We can not help but bring back the news that appears today, first page, in Gazzetta dello Sport signed by Claudio Arrigoni, and was taken up in all the TV news in the morning (and other sports dailies) entitled "Doping shock - Schwarzer he...
20/06/2016 - Alcobendas (ESP): great performance by Raquel Gonzalez
Interesting results at the XLI Spanish Championship of “Federaciones Autonomicas” past Saturday, June 18, 2016 in Alcobendas. 5.000m. track walk men Victory goes to Alvaro Martin with the very good time of 19:33.38. ...
20/06/2016 - Denis Nizhegorodov and Svetlana Vasilyeva have appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport
It ends at the Court of Arbitration for Sport's the IAAF decision to disqualify the Athletics Russian team involved in the affair of state doping, excluding it from the next Olympics. IAAF opted for an iron fist, by a decision of 24 membe...
19/06/2016 - Bedford (GBR): Cameron Corbishley won England Athletics U20 Championships
Today at the England Athletics U20-U23 despite the low participation in walking events were two brilliant results obtained by Cameron Corbishley, who won the race of 10,000m U20 track walk with the time of 42.18.94. For the young Engli...
18/06/2016 - This weekend in Italy
We start the new section. National University Championships - Modena The most striking result of this weekend is the one obtained by Francesco Fortunato in Modena in the 5.000m track walk at the National University Championships. The t...
17/06/2016 - RusAF has not met reinstatement conditions
Below, the press release, from IAAF website, after the 204th Council Meeting in Vienna. The 204th IAAF Council Meeting was held today at the Grand Hotel Wein in Vienna, Austria. The meeting was attended by 25 members of the 27-strong C...
16/06/2016 - Italian races: from today only the results
Even the short news notes of Italian races require some time that unfortunately at this time we have not. Moreover it is always possible for our readers to find some news on the Fidal website. From today Marcia dal Mondo only publish the resu...
15/06/2016 - Nancy (FRA): excellent performance of Yohann Diniz
Last night Yohann Diniz (FRA) won the Meeting Stanislas de Nancy. Diniz won with the best time of 18:42.96 representing at the moment in this not usual distance the second world performance behind that obtained in Melbourne on March 5, ...
14/06/2016 - Jesolo (ITA): Italian U18 Championships - Entry Lists
Fidal published the entry list of the Italian U18 Track Championship boys and girls. The track races on the distance of 10.000m for boys and 5.000m for girls will take place at the following times: Friday, J...
11/06/2016 - Brixen (ITA): Itaian Track Championships U20 and U23
(From the FIDAL website) First day Track walk 10000m (U20 - men) Athletes compete together with U23: the younger guys continue on their pace, with Giacomo Brandi clearly in the lead. The boy coached by former Italian walker Carl...
10/06/2016 - Alytus(LTU): Victories of Antonella Palmisano and David Tomala
(From FIDAL web site) At 10 months from the fifth place at the World Championships in Beijing Antonella Palmisano returned today to the competitions by winning the 20 km in the International Race Walking Festival Alytus, Lithuania. ...
09/06/2016 - Amsterdam (NED): Olive Loughnane (IRL) and Trond Nymark (NOR) will be presented with their gold melds
European athletes cheated out of world titles will be retrospectively presented their medals at an official ceremony at the upcoming European Championships in Amsterdam. The president of European Athletics, Svein Arne Hansen, confirmed that o...
09/06/2016 - Ro de Janeiro: Colombian Team
The Federación Colombiana de Atletismo published the official entry list of race walkers to next Olympic Games inRio de Janeiro. 20 km men (below personal best) Eider Arevalo Event Result ...
09/06/2016 - Alytus 2016 - 42nd edition race walking festival
Tomorrow starting at 18:30 will be held n Alytus (LTU) the 42nd edition of the traditional "International Race Walking Festival" organized by evergreen Kastytis Pavilonis. Interesting is the Italian presence in the male race with An...
08/06/2016 - Brixen (Ita): Italian Championships U20 e U23
FIDAL published the entry list of 2016 edition of the Italian Track Championships U20 and U23. The track races on the distance of 10,000m will be scheduled on: Friday June 10 at 18:20: start of men's races U20 and U23 Saturday, Jun...
06/06/2016 - Leeds (GBR): Tom Bosworth wins the Great Britain Grand Prix
It took place in Leeds, organized by Andrew Drake, the British Grand Prix of Race Walking 2016. 20km road walk (mixed men and women) In the main race, the 20 km men, Tom Bosworth (GBR) haven't any difficulty to win wi...
05/06/2016 - Samorin (SVK): excellent performance of Anton Kuzmin (SVK)
Excellent results at the Meeting Pravda-Televizia-Slovnaft of Samorin (SVK) yesterday Saturday, June 4, 2016. On the unusual distance of 3000m track walk Anton Kucmin (SVK) stopped the clock at 11:22:36 representing the second best performanc...
05/06/2016 - Tunis - 2nd Mediterranean U23 Championships - Victories of Francesco Fortunato and Laura Garcia-Caro
Great result of Francesco Fortunato in Tunis. 10,000m Track Walk men The athlete of the Fiamme Gialle imposes to favorite of the eve Diego Garcia (ESP) and Jean Blancheteau (FRA) with his new personal best of 39:46.25, wh...
04/06/2016 - Ho Chi Minh City (VIE): 17th Asian U20 Championships - Second day
There are being held in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam the 17th Asian Athletics U20 Championships, with the two track races that take place on the distance of 10,000m. In the second day took place male track walk. 10,000m tr...
04/06/2016 - Monterrey (MEX): Mexican Championships of 20km
At the end of the road walk events of Mexican Championships in Athletics has been defined the male and female team that will participate in the 20 km of the Rio de Janeiro Games. Men Ever Palma Olivares Julio César Salazar Pedro...
03/06/2016 - Sary Essayah: recommended for CIO
Finland's Sari Essayah, a former race walker, who was winner of the 10 kilometres at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart. The 49-yer-old is the head of the Finnish Christian Democrats party and unsuccessfully stood fo...
03/06/2016 - Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS): B sample was negative
And we grope again in the dark of doubt. The B sample of urine, re-tested on Denis Nizhegorodov in Beijing in 2008, would have given a negative result. This news appeared today on the agency Russian TASS, and Nizhegorodov could partici...
02/06/2016 - Ho Chi Minh City (VIE): 17th Asian U20 Championships
There are being held in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam the 17th Asian Athletics U20 Championships, with the two track races that take place on the distance of 10,000m. In the first day took place female track walk. 10,000m t...
02/06/2016 - Happy birthday Vladimir.
Today, June 2, celebrates his 80th birthday one of the greatest athletes in the history of Vladimir Stepanovich Golubnychyy ! With five Olympic Games, in which Vladimir Golubnychyy participated, he brought four awards: "gold" Rome 1...
01/06/2016 - Monterrey (MEX): Today the final selection to Rio
During the Grand Prix XXX Cantones de La Coruna, held last Saturday in Spain, the Mexican walkers Maria Guadalupe Sanchez Magana, and Gabriela Gonzalez Huichin obtained the Olympic standard in 20 km, recording the time respectively of 1:31:31 and 1:...
31/05/2016 - Tunis - 2nd Mediterranean U23 Championships - Spanish Team
Saturday and Sunday will be held in Tunis, the second edition of the Mediterranean Championships U23, after the one held in Aubagne in France in 2014. The walking events will take place on Saturday at the following times: 17:20: 10.000...
31/05/2016 - Tunis - 2nd Mediterranean U23 Championships
Saturday and Sunday will be held in Tunis, the second edition of the Mediterranean Championships U23, after the one held in Aubagne in France in 2014. The walking events will take place on Saturday at the following times: 17:20: 10.000...
31/05/2016 - Claudia Stef and meldonium case
Claudia Stef few weeks ago he received the news of his positivity to Meldonium (Mildronate). The Romanian athlete reacted to his personal account on a social network. "Although we have not been informed officially, I will make one ...
28/05/2016 - La Coruna: Victories of Liu Hong and Wang Zhen
In a race where rain was the main actor the edition n. 30 of Cantones, saw the same winners of last year. 20 km women Victory of Liu Hong (CHN) in 1:27:43 in front of teammate Qieyang Shenjie in 1:28:30. Third place went ...
27/05/2016 - "La Coruna is your home"
Working morning to the organizers of the 30th edition of Cantones de La Coruna. At 11.30 in the auditorium of the ONCE Foundation, where among other things is located the photographic exhibition of thirty years, it held the press conference o...
26/05/2016 - Beijing 2008 - Rumors on the names of 14 Russian athletes suspected of using doping
In the Russian news agency website “Lenta” late yesterday appeared the first rumors, still to be confirmed, of the names of 14 Russian athletes suspected of doping at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on the basis of the re-examined tests. ...
24/05/2016 - Beijing 2008 - 14 Russian athletes suspected of using doping at 2008 Olympics
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has informed the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) that 14 Russian athletes are suspected of using doping at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, a source in the ROC told TASS on Today. Suspicions ...
23/05/2016 - Naumburg (GER): the 20km to Horacio Nava and Agnieszka Dygacz
It took place in Naumburg the 47th edition of the international walking race. 20 km men The victory went to Horacio Nava (MEX) with good time of 1:20:56. In second place Christopher Linke (GER) but he was unable to break down the wall ...
22/05/2016 - Cartagena des Indias (COL): U20 track championships
hey were held in Cartagena des Indias (COL) the Colombians track Championships also valid as selection for the U20 World Championships in Poland. The walking races saw the following results: 10.000m. track walk men The vi...
21/05/2016 - To our readers
Two days ago we published an interesting interview with Teodorico Caporaso proposed by another website and which we had been informed by a well-known Social Network. We were invited to "reduce the amount of text copied by half and to put...
21/05/2016 - La Coruna: 30 years of rave walk world history
This year who will compete in La Coruna will have the pleasure of experiencing not only a race with the elite athletes, but also more emotion: the 30 years of Cantones de La Coruna. Born in 1987 from an idea of Sergio Vasquez, then Presiden...
20/05/2016 - Naumburg International - 47th edition
Sunday, May 22 will be held in Naumburg (GER) the 47th edition of the International Naumburg race walk. The races scheduled are three (20 km men, 20 km and 50 km women) than those on shorter distances. The L...
17/05/2016 - Evan Dunfee: complete world domination wasn't a joke
Two weekend ago we had our first major test of the Olympic season: the World Team Championships — where a country can send five athletes, with the top three from each counting towards overall scores — was held in Rome this year, on only ...
16/05/2016 - Rio de Janeiro: Erica de Sena wins Iberoamerican Championships 2016
The women's walk race of Ibero-American Championships was held over a distance of 10,000m track. Although on the eve there was no doubt about who would be the winner, there has been a good race Up to 2,000m leaser of the race was t...
15/05/2016 - Ro de Janeiro: Caio Bonfim wins Ibero-American Championships
Exactly on the day that twenty years ago the mother, Giaietti Sena, won his title, his son Caio Bonfim won at the Olympic Stadium in Rio De Janeiro the edition 2016 of Ibero-American Championships. The strong Brazilian athlete who last week a...
14/05/2016 - Rio de Janeiro: Iberoamerican Championships 2016
Today and tomorrow will be held in Rio de Janeiro the race walking events of the Iberoamerican Championships 2016. Today at 19:30 local time will be held the 20,000m track walk men, while tomorrow at 18:20 local time the women's race will...
13/05/2016 - Focus on Ethiopia
Last year in Cali when the Ethiopian Ayalnesh Dejene won the bronze in the World Championships U18 in 22:48.25 is 5.000m track walk appeared to be the result of a lucky day. Less than a year later we find out that in the country of Haile Gebr...
12/05/2016 - Panorama Colombia
Choose the group of walkers from Colombia who will participate in the Olympics will not be easy. Not only by the number of athletes who obtianed the entry standard, but for the quality of the athletes entered the world elite. Major results in...
12/05/2016 - Erin's longest day
The 6:30 bus left and arrived at the stadium about 7:00. That left lots of time for a potty break (the porta potties were n-a-s-t-y) and getting loose. I didn't really walk to warm up at that point, just did some mobility stuff,...
11/05/2016 - Fight for medals in 20km women
It really makes exciting the fight for the medals in the 20 km women which probably we may see in Rio de Janeiro. Of course everything will depend on the decision about whether or not the readmission of Russia at the Olympic Games. Marcia dal...
11/05/2016 - Focus on Maria Guadalupe Gonzalez Romero (MEX)
Few in Europe knew her, but Maria Guadalupe Gonzalez Romero, was presented in Rome at the IAAF World Race Walk Team Championships with a well-fed cv. The twenty six year old Mexican, who wanted to became a boxer, but she folded back to race w...
10/05/2016 - Rome Organization through the eyes of Mark Wall (GBR)
During the IAAF World Race Walk Teams Championships in Rome, we met an old Australian friend living in England, Mark Wall.We asked him, like others, his brief thoughts on the organization. Thanks Mark. Marcia dal Mondo ha...
08/05/2016 - Rome 2016 - second day
(from IAAF Web-site by Paul Warburton) The report of 50 km Alex Schwazer wore the same style sunglasses as the Terminator while winning the 50km at the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships Rome 2016, and – like the movie ch...
07/05/2016 - Roma 2016 - first day
The news that we publish are taken from the site of the FIDAL (in the Italian edition of Marcia dal Mondo) and from the IAAF web-site for the edition in English. We apologize to our readers, but two days after the race, would not make sense t...
06/05/2016 - Jefferson Perez: beautiful interview with Eurosport Spain
Yesterday Jefferson Perez, one of the five star all time of the World race walking, issued to Eurosport Espana, an interesting interview, in which are embraced the big themes of the recent months, including that of Russia's doping. The re...
05/05/2016 - Roma 2016: Marcia dal Mondo favourites
Below our favourite in Rome 2016 10 km U20 men Three are the athletes who have a time tbelow 41:00 on 10km and they are all of China: Zhang Jun, Jin Xiangqian, Linfeng Hu. Follow them a package of athletes with a time less than 42:00, ...
05/05/2016 - Roma 2016: Press Conference
from Fidal web-site) Friday, May 6, on the eve of the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships in Rome 2016 (7-8 May), there will be the press conference of presentation. Meet at 12 hours at the Sheraton Parco De Medici ...
03/05/2016 - The top five race Walking legend at IAAF World Championships
Beautiful video clip published by the IAAF. The top five race Walking legend at IAAF World Championships Five great athletes: Two women: Anna Rita Sidoti and Liu Hong Three men: Maurizio Damilano, Jefferson Perez and Robert Korzeniowsk...
02/05/2016 - Békéscsaba (HUN): Victories of Mate Helebrandt and Viktória Madarász
Last Saturday was held in Békéscsaba the Hungarian road walk championship U23, open race even the senior. These are the most important results. 20 km men Victory without apparent difficulty went to Mate Hele...
01/05/2016 - A poorer 1st of May.
Dear Roberto, has been so long since you feel, perhaps too long, and then allow me today to write these few words. We live in a time when the Italian race walking is into turmoil, or at least somebody want we believe it. I do not want ...
01/05/2016 - Important task for Inaki Gomez (CAN)
Canadian Walker Inaki Gomez has been named to the position of Male Athlete Director on Athletics Canada’s Board of Directors pending ratification by the member branches at the 2016 Annual General Meeting July 9, 2016. Inaki’s term ...
30/04/2016 - The end of a nightmare soap opera and Italy divided
Always in Italy people is divided between innocent and guilty. The writer, remember that he was a child and asked the father what all the uproar around the Mystery of Via Monaci in Rome's Nomentano neighborhood where September 10, 1958 was found...
29/04/2016 - Rome 2016: Brazilian team
Caio Oliveira de Sena Bonfim and South American recordwoman Erica Rocha Sena, both with great performances in the last part of the season, are leading the Brazilian team for the IAAF World Race Walk Team Championships, to be held on May 7 and 8 in R...
28/04/2016 - Interview with Jared Tallent (by Andrea Schiavon, Tuttosport)
Tomorrow, April 29, 2016 expires the disqualification of Alex Schwarzer. It was August 6, 2012 when the news broke with all its crash in London. From the point of view of sports justice Alex Schwazer is ready to return to racing at the end of a path...
27/04/2016 - World Race Walking Team Championships (World Cup): the history
Our readers who want to revisit the various editions of the Lugano Trophy before and then World Cup, we remember that in the History section they will find all the news of interest. The section History -> World Race Walking Team Champi...
26/04/2016 - Rome 1987: on the day of days the victory of Maurizio Damilano
The 30 August 1987 was for the World Championships in Rome the "day of days". In the space of 41 minutes the spectators witnessed three world records, two real, and one deleted after one year for doping. The high notes came in the 1...
25/04/2016 - Lomello (ITA): Chinese victories to Frigerio Trophy
t was held on Sunday, April 23 in Lomello the 6th leg of the 47th Trofeo Frigerio. Good the overall participation with more than 100 walkers at the start in the various categories. In youngest races we have seen some beautiful individuality s...
25/04/2016 - Medelin (COL): Victories of Fredy Hernandez and Sandra Lorena Arenas
This weekend took place in Medellin (CON) the Colombian National Championships on track. in the first day of competition, Saturday, April 23 took place the track walk events over the classic distance of 20,000m for men and women. ...
24/04/2016 - Murcia (ESP): Victories to Luis Alberto Amezcua and Maria Perez
Double Andalusian victory in the Internacional Race Walk Grand Prix "Ciudad de Murcia" thanks to the victories of Luis Alberto Amezcua and Maria Perez. The pupil of Daniel Jacinto Garzon has been the fastest in the final meter...
24/04/2016 - Hillingdon (GBR): Victory of Tom Bosworth
Took place Saturday, 23.04.2016 at Hillingdon near London, the Great Britain Championship of 20 km road walk. Here are the main results. 20 km men The test also attended the Italian athlete Gregorio Angelini. The victory ...
24/04/2016 - Mario de Benedictis: Pit Lane between daydream and reality
We received from Mario de Benedictis this "Tale about the athletic race walk” on the subject of "Pit Lane Rule". Needless to say that we loved this style, between reality and imagination, in a sort of ideal conversation&nb...
23/04/2016 - Taicang (CHN): Pedro Daniel Gomez (MEX) and Wang Jingliu (CHN) won in IAAF Challenge
Took place this morning in Taicang on a rainy day, the Chinese leg of the IAAF Race Walking Challenge. Despite the day the results were interesting. 20 km men The victory went to the Mexican Pedro Daniel Gomez who finished the r...
22/04/2016 - Milan (ITA) - victory of Eleonora Giorgi in front of Regan Lamble (AUS)
(from Fidal web site by Cesare Rizzi) In the track of XXV Aprile in Milan the sixth edition of the Walk & Middle Distance Night - Memorial Ugo Grassia, organized by Giorgio Rondelli, provides interesting results. Good test of Eleon...
21/04/2016 - Volodimyr Golubnichiy: a hero of 80 years ago
On June 15, 1955 The Italian delegation formed by the CONI president, Giulio Onesti, the General Secretary, Bruno Zauli, by the Mayor of Rome, Salvatore Rebecchini presented in Paris the candidacy of Rome. Subsequently, on November 20, 1958 the Exec...
21/04/2016 - Rome 1960: the 50 km
Only this race of Rome can count the presence, at the start, of Olympic champions of the five consecutive editions of the games from 1948 to 1964. Km. 50 road walk – September 7, 1960 1. Don THOMPSON (GBR) 4:25...
21/04/2016 - Rome 2016: Chinese team for Rome
(From IAAF web-site) China’s team for the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships Rome 2016 on 7-8 May will be led by world champion Liu Hong and Olympic champion Chen Ding. Liu Hong finished second in the 20km race walk when ...
20/04/2016 - The Roma 2016 logo in memory of Anna Rita Sidoti
The Roma 2016 logo in memory of Anna Rita Sidoti The graphic part of the logo represents two main elements, both surrounded by blue light: the first, placed in the background, is a stylized Colosseum, the famous Roman amphitheater in the worl...
19/04/2016 - Stellenbosch (RSA): Victory of Lebogang Shange
In the past weekend they were also held in Stellenbosch in South Africa the South African Championships (male and female) of 20 km and the U20 on the distance of 10km. 20,000m track walk men Wins the race the old knowledge Lebog...
18/04/2016 - Flòrina (GRE): 20 km Balkan Championships
They were held Saturday April 16, in Flòrina in Greece the Balkan Championships 20 km road walk that served for some Contries also as a selection for the Olympic Games. The race day was hot, and the temperature also exceede...
17/04/2016 - Wajima (JPN): Good performances of Tanii and Arai
The variability of the weather was the dominant fact of the second day in Wajima. At the start it was raining heavily and seemed to remember why the famous "Singing in the rain" by Frank Sinatra. The rain combined with an annoying westerly...
17/04/2016 - Acquaviva delle Fonti (ITA): Track walk leg of Italian Club's Championships
(From Fidal web-site) Acquaviva delle Fonti (BA) – Track walk leg of Club’s Team Championships The men race has revived the old challenge between Vito Minei and Francesco Fortunato. Puglia both, both born in 1994, have duel...
16/04/2016 - Wajima (JPN): Excellent Eiki Takahashi on 10km road walk
Sunny day with an ideal temperature around 22° in Wajima on the occasion of the first day of the 100th Championships 50km of Japan. Today's program included the two U20 and senior competitions (men and women) over a distance of 10km R...
14/04/2016 - Rome 2016: Japan team
Three of the men who featured on the bronze-medal-winning team from two years ago will again represent Japan in the 20km at the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships Rome 2016 on 7-8 May. Eiki Takahashi, Takumi Saito and Isamu Fujisawa a...
14/04/2016 - Rome 2016: boys on their way (in walking) to Rome in 2016.
(from FIDAL web-site) Wonderful iniziative of FIDAL less than a month before the World Team Race Walking Championships (May 7 and 8), it was held the first clinic of race walk with the Capitoline athletic schools. The format sees great interp...
13/04/2016 - Wajima (JPN): 100th edition of 50km
It will take place on Sunday morning in Wajima (JAPAN) the 100th edition of the Japanese Championships 50 km of race walking. The race is also valid as a selection of Japan's team for the next Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. ...
12/04/2016 - Rome 2016: British team
A total of seven athletes are to represent Great Britain at the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships in Rome from May 7-8. Tom Bosworth leads the team and the multiple UK record-holder will contest the 20km ev...
11/04/2016 - Erin Taylor-Talcott (USA): her moment is approaching
Erin Taylor-Talcott will compete in Rome in the 50 km On March 22 Marcia dal Mondo published a news article entitled: “It fallst he last barrier: a woman in the 50 km", quoting a press article in the Corriere dello Sport, signed by...
10/04/2016 - Podebrady (CZE): International Race Walking match
(from FIDAL website by Alessio Giovannini) Today, during the traditional international race walk meeting in Podebrady, the best individual placing is obtained by Valentina Trapletti that closes in fifth position the 20km. The 30 year o...
09/04/2016 - Rio Maior (POR): Victories of Qieyang Shenjie and Alvaro Martin
Victory of China and Spain in the Grand Prix of Rio Maior. 20 km Women Immediately at the start go to lead the Chinese Qieyang Shenjie and the Italian Eleonora Anna Giorgi. The two athletes alternate the lead lap by lap. Shortly after ...
07/04/2016 - Voyevodin (RUS): in Helsinki 2005 silver or positive ... we will see !
Numerous doping cases in track and field may go unpunished because the sport's governing body tested samples after their time limit had expired. The World Anti-Doping Agency said in an e-mail to The Associated Press that the IAAF wrongly ...
06/04/2016 - Rio Maior (POR): entry list
On the website of the Local Organizing Committee of Rio Maior it was published the entry list of the 25th edition of the Grand Prix. Below the entry list of two most imporant races, those of 20 km of the IAAF Challenge. &nb...
05/04/2016 - Rome 2016: Male Team of Canada in 20 km
(from IAAF web-site by Athletics Canada) Athletics Canada has selected four athletes for the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships Rome 2016 on 7-8 May. At the 2014 edition of this event, the team missed the podium by a sin...
05/04/2016 - Rio Maior (POR): women preview
A season indisposition deprime of the presence in Rio Maior of the two strong Chinese athletes Liu Hong and Wang Zhen. Nevertheless, the Chinese team will be present with the other strong women Qieyang Shenjie, that after the decision ...
04/04/2016 - Helsinki 2005: Voyevodin re-tested positive after nine years
Another defeat for the world of race walking; another late doping case. Once again lengthens the list of walkers doped in Russia. Some time ago have been re-tested (within 10 years provided by WADA deadline) the test tubes of the Helsinki Wor...
03/04/2016 - Guayaquil (ECU): South American Race Walking Cup
Yesterday was held in Guayaquil the American Marcia Cup, on the Malecon circuit. 20 km men The victory went to the athlete of Ecuador Andres Chocho with the time of 1:24:11. Second place for the Brazilian José Ales...
26/03/2016 - Russia: Lifetime ban for Viktor Chegin
The All Russia Athletics Federation has announced a lifetime ban for Viktor Chegin following his involvement in doping Russian race walking coach Viktor Chegin has been handed a lifetime ban, the All Russia Athletics Federation anno...
24/03/2016 - Decisions of TAS-CAS in Lausanne today regarding Russian walkers
La Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has issed its decisions and upholds the appeals IAAF against rusiian athletes. - IAAF v. ARAF & Sergey Kirdyapkin & RUSADA (cancelled results from 20.8.2009 to 15.10.2...
23/03/2016 - Reflections on youth walking technique in Italy
Sunday, March 20 took place in Cassino the first leg of the National Club’s Championship of race walking and simultaneously a leg of Lazio race walking trophy reserved to U16 categories. For me that was missing from walking races...
22/03/2016 - It falls the last barrier: a woman in the 50 km
We publish the interesting press article (in Italian only) by Franco Fava, Italian sport correspondent of the newspaper Corriere dello Sport, on the participation of the American athlete ErinTaylor-Talcott, to the upcoming IAAF Race W...
21/03/2016 - Caceres (ESP): National Race Walk Criterium
Caceres in Spain host the National Criterium of 20 km Race Walking, such as selection to Rome 2016. 20 km men Victory to Alvaro Martin Uriol in 1:21:23. Silver to Luis Alberto Amezcua Balboa in 1:21:39. Bronze to Francisco ...
20/03/2016 - Cassino (ITA) Italian 20 km road walk championships
If last year we had doubt on the course, now perhaps we will not have anymore. Accomplice the day of Palm Sunday and the parish church on the old path has not allowed permission for the race on the old circuit. It was chosen a new 500m go&...
20/03/2016 - Nomi (JPN): Asian 20km road walk Championships
This morning (in the night Italian time) were held in Nomi th 40th Asian Championships 20km road walk that every year take place in the charming town of 50,000 inhabitants in the prefecture of Ishihawa. 20 km men This yea...
19/03/2016 - Dudince (SVK): Victories of Rafal Augustin (50km), Tom Bosworth and Eleonora Anna Giorgi (20km)
The day is cloudy and cool temperature. 50 km men At the start 79 athletes for the first european race of IAAF race walking challenge: the 50 km of Dudince. Immediately to lead the pack Horacio Nava (MEX) (1km: 4:38), followed by&...
18/03/2016 - Cassino (ITA): Italian 20km road walk Championships preview
(From Fidal web-site by Luca Cassai) For the second year, on the streets of Cassino (FR) are scheduled Italian 20 km road walk Championships. In the morning of Sunday, March 20, the titles of senior, U23, U20 categories, both male and f...
17/03/2016 - Coventry (GBR): Victories of Callum Wilkinson and Bethan Davies
Callum Wilkinson and Bethan Davies were yesterday the stand-out performers at the Molly Barnett and England 10k Senior Race Walking Championships held on a cold day in Coventry reports Ian Richards. The duo had contrasting performances at the...
16/03/2016 - Dudince (SVK): Saturday first european leg of IAAF Challenge
Saturday the first European leg of the IAAF Challenge will take place in Dudince. The entry list are not yet final but already have a good number of athletes. 20 km men Among the entries the most important names are those of &nb...
14/03/2016 - Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire (FRA): Yohann Diniz back to races with the best time of 2016
This Sunday in Saint-Sebastien-sur-Loire (Loire-Atlantique) were held the championships of France 20 and 50 kilometers. The competitions were judged by a mixed jury who saw the presence of four judges belonging to the international panels. &n...
13/03/2016 - Efficiency test of Alex Schwazer in Rome
(fron Fidal web-site) A road course in front of the headquarters of RAI Saxa Rubra in Rome, hosted this morning an evaluation test of the walker Alex Schwarzer, the athlete from South Tyrol near the conclusion of the period of i...
12/03/2016 - Last international events result
Saturday and Sunday, March 5/6 is some important competitions were held. In particular in Ciudad Juarez (Mexico) = city of about 1.3 million inhabitants in the state of Chihuahua located at 1,120 m.on sea level It was held the second leg of t...
12/03/2016 - Italy, get back on your walk
We publish the touching interview Iin Italian only) with Sandro Damilano, Italian coach, but now coach of the strong Chinese team, to Cesare Monetti journalist of newsparer Avvenire. The interview is published today in our section ...
07/03/2016 - Liu Hong set to lead China's race walkers in Rio
(from IAAF web-site by Vincent Wu) World record-holder Liu Hong registered her third-fastest time on Sunday (6) when convincingly winning in Huangshan at the Chinese National Race Walking Grand Prix, which doubled as the trials for the...
05/03/2016 - Ancona (ITA): Indoor Italian Championships
(By FIDAL website) Race walk 5000m Men (FINAL) A race conducted on the pace by Francesco Fortunato, obtaining the third Italian ever time under 23 ever over the distance with 19:12.00. Second the defending champion Leonardo Dei ...
02/03/2016 - To the readers
When you least expect it sometimes life presents you the bill. To the writer the bill arrived in the form of a serious family health problem that is becoming day by day more difficult to solve. I have therefore my time away from my dai...
01/03/2016 - Sheffield (GBR): Victories with national records to Tom Bosworth and Bethan Davies
(by Athletics Weekly) It used to be the case that fans and officials would disappear for their lunch break when the race walks at the national championships took place. The events still happen at midday, but Tom Bosworth and his fellow ...
01/03/2016 - Roma (ITA): Announced Australian Team
It was announced the Australian team that will participate at the upcoming World Championships in March Teams to be held in Rome. 50km men Jared Tallent and Ian Rayson. The only name missing is that of Tim Erickson who asked to bypass this me...
29/02/2016 - Puerto de Motril (ESP): M.A. Lopez won 50km and Beatriz Pascual 20km
The race walking Championship of Spain in 50km still sees once a victory of Miguel Angel Lopez. 50km men The athlete of Murcia could not start in the best way his Olympic journey to Rio de Janeiro where he plans to double both in the 2...
28/02/2016 - Batalha (POR): 20km road walk Championships od Portugala
The National Championship of Portugal of 20 km road walk in Batalha saw the following results. 20km men The victory went to Erik Tysse (NOR) with a time of 1:24:21. The Norwegian athlete has had the better of the Portuguese Pedro Isidr...
28/02/2016 - Clermont Ferrand (FRA): French Indoor Championships
They were held in Clermont Ferrand, the French Indoor Championships. 5.000m indoor men The victory went to Robert Heffernan (IRL) with a time of 19:40.21. Secon place to Jean Blancheateau in 19:45:22, which won the title of French Cham...
27/02/2016 - Jaipur (IND): Race Walking Seminar and Indian Championships
Jaipur: The race walk competition course for the two-day National Championships which begins here on Saturday has come for praise from international experts as the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) hopes to host global events here. Irishman...
27/02/2016 - Sochi (RUS): Olga Kaniskina back to race and won in 1:25:54
Yesterday took place in Sochi in the new course of Formula 1 the Russian road walk championships, which saw the start some athletes returning after forced stop for the known reasons. Bakulin, Kirdyapkin, Kaniskina, Medvedeva returned into comp...
27/02/2016 - Padova (ITA): ITA-FRA-GER
In late morning it took place in Padua the race walk events for the meeting Italy-France-Germany U20. 3000m indoor walk U20 Women German victory and is not much of a surprise, to see the starting accreditation ...
26/02/2016 - Clermont Ferrand (FRA): French Indoor Championships
This weekend will be held Clermont Ferrand, the French Indoor Championships Elite. Unfortunately still expected the absence of Yohann Diniz in the men event of 5.000m indoor walk, the Clermont Ferrand audience will delight with the pre...
26/02/2016 - Court of Arbitration for Sport: Russian Walkers cases
In the section "Race walking in the World" it was published a press release of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, concerning the cases of Russians walkers: - Vera Sokolova - Elmira Alembekova - Ivan Noskov - Mikhail ...
26/02/2016 - On the streets of Champions - Third Silver Plaque "Pino Dordoni"
Sunday will be held in Scarnafigi (CN), the third edition of the "silver plate Pino Dordoni", an event that combines walking and fitwalking. Distances proposals both for walking and the fit-walking are Km 15 and Km 30...
26/02/2016 - Batalha (POR): 20km road walk Championships od Portugal
Intense this weekend for race walking in Europe. In addition to international meetings and Indoor Championships will be held in Portugal in Batalha, halfway between Rio Maior and Fatima, the 20km road walk Championships men and women. To the ...
25/02/2016 - Puerto de Montril (ESP): 50km road walk Spanish Championships
They will take place in Puerto de Montril (Granada), the Spanish Championships of 50 km. The race will be valid as selection for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro (necessary less time than 3:53:00) and in any case the first five athletes wi...
24/02/2016 - Padua (ITA): Match U20 ITA-FRA-GER
Saturday will be held in Padua the usual U20 meeting between Italy, France and Germany. Below the entry list. 5.000m indoor track walk men Athlete Year ...
24/02/2016 - The strength of an idea is the courage to get it
It was the weekend between March 7 and 8 when in Salsomaggiore (Parma) in Italy the Italian Group of Judges then under the guidance of the volcanic Secretary General who was Tiziano Campedelli, organized, like this year an International Conven...
23/02/2016 - Pombal (POR): Sergio Vieira and Ana Cabecinha won Indoor championships in Portugal
Saturday, February 20 Indoor Championships were held in Portugal. 5.000m indoor men Sergio Vieira won with a little of difficulty his fifth title in front of lil teammates Pedro Isidro. The time Vieira was 19:43.93, while Isidro...
22/02/2016 - Adelaide (AUS): Australia and Oceania 20km race walking Championships
Dane Bird-Smith (Qld) and Rachel Tallent (Vic) are one step closer to a maiden start at the Olympic Games after stunning personal best performances at the Oceania & Australian 20km Race Walking Championships in Adelaide (SA) this morning. ...
22/02/2016 - Kobe (JPN): 2016 Convention four Japan race walking judges
On the occasion of the 20km race walk Japan Championships was held in Kobe, at the Sheraton Bay Hotel in Rokko Island, a Convention of the national level of race walking judges of Japan, with the participation also of a good number of race walking c...
21/02/2016 - Kobe (JPN): Japan Championships of 20 km
They were held in the morning in Kobe Japan race walking Championships of 20 km men and women and the two U20 races over a distance of 10km. The day fresh (temperature around 8°) with clear skies facilitated the athletes, while until rece...
17/02/2016 - Kobe (JPN): Yusuke Suzuki waiver to qualify for Rio
Yusuke Suzuki, who owns the men’s 20-km race-walk world record, said Monday he will be unable to qualify for this summer’s Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The 28-year-old Suzuki has withdrawn from the national 20-km race-walking champion...
16/02/2016 - Erfurt (GER): Great results of Christopher LInke and Nils Brembach
Sunday, February 14 in Erfurt in Germany during the Masters Championships were also held the race walk Indoor Championships in Germany on the classic distance of 3.000m for women and 5.000m for men. 5.000m indoor men Only ...
15/02/2016 - The first method to identify the ideal training workload stems from race walking experience
We received Mr. Marco De Angelis, Professor of Methodology of Training at the University of L'Aquila, through the Wellness & Wiireless Srl the following article that reflects the use of an instrument adopted by Chinese walkers in their train...
14/02/2016 - Braga (POR): Português U20 Indoor Championships
Were held in Braga in Portugal the Indoor U20 Championships of Portugal. The distance are the classic of 5.000m indoor for males and indoor 3.000m for females. 5.000m indoor U20 men The victory went to Vitor Ramos who finished the test...
13/02/2016 - Italian Indoor Championships U18
questo linlLarge participation in the Italian Championships U18, both in boys and girls, so that the Technical Delegate has decided to divide in two "timed sessions" at the following times: - 3.000m U18 (girls): the first group star...
11/02/2016 - Acts of Ancona's Conventions
Were published in the section Techniques, Rules and Conventions, sub-section Conventions the following acts of the Convention held in Ancona (ITA) on 6 and 7 February 2016. Marcia dal Mondo wishes to thank all the speakers of thi...
10/02/2016 - Ancona (ITA): Convention Judges and Coaches of Race Walking
On the occasion of the Italian Indoor Championships U20 and U23 it took place in Ancona a National Convention of Race Walking Judges which was also attended by the IAAF Judge of Portugal Jose Dias, who will be part of the jury of the next Olym...
10/02/2016 - Ancona (ITA): Italian Indoor Championships U18
The Italian Federation of Athletics has published the entry list to the Italian Indoor Championships U18 which will be held in Ancona Saturday, February 13, 2016. Both U20 races will be judged with "Pit Lane Rule". ...
09/02/2016 - Femoro-Acetabular Impingement (by Enrico Lang)
In the section “ Medical and Prevention ” held by Enrico Lang has published the last report on “ Femoro-Acetabular Impingement ” Anyone who wants ask questions can do directly to Enrico Lang...
07/02/2016 - Ancona (ITA): Italian Championships U20 and U23
Week end of Italian Indoor Championships for U20 and U23 in Ancona 3.000m indoor walk U20 Women The victory went to Giada Francesca Ciabini in 14:18.05 in front of Giulia Panconi (14: 18:27) and Lydia Barcella ending the r...
03/02/2016 - Ancona (ITA): Italian Indoor Championships U20 and U23
The Italian Federation of Athletics has published the entry list to the Italian Indoor Championships U20 and U23 which will be held in Ancona Saturday, February 6, 2016. Both U20 races will be judged with "Pit Lane Rule". &nbs...
02/02/2016 - From Hillingdon to Catania: history of Italia title od Michele Antonelli
The Italian Race Walk Championship on 50km brings to the fore a new name in the world of Italian race walking. His international history starts in a traumatic way, on Oct. 5, 2014, in Hillingdon in the suburbs of London where he participated ...
01/02/2016 - Lithuanian Indoor Championships
Saturday in Vilnius was held Lithuanian race walking indoors championships. 3.000m indoor track walk women Brigita Virbalytė-Dimsiene retained her Champion's title with result on 3000 m of 12:20.77, which is the leading resu...
01/02/2016 - Bratislava (SVK): Tom Bosworth (new GBR record)
Great result of Beritish Tom Bosworth at the Meeting in Bratislava in 5.000m indoor walk: smashed the British record by nearly half a minute. 5.000m indoor men Twelve athletes at the start, and indeed well-known names such as To...
31/01/2016 - Catania: Michele Antonelli won Italian Championships 50km; world time of Eleonora Giorgi in 30km
An Italian Championship 50m km road walk with a winner that you do not expect, but it does a very good time and that lowers his personal best of 7:09, (previous in Andernach only three months ago: 4:04: 06) but only three athletes on arrival, ...
29/01/2016 - Women on their way to Rome and Rio
Anna Chiara Spigarolo wonderful interview published today on the website of the Italian Federation of Athletics. It is worth reading. To the link (only in Italian): clik here
28/01/2016 - Catania - ITA: Sunday the Italian Winter Trophy
Sunday in Catania will start the 2016 season of Italian road walking with the Winter Trophy and the Italian Championship on 50km. Italian National Champioships 50 km In 50km are announced at the start Matteo Giupponi (PB:...
27/01/2016 - Cuenca (CU): Andres Choco won Ecuador National Championships in 35 km
Andres Chocho won the gold medal in the National Race Walking Championship in Ecuador on the distance of 35 km with a time of 2:38:06 in front of Rolando Saquipay, silver with a time of 2:38:52; and Claudio Villanueva, bronze in 2:40:07. In fourth p...
27/01/2016 - Eubonne (FRA): new French indoor record
Continues the indoor season with excellent results also from our neighbors in France. Took place in fact in Eubonne (Ile de France, FRA), the local Regional Championships Senior-U23 with the usual race walking events on the classic distances....
26/01/2016 - Chinese athletes test event on bicycle lane in Sanremo.
Marcia dal Mondo took the opportunity of CCTV Sports Award to Liu Hong to congratulate Sandro Damilano for bringing this level of success the strong and nice Chinese walker. On this occasion we asked for some news on the conduct of the techni...
25/01/2016 - Liu Hong: named female China's athletes of the year in all sports
Last night, China Central Television (CCTV) has announced the names of the best Chinese athletes of the year 2015 in all sports that won the prize CCTV Sports Awards, which is the Chinese version of the Laureus World Sports Awards: the swimmer Ning ...
24/01/2016 - Interview to Antonella Palmisano by Diego Sampaolo
On the website of the IAAF yesterday appeared a wonderful article-interview about Antonella Palmisano signed by Diego Sanpaolo. The article traces the athletic career of the young Italian athlete, discovered by Tommaso Gentile and now coached...
24/01/2016 - Ancona (ITA): Great indoor performance of Anthea Mirabello
They took place this morning in Ancona, within the National Indoor Meeting, events of race walking. In addition to the races for Boys (U14 - year of birth 2004 and 2003) who competed on the distance of 2,000m indoor and U16 (year of birth 200...
23/01/2016 - San Diego (USA): Victory of Matteo Giupponi
Last Saturday was held in San Diego a meeting open called Winter Classics attended also by foreign athletes. As part of the Meeting was expected a mixed track walk over a distance of 3000m outdoor with the participation of some of the athlete...
23/01/2016 - Porto de Mos (POR): Joao Viera win the title in 35km
Today in Porto de Mos took place the Championship of Portugal 35km men. 35 km men The victory went to Joao Viera in front of his brother Sergio Vieira. Joao Vieira has covered the distance with these split times: - 10 km: 47:21 ...
22/01/2016 - Hiago Pereira Garcia (BRA): positive to Fronterol and Peroxisome
The Technical Superintendent of Brazilian Confederation of Athletics, Martinho Nobre dos Santos, informed yesterday evening that the Brazilian athlete Hiago Pereira Garcia was suspended for four years as consequence of use of doping. On ...
21/01/2016 - Rio de Janeiro: draft of race walking course
We are pleased to publish in the section “Race Walking in the World” Tpart of an interesting presentation of the Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games in Rio 2016 relating the draft course of Race Walking in Pontal Beach. Than...
20/01/2016 - Emelyanov (RUS): cleared of doping case of past June
Russian race walker Stanislav Emelyanov has been cleared of doping after a second sample failed to indicate the presence of a banned substance, the IAAF said Wednesday. The IAAF told The Associated Press in an e-mailed statement that it &ldqu...
18/01/2016 - Jean Dahm passed away
He had been with Giuseppe Dordoni, William Zanellini and Luciano Favati one of my teachers to whom I owe much of my knowledge. Yesterday morning Jean Dahm has reached the threshold of 92 years, his friend Pino Dordoni. He was one of the most famous...
18/01/2016 - Lugano Trophy 2016 cancelled
And so after Sesto San Giovanni in Italy also the Lugano Trophy in 2016 was forced to lower the flag. Is today's news that the edition that was to be held on March 13, 2016 has been canceled, for the usual and unfortunately difficult to resolve ...
17/01/2016 - Training Study Camp in Australia
A big group of elite racewalkers has descended once again on the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra for the second month of the AIS funded research camp. The overall group is much larger than in the first month, back in November. This time ar...
16/01/2016 - Padua (ITA): Victories to Alberto Zaupa and Valentina Trapletti
This afternoon took place in Padua race walking events of the 5th Regional Meeting Open. 5.000m indoor race walk men As we indicated in our forecast of the eve for success it was limited to three athletes: Alberto Zaupa, Alessando Riga...
15/01/2016 - Padua (ITA): Indoor Meeting with race walking
It presents an interesting audience of participants the 5th Indoor Open event to be held Saturday afternoon at the Sports Palace of Padua. In addition to the races on distances of 200m, 800m and 3000m are also scheduled two race walkin...
14/01/2016 - Bratislava (SVK): Toth return to races and meet Heffernan
The Indoor Meeting of Bratislava will see the return to racing of Matej Toth who’s back from Tenerife in the Canary Islands and is preparing to his home in Banska Bystrica also using a hypoxic tent that simulates a stay in altitude of about 3,...
13/01/2016 - Erica Rocha de Sena (BRA): it would be a pleasure to compete for Ecuador
She use headphones and listen to music while exercising Erika Rocha de Sena that five years living in Cuenca with her boyfriend and coach Andres Chocho. The strong Brazilian athlete is obviously already in possession of the entry standard to ...
12/01/2016 - Australia decided 50 km race walking team to Rio de Janeiro
Race walkers Jared Tallent, Chris Erickson and Brendon Reading have been selected for the men’s 50km race walk, having fulfilled the selection criteria. Tallent took silver in the event at the IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015, while...
12/01/2016 - Sheffield (GBR): Victories to Bosworth and Gabellone
At British Indoor Championships in Sheffield gold for Tom Bosworth and Emma Church, but in women won the Italian Tatyana Gabellone. 3.000 indoor walk men Tom Bosworth was looking to repeat his victory of 12 months ago and so he did, crossing ...
11/01/2016 - In Portugal award to Paulo Murta and Ana Cabecinha
Yesterday, during the traditional dinner commemorating the 53th Anniversary of the Association of Athletics of the Algarve, it was awarded prizes, Club of the Year, Athlete of the Year and Coach of the Year. There was no doubt about it, and t...
10/01/2016 - Interview with Sandro Damilano in San Lorenzo a Mare (ITA)
To our readers the interview by Maurizio Vezzaro of La Stampa to Sandro Damilano appeared today in the daily national edition local newspaper. Also they feed on roots of ginseng and some other plant grown from them. But that's not ...
08/01/2016 - Rome (ITA): Will host next Team World Race Walk Championships
Will be Rome the hosting city of the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships 2016 which was held in Cheboksary (RUS); Bydgoszcz will host the World Junior Championships that were to take place in Kazan. With nine votes obtained Roma, won o...
05/01/2016 - World ranking 2015 per Country
The prestigious statistical web-magazine All Athletics presented the world ranking to December 31, 2015 of race walking men and women. They were considered the three best performances of the three best athletes of each country in the followin...
02/01/2016 - A time for giving thanks for supporting an athlete’s journey
Sometimes we forget to thank everyone who helps you. Excellent article of thank by Evan Dunfee appeared Dec. 29 on Richmond News: worth reading The phrase “it takes a village” has never applied to amateur athletes mo...
01/01/2016 - Marcia dal Mondo: our 2015
We begin 2016 summarily informing our readers of our activity in 2015 and presenting some figures. General data 2015 2014 Difference % difference &...