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31/12/2017 - Hong Kong - Tomorrow "The 1st race of 2018"
We close the exciting year 2017 with the presentation of the first race of 2018 that will be held again this year on the island of Stonecutter in Hong Kong. Organized by the Hong Kong Race Walking Association, "The first walk 2018" ...
27/12/2017 - 2017 end of year review: race walk
The usual year-end analysis by Paul Warburton published on December 21, 2017 on the website of the IAAF, starts from the victory of Eider Arevalo in London 2017, continues with the mile won by Tom Bosworth in the Diamond League in London and ...
24/12/2017 - Dear Santa Claus ...
Dear Santa Claus, I’m a European 50km race walker and this is the beginning of the letters that are being sent to Lapland these days according to tradition. However what might a race walker ask a Santa Claus willing to give us a present...
23/12/2017 - Sumy (UKR): Indoor meeting in honor of Vladimir Holubnychyy
The indoor race walk meeting in Sumy (UKR) has become a tradition at the end of the year. Even today, in the Palaindoor of Sumy State University, the national indoor walking competitions are held in honor of Vladimir Holubnychyy (Golubnychiy)...
22/12/2017 - Matej Toth (SVK) cleared of doping after eight months
The alleged case of doping by Matej Toth ended positively after eight months of uncertainty. The IAAF, represented by the Athletics Integrity Unit, will not appeal to the Court of Arbitration (CAS) against the verdict of the Disciplinary Boar...
21/12/2017 - Bordeaux (FRA) - Results
Perhaps the results as a whole will not have been of high standard, but seeing a similar level of participation in the Regional Indoor Championships of the Gironde (Bordeaux last Saturday Dec. 16, 2017) can only be a pleasure. ...
20/12/2017 - Tokyo (JPN): Hirooki Arai athlete of the year in Japan
Yesterday 19 December 2017, in the Gala of the Japan Association of Athletics Federations took place the awarding of the 2017 Athletics Awards. Hirooki Arai, who won the silver medal at the World Championships in 2017, was honored as t...
20/12/2017 - Faro (POR): Vctories of Ana Cabecinha and Dionisio Ventura
Ana Cabecinha also started competing for the upcoming season. She did it on Sunday 1December 17, 2017 on the Faro track where the Regional Winter Championships organized by the Algarve Athletics Association took place. 3.000m tr...
19/12/2017 - Matej Toth: the IAAF decision is approaching
The IAAF decision on the disputed doping case (self blood transufion) of MateJ Toth (SVK) is approaching. We recall that the Rio Olympic Champion had provided in his defense a dossier of over 250 pages with 25 attachments of hematology expert...
19/12/2017 - Nogent-sur-Oise (FRA): new French U20 record on 5.000m indoor by David Kuster (FRA)
He had promised David Kuster (FRA) that in Nogent sur Oise (FRA) would try to do better than 20:00.8h established in Reims in the 5.000m indoor walk last December 3, 2017. These are the comments after the race of the winner: "...
18/12/2017 - Getafe (ESP): Victories of Alvaro Martin and Laura Garcia-Caro
Getafe (ESP) near Madrid hosted the 19th edition of the "Trofeo di Marcha Asociaciòn Deportiva Cerro de Buenavista" on Sunday, which was then matched by the Spanish Road Race Masters Championships. The two most im...
18/12/2017 - Leiria (POR): another victory to Ines Henriques
Domenica, 17 dicembre 2017, il campione del mondo e record donne di 50 km corsa a piedi, Ines Henriques (POR) , ha gareggiato in questa stagione del 2017 nei 20 km percorsi al Challenge de Leiria. le donne a piedi su strada 20km ...
18/12/2017 - Hong Kong - 20km road walk Championships
On Sunday 17 December the national road walk championships were held in Hong Kong. The day was relatively discrete with a temperature that varied from 12° Celsius initial to 16° Celsius and with a humidity starting from 45% to ...
17/12/2017 - Perseus Karlstrom (SWE): the sportsman of the day broke the Swedish record in 50km after 29 years and 78 days
A season to be framed the 2017 of Perseus Karlstrom (SWE). The new 50km recordman from Sweden started competing internationally this year on March 12, 2017 at Ciudad Juarez in Mexico in the Circuito Internacional de Marcha valid for th...
17/12/2017 - Melbourne (AUS): Perseus Karlstrom wins 50km with the new record of Sweden
What a difference a fortnight can make. The Australian 50km championship meet, initially scheduled two weeks ago, had to be cancelled due to catastrophic weather forecasts. Fast forward 14 days and competitors were treated to an overnight low of 17o...
15/12/2017 - This weekend focus on Melbourne (AUS) and Getafe (ESP)
Intense weekend for race walking. In Australia will took place the 50km Australian Championship with other races on 20km (men and women). At Melbourne's Fawkner Park, Victoria will race the race that was suspended two weeks ago for...
14/12/2017 - European Athletics has officially added 50km women to Berlin 2018
European Athletics has officially added 50km women to Berlin 2018. Following its successful introduction at a major championship this summer at the IAAF World Championships London 2017, the women’s 50km race walk has been added to the c...
13/12/2017 - Antonio Amigo Alvarez (ESP) - Race walking technique
We continue to publish the proceedings of the International Seminar of Guadix (ESP) with the presentation of Antonio Amigo Alvarez (GBR). The seminar held Saturday, December 9th in the context of the VII Campeonato de Espana de Marcha At...
13/12/2017 - Dublino (IRL) - Alex Wight and Veronica Burke champions in 20km
Saturday, December 9, 2017 took place in the park of St. Anne, one of the most beautiful parks in Dublin in the district Raheny, the 20km Championships of Ireland. Not so high participation (both male and female) that also saw events for cate...
12/12/2017 - Brian Hanley (GBR) - Elasticity in race walking
We are pleased to publish the proceedings of the International Seminar of Guadix (ESP) with the presentation of Brian Hanley (GBR). The seminar held Saturday, December 9th in the context of the VII Campeonato de Espana de Marcha Atletica and ...
11/12/2017 - Marcia dal Mondo: three thousand times with you
When on July 30, 2006, Sandro Damilano, who had long dreamed of a means of communication through a web page for race walk in Italy, published the first news in the newly born site that then called "Marcia Italiana", had achieved in first g...
11/12/2017 - Guadix (ESP) - Decalogue of initiation to race walking
Alongside the International Seminar on race walking held last Saturday in Guadix (ESP), a friendly initiative was presented to young people. It is the Decalogue of initiation to race walking prepared by the Technical Committee of Real Federac...
10/12/2017 - Managua (NCA): Guatemala on the shields at "XI Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos"
Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, hosts the 11th Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos from 9 to 12 December 2017. Athletics is organized with the support of the Federacion Costarricense de Atletismo. On the second day of competitions (December...
10/12/2017 - Guadix (ESP) - VII Campeonato de Espana de marcha de invierno de promocion - XIII Memorial Alcalde
This morning the city of Guadix (ESP) hosted the “VII Campeonato de Espana de marcha de invierno de promocion” with an interesting series of races that began at 10:15 with the 3km U16 female and continued with the remaining races over th...
09/12/2017 - Parma (ITA): Riccardo Orsoni establish the new U18 Italian record on 3.000m indoor
The new indoor season has yet to start, but a record result already arrives. 3.000m indoor walk men This afternoon in Parma, Riccardo Orsoni (ITA) category U18, with the time of 12:25.82 on the 3000 meters indoor walk, obtained ...
09/12/2017 - Parchal (POR): I Troféu CAT Clube Marchador: good race of Edna Barros (POR)
On the municipal track of Parchal (POR) in Algarve today was held the I Trofeo Club do Marchador. The Trophy took place with the race system at the same time on two different lanes (in the first lane the male categories and in the fifth lane ...
08/12/2017 - Guadix (ESP) - VII Spanish Winter Race Walk Promotional Championship
Guadix in the region of Granada will host this weekend (Sunday, December 10) the VII Spanish Winter Race Walk Promotional Championship, which will take place together with the XXXII Grand Prix of Race Walking of the City of Guadix - Memorial Manuel ...
08/12/2017 - Cochabamba (BOL) - Colombia and Perù win race walking events of XXIII Juegos Sudamericanos Escolares
Cochabamba, in Bolivia hosted the XXIII Juegos Sudamericanos Escolares. In this tournament reserved for many sports, as usual, athletics has a prominent place. It is a pleasure to note that, as is often the case in Central and South America, team to...
08/12/2017 - Adelaide (AUS) - Good result Katie Hayward in Australian All Schools Championships
The Australian All School Championships are also taking place in Adelaide, Australia with the following walking events: - U18 boys: 5.000m track walk - U18 girls: 5.000m track walk - U16 boys: 3.000m track walk - U16 girls: 3.000m track walk - U16 b...
07/12/2017 - Section Athletes: updated reports of best foreigners athletes men
Sandro Damilano has finished updating the 2017 most representing male athletes in the world included with the most up-to-date technical reports. How to identify them? The choice has been to carefully weigh the results obtained o...
06/12/2017 - Good result in first indoor race of season 2017/2018 by David Kuster (FRA)
The 2017/2018 Indoor season has started this weekend in some countries including France and immediately an interesting result in U20 men. 5.000m indoor men The best result of the meeting gets the young David Kuster (FRA) who we ...
05/12/2017 - Yverdon-les-Bains (SUI): Justin Bournier (FRA) wins the "Coupe de Noel"
Sunday 3 December 2017 took place in Yverdon lei Bains (SUI) the traditional Coupe de Noel, with a fair number of participants in the two races (men and women) on 10km. 10km men In this event the most interesting result was obta...
05/12/2017 - Convention on "New scientific trends applied to the training of race walking“ is held in Guadix
This Saturday, December 9, and on the occasion of the dispute of the 8th Spanish Championship of Race Walking of Promotion, an interesting International Seminar of "New scientific trends applied to the training of race walking“ is held in...
04/12/2017 - 20.000m track walk at Balma Meeting (FRA)
Only on Saturday, December 2, we published the news that Perseus Karlstrom (SWE) was the only European athlete in the world ranking of 20km track walk and immediately one day after our French cousins successfully organize a Meeting in Balma with 2...
03/12/2017 - Update on 50km Australian Championships, Fawkner Park, Melbourne
Australian 50km Racewalking Championships and supporting events will be rescheduled to Sunday 17th December, 2017 at Fawkner Park. Details are as follows: Australian 50km Race Walking Championships Sunday 17th December, 2017 Fawkner Park, Mel...
02/12/2017 - Only three European athletes in the 20.000m. track walk world list of 2017
Until a few years ago in some European Countries (few to be honest) athletes were still competing on the track on a classic distance of 20,000m. walk. The history of the 20,000m track walk is sprinked with the names of "hall of fa...
01/12/2017 - Brian Hanley (GBR): survey on judging in race walking
Let's allow us to disclose this interesting survey of Brian Hanley (GBR) on judging in race walk. Whether you're a judge, coach, athlete or just someone who loves race walking, you are invited to take part in a research study on judgi...
30/11/2017 - Canceled the Australian 50km Racewalking Championships
The devil is bound to appear in the 50km Australian championship. We, like many others, received the following news from Melbourne's organizing friends. Unfortunately due to the Bureau of Meteorology still forecast...
29/11/2017 - Melbourne (AUS): Sunday the Australian Championships 2017 in 50km race walk
Sunday, December 3, 2017 will be held in Melbourne (AUS) the 50km Australian Championships with a series of other events. The course is the traditional one of the past years in the Fawner Park area, and the schedule is as follows: 7:00 AM - M...
28/11/2017 - Lugo (ESP): brothers Chamosa Dacasa win the XXIX Winter Championships of Galicia
Saturday, November 25, 2017 took place on the track of the city of Lugo (ESP), the XXIX Galicia Winter race walking Championships. Galicia is a historic region for race walk in Spain, with many athletes but above all on the organizational level. It ...
27/11/2017 - Brian Hanley (GBR): measurement of flight time in race walking
Dr Brian Hanley from Leeds University, has recently tested world-class walkers in terms of what kinds of flight times occur with each speed and we only see no loss of contact when they're walking at about 10 km/hr. At 11 km/hr...
26/11/2017 - Minsk (BLR) will host IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships 2020
Minsk, the capital and largest city of Belarus, was today awarded the right to host the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships 2020. This will be the first occasion that Belarus has ever staged an IAAF World Athletics Series event. ...
24/11/2017 - Vijaywada (IND): Indian 33rd Junior, U18 and U16 Championships
Week end of Juniors Championships (U20), U18 and U16 at Vijaywada in the state of Andra Pradesh in India. Race races took place at the following distances: - U20 men: 10,000m track walk - U18 boys: 10,000m track walk - U16 boys: 5.000m track ...
23/11/2017 - Liu Hong give birth to a daughter
Last night the Olympic Champion Liu Hong gave birth to his firstborn. The girl and the mother are fine. The child was named after Sissi (remembering that of the beautiful Empress of Austria). To Liu Hong and the father Liu Xue, many go...
22/11/2017 - Juegos Bolivarianos: Manuel Esteban Soto (COL) and Sandra Lorena Arenas (COL) won 20km, Andres Choco (ECU) won 50km
Colombia won the 20km race walk event of the XVIII edition of the Juegos Bolivarianos in Santa Marta 20km men By surprise, the victory went to Manuel Esteban Soto Ruiz (COL) with the time of 1:26:32. Second place to Jose ...
22/11/2017 - News on 50km women
The Real Federación Española de Atletismo also announced that on 25 February 2018, in conjunction with the LXXXVIII edition of the 50km road walk men will also play on the race for women. Currently the Spanish record on the dist...
20/11/2017 - Manresa (ESP): Mar Juarez Gallardo and Kevin Cerro Gudino won 11th Memorial Villaplana
Manresa, a small Spanish town of less than 100,000 inhabitants, located in the heart of Catalonia, hosted the eleventh edition of Memorial Eric Villaplana on Sunday, November 19th, The race honoring the great Catalan walker took place on the ...
18/11/2017 - Toledo (ESP): Laura Garcia-Caro and Diego Garcia are the winner of Espada Toledana
Successfully the thirtieth edition of Espada Toledana in Toledo (ESP), which is held in conjunction with a National Cross award for the thirty-first edition, for the organization of the Atletic Club of Toledo. In the afternoon of today...
15/11/2017 - Colombia hosts the XVIII edition of Bolivarian Games
The XVIII Juegos Bolivarianos began in Santa Marta (COL), created in 1936 and whose first edition was the one in 1938. This great South American sport event was created to pay tribute to the Venezuelan Simon Bolivar fighter for the freedom of...
14/11/2017 - Women fight for gender equality in 50km
While the 2018 European Athletics Championships, which are scheduled for July in Berlin, have 20km walks for men and women and a 50km walk for men, the published timetable does not show a 50km for women. This is very disappointing considering ...
12/11/2017 - Rosario (ARG): National Championships U23
The 14th National U23 Championships in Argentina took place in Rosario, Argentina in Santa Fe Province, at Jorge Newbery Municipal Stadium. For the two races the distances were the classic ones on the 10,000m track walk. The races were valid a...
10/11/2017 - Loss of contact in different age groups (by Daniel Jacinto Garzon Jimenez - ESP)
Also under the Seminar on the Judgment on Race Walking held in Madrid last weekend we conclude today wuth the publication of the acts in the Section "Techniques, Rules and Conventions" -> Sub-section "Conventions". ...
09/11/2017 - Honors to Jorge Miguel and Ines Henriques
Jorge Miguel was honored with Ordem Olímpica Nacional the highest honor in the country by the Portuguese Olympic Committee. We've known Jorge Miguel for many years and we soon realized that we were in front of a person full of stre...
08/11/2017 - The point of view of the coach (by José Antonio Carrillo - ESP)
Also under the Seminar on the Judgment on Race Walking held in Madrid last weekend we publish today in the section "Techniques, Rules and Conventions” -> "Conventions” section of the presentation of José Antonio Carrillo...
07/11/2017 - Italy vs. World: difference in speed in the three Olympic specialties
Even this year Marcia dal Mondo wanted to enrich the statistical analysis by adding the following interesting comparisons: a) 20 km men: the speed of the top Italian athlete compared with that of the top athlete of the Wor...
07/11/2017 - The bent knee problem in walkers (by Antonio Amigo - ESP)
Historical days for the Spanish race walk: judges and coaches together to unify and share the knowledge and experience with the goal of a better judgment in race walk. Some of the most important coaches, a lot of juges of panel A and two of S...
06/11/2017 - China leading Country in 50km U23 men road walk
In the first fifty U23 athletes of the 50km road walk men the situation of the Countries is the following: always the largest number of athletes (24) belong to China, 10 belong to Japan, and 3 belong to Germany, Italy and Russia and finally they are...
06/11/2017 - 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. Compared to the past this year we made two big changes: • The first was to...
06/11/2017 - 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. The years taken into consideration, regarding male categories, were: ...
05/11/2017 - China leading Country in 20km U23 women road walk
In the first fifty U23 athletes of the 20km road walk women the situation of the Countries is much more jagged than that of men. Always the largest number of athletes (14) belong to China, 11 belong to Russia, and 5 belong to Japan. Th...
04/11/2017 - Japan leading Country in 20km U23 men road walk
The 2017 performances obtained by Russian Sergey Shirobokov (ANA) in Sochi, and then in London on 20 km road walk have led us to reflect on the potential of individual nations in U23 category. We chose the U23 because they should represent th...
04/11/2017 - Section Athletes: updated reports of best foreigners athletes women
Sandro Damilano has finished updating the 2017 most representing female athletes in the world included with the most up-to-date technical reports. How to identify them? The choice has been to c...
02/11/2017 - Uzhgorod (UKR) - Carpathian Cup
Last Saturday (Oct. 29, 2017) they returned to race after a long break in Uzhgorod (UKR) for the Carpathian Cup. There were teams from nine regions of Ukraine and foreign athletes coming from Latvia and Hungary. In addition to the most import...
30/10/2017 - Porto Alegre (BRA): U23 Championships of Brazil
Porto Alegre hosted the Brazilian Athletics U23 Championship last week. Gara Events ha avuto luogo nella mattinata di Domenica 29 Ottobre, 2017, sulla distanza di 20.000 m in pista e con partenze: alle 7:00 per le donne e alle 7:05 per gli uomini. &...
29/10/2017 - New updates in Statistics section
The following lists have been published in the Statistics section as at October 31, 2017 Men World list 50km - Results of 2017 up to 4:00:00 World list 20km - Results of 2017 under 1:22:00 World list 10,000m track walk - Results...
28/10/2017 - Ihor Hlavan (UKR) best male athlete of the year in 50km for Marcia dal Mondo
The top five athletes of the season (men) in 50km. To get into this ranking, the best two results of the year were taken into account: - in a 50km race - in a 20km or 30km or 35km race We then added the following placement scores: - ma...
27/10/2017 - Christopher Like (GER) best male athlete of the year in 20km for Marcia dal Mondo
The top five athletes of the season (men) in 20km. To get into this ranking, the best three results of the year were taken into account: - in a 20km race - in a 10km race (or 10,000m on track) We then added the following placement scor...
27/10/2017 - Profession: race walking judge
On October 20, Jean Pierre Dahm, International Judge and Member of the IAAF Walking Committee, was interviewed by Jean-Romain Blanc on behalf of "Running Heroes". The beautiful and interesting interview comes from us and is publishe...
26/10/2017 - Maria Guadalupe Gonzalez (MEX) best female athlete of the year for Marcia dal Mondo
This year we would like to present our readers a review of the top five athletes of the season (women and men). For women, which is the first analysis we venture into, we have considered a unique ranking regardless of whether or not a 50km pa...
25/10/2017 - Saran (FRA): David Kuster and Clemence Beretta win one hour race walk
On Sunday, October 22, 2017, in Saran (FRA) in the Loire region returned the charm of one hour race walk in the context of the Challenge National des Ligues de Marche. Interestesing to see a lot of athletes from all categories racing o...
23/10/2017 - Hauppauge, NY (USA): Daniel Pintado (ECU) and Paola Peres (ECU) win 30km
Weekend of race walk not only in Japan, but also in the USA. Hauppage, Suffolk County, New Yorlk, hosted the USATF 30km race-walk championships with other events on the distance of 20km and 10km. As usual, the races were open, and athletes fr...
22/10/2017 - Takahata (JPN): Hayato Katuki wins 50km
Rainy day in Takahata, Yamagata Prefecture, where the 56th edition of 50km All Japan Race Walking Championships take place. The temperature is around 15° -16°C and with downpour rain from moment to moment. In perfect time, as always, ...
22/10/2017 - Japan: leading Country in 50km road walk
Today's victory of two names, unknown to most (Hayato Katsuki and Yuki Ito), in the 50km today in Takahata, Japan, has made us reflect on the growth in recent years of the Rising Sun Country on the distance. 2012, the year of the London O...
20/10/2017 - Pecs (HUN): Victories of Venyercsan (HUN) and Renic (CRO)
Last Saturday in Pecs (HUN) took place the 4th edition of the Marcz Robert International race walk Meeting on the 10km distance. Good participation in men's race with 16 athletes at the start, a little less in women, with just four athlet...
19/10/2017 - Russia: Four years ban to Alexei Bartsaykin
The Russian Athletics Federation announced on its website the four-year suspension of Alexei Bartsaykin (RUS), based on abnormal hematological profile parameters in the biological passport. Disqualification starts on July 4, 2017. However, al...
18/10/2017 - Ivano-Frankivsk (UKE): good results in 50km women
Last Sunday, 15/10, 20 athletes (13 males and 7 females) compete in Ivano-Frankivsk for Ukraine's 50km championships for both men and women. Departures were deferred in 2 minutes for men and women (9:00 and 9:02 hours). The women's race had ...
17/10/2017 - Takahata (JPN): Sunday the 56th edition of All Japan Championships
Next Sunday will be held at Takahata (JPN) the 56th edition of the All Japan Championships dedicated to the 50km with a series of other race walk events in different distances. The entry list was published. ...
17/10/2017 - Gleina (GER) - It does not blur the memory of past times
Race walk is a tough sport, sometimes not iunderstood, sometimes remembered only for the medals it brings to the Countries, but it is a sport that has always cemented deep friendships even among acerious opponents. After the race often ended ...
16/10/2017 - Gleina (GER) - German Championships of 50km
It was not twinned with Grottammare the 50km in Gleina (GER) but there, too, on Saturday 14th October 2017, it took place the 50km German Championship, as well as other races. 50km men and 30km U23 men Germany's Open Champio...
15/10/2017 - Barcellona: 95th anniversary of first Spanish Championships in race walk of 50km
Today, a tweet by Miguel Calvo reminds us of an event that we would not want to go unnoticed: the 95th anniversary of the first Spain Championship of race walk in Barcelona. It was on October 15, 1922 when it was in Barcelona for 50km of the ...
15/10/2017 - Grottammare (ITA): Perseus Karlstrom wins 20km
When this morning arrived the tweet of Miguel Calvo (ESP) that reminded the 95th anniversary of the first Spanish Championship in 50km, the curiosity was immediately going to find out how much the actors of that movie were. When we found out ...
13/10/2017 - Yang Shuqing (CHN) the hardworking of 50km
The double world record of Ines Henriques (Porto de Mos and London) opens up new horizons about the future possibilities we will probably witness in the years to come. But, in the 2017 ranking, we focused on what may seem like a madnes...
12/10/2017 - Perseus Karstrom a star in Grottammare (ITA)
Sunday morning on Grottammare (AP) seafront will take place the fourth and last test of the Italian Club Championships of race walk. Patroness of the events: Antonella Palmisano. The Club Championship will take place on the following distance...
12/10/2017 - Section Athletes: updated reports Italian athletes men
Sandro Damilano, who is working closely in this web-site, has started updating for the 2017 section of the Athletes section. This update refers to high-range Italian female athletes still in activity today. Comp...
11/10/2017 - Santiago (CH): Ecuador win both races of 2nd South American Youth Games
In this intense weekend even in South America, and precisely in Santiago de Chile, there was an important youth event. We are referring to the 2nd edition of South American Youth Games, opened to the athletes between the ages of 14 and 16 and...
10/10/2017 - Eskilstuna (SWE): Perseus Karlstrom wins 50km
For the fifth consecutive year, it was held in Eskilstuna on a 1 km lap. the 50km. An hour before departure was raining, and at the beginning of the race the temperature was 7 degrees and a few drops of rain slightly increased after an hour. ...
09/10/2017 - Matsuyama (JPN): Winner in women the new name of Nanako Fujii
Second day of racing for race walk in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, where is running the 72nd National Sports Festival The women's race (senior and U20) and the U20 men were both on the schedule on 5,000m track walk 5.000m tr...
08/10/2017 - Matsuyama (JPN): Victory of Eiki Takahashi with the 3rd 2017 performance on 10.000m track walk
This morning (Japan time: 13:45) good results were achieved in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, where the 72nd National Sports Festival is taking place. The day was ideal, with a temperature ranging from 19° to 22° C, but with a high humi...
07/10/2017 - Varazdin (CRO): U16 match CRO - CZE - HUN - SVK – SLO
Last week (Saturday, 30 September 2017) a meeting was held in Varazdin between the nationals teams of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary and Croatia as the organizing Country. Two athletes/races also included the two race ...
07/10/2017 - Cles (ITA): Italian Championships U16 - Victories to Angela Di Fabio and Emiliano Brigante
Cles, themain center of Val di Non, the apple area in Trentino, once again hosts the one that has always been the most beautiful athletic event in Italy. Almost 1.000 athletes/race to challenge for U16 boys and girls individual title and for the Tea...
06/10/2017 - Toth (SVK): cleared by Slovak Athletic Federation (SAZ)
Pending the final pronouncement by IAAF on the issue of anomalies on his biological passport Matej Toth got a first result in his favor. It will almost certainly be the IAAF Athletics Integrity Unit to deal with. Meanwhile Tóth ...
05/10/2017 - Neria (ESP): Victories to Fabian Bernabé (FRA) and Ainhoa Pinedo (ESP)
She's tireless the nice Ainhoa Pinedo (ESP) who after a season like never before seemed to end with the "Four Days of Taihu", continues to walk. This time she walked for a noble purpose in the 33rd edition of Trofeo de ...
04/10/2017 - Cles (ITA): Italian Championships U16 boys and girls
The last major race for the U16 in Italy is approaching: the Italian Individual Championships and for Regions that will take place in Cles (TN) next Saturday with the following schedule: - 15:25 hours: 3.000m track walk girls - 16:45 ho...
03/10/2017 - Pit Lane Rule: now is for all categories, but with changes in penalty times
The news was in the air for a long time and had already been tested this year in the two races of the IAAF Challenge in Mexico. The penalties used for the Pit Lane Rule, change dresses and are also adapted to a possible use for senior activity, and ...
02/10/2017 - Section Athletes: updated reports Italian athletes women
Sandro Damilano, who is working closely in this web-site, has started updating for the 2017 section of the Athletes section. At the moment the update was made for high-range Italian female athletes still in activity today. ...
01/10/2017 - Chiasso (SUI): Leonardo Dei Tos wins the 13th edition of "Chiasso in Marcia"
Today, took place in Chiasso (SUI) the traditional 20km race "Chiasso in marcia" for the organization of Marie Polli and SAL Lugano Marcia. Marie Polli had done all well for this 13th edition, also organizing for Tesserete a Round T...
30/09/2017 - Vicenza (ITA): very good performance of Riccardo Orsoni
At Vicenza, in the gold finals of the U18 Clubs Championships, a great performance of Riccardo Orsoni lends the day of race walk that was certainly not among the most exhilarating. Orsoni, however, with the time of 21:39.12 obtained the new p...
29/09/2017 - Bacuch (SWK): Vittorie of Miroslav Uradnik (SVK) and Austeja Kavaliuskeite (LTU)
On Saturday, Bacuch in Slovakia, the race walk Grand Prix Pribilinec, which this year came to the tenth edition. Unfortunately, as is often the case, despite the fact that in recent years it has been thought to give impetus to these co...
29/09/2017 - A lot of updates in the section History
During the last two weeks, interesting graphics updates of reports have been made of the following World and European events, by Sandro Damilano. Updates are available in the History Section and then by choosing from the relevant drop-down me...
28/09/2017 - Young Around Taihu
Not only twenty athletes who participated in the 2017 World Championships including the two bronze medals of Caio Bonfim (20km men) and Antonella Palmisano (20km women) competing in Taihu, but also a good group of young athletes. For some years now,...
27/09/2017 - Around Taihu 2017: Victories of Dane Bird-Smith (AUS) and Antonella Palmisano (ITA)
The fourth and final day of the "Around Taihu" challenge took place over 10km on what has become the traditional undulating Dongshan course. Weather was the best it has been all week and although humid walkers did not suffer the heat or ra...
26/09/2017 - Around Taihu (CHN) - 3° stage 10,5km Yuangboyuan - Victories of Dane Bird-Smith (AUS) and Qieyang Shenijie (CHN)
The beautifully scenic Garden Expo was the venue for day three of the Around Taihu festival and the weather conditions were a complete contrast to the first two days. High temperature (32°C) and humidity greeted the athletes for the 10.5k...
25/09/2017 - Around Taihu (CHN) - 2° tappa 10km Mudu - Victories of Shange Lebogang (RSA) and Qieyang Shenijie (CHN)
The second day of the classic "Around Taihu" took place in the center of the host city of Mudu, on a 10km course. If the athletes thought the first day was wet then they were in for a shock as thunder storms flooded the stree...
24/09/2017 - Around Taihu (CHN) - 1st stage 20km Taihu Lake - Victories to Perseus Karlstrom (SWE) and Nie Jingjing (CHN)
The first day of the classic "Around Taihu" took place this morning over 20km on the out and back Lake Taihu course. Rain greeted the walkers at the 9.15am start and was to persist throughout the day. This proved welcome relief given...
23/09/2017 - Osaka (JPN): Great results in 10.000m track walk
The 65th Inter-Corporate Championships of Japan were held today in Osaka with the two race walk events. 10.000m. track walk men Great race and great results at Nagai Stadium. The victory went to Eiki Takahashi, coached by...
23/09/2017 - Modena (ITA): Gold final of Clubs Championships to Francesco Fortunato and Valentina Trapletti
They are competing together, men in the first lane and women in fourth, as it has been for some time rightly in the Italian Clubs Championships. At least the show is assured! 5.000m track walk women There is no Sibilla Di Vincen...
23/09/2017 - Around Taihu (CHN): the eve
After an experimental male presence (Federico Tontodonati, Marco de Luca and Francesco Fortunato) and female (Federica Curiazzi) at individual level in 2014 and again that of Federico Tontodonati last year, this year is finally the turn of a big of ...
20/09/2017 - Nikolay Ivanov (RUS), 23 years old, killed by a drunken hooligan with a stomach knife
Nikolay Ivanov (RUS) born on December 21, 1993, has never been one of the top athletes of the walking Russian. It was, however, what in jargon called a "good walker". This year he had not competed and his personal records had never been su...
20/09/2017 - Modena (ITA): Gold final of Clubs Track Championships preview
The next weekend is dedicated to the 2017 finals of Club’s Championships. They are the most important races for Clubs throughout the season, those who rank the Italian Clubs Champion title on track. It is clear that all teams are looking to pa...
19/09/2017 - Australia: Chris Erickson announces his retirement
From Heel and Toe on line n. 52 dated 19.9.2017 Australian representative racewalker Chris Erickson has announced his retirement from international competition (this probably comes as no real surprise to anyone, given he has not competed sinc...
18/09/2017 - Diez (GER): Great performance of Hagen Pohle. Teresa Zurek wins in women
On Saturday, September 16, 2017, German Championships were held in Diez (GER) on the distance of 10,000m track on the male level and on the 5,000m track on a female level. The races were also valid for the German Championships Master. Fresh a...
16/09/2017 - Voronovo (RUS) - Russian race walking Cup 2017
Last Sunday's took place the 2017 edition of the Russia Cup in Voronovo, near Moscow. 20km men The victory went to Vasiliy Mizinov (RUS) in 1.23.18. Mizinov (born on Dec. 29, 1997) then still U20, has on the distance a perso...
14/09/2017 - Fukui (JPN): Victories of Toshikazu Yamanishi and Rena Goto
On September 9, 2017, Fukui (JPN) hosted the 87th edition of the Japan Intercollegiate Championships. Athletes belonging to the different Universities of Japan have been walking on the classic 10,000m race distance for both men and women. &nb...
13/09/2017 - Race walking: "Four days Around Taihu"
No change, compared to the 2016 edition of the "Four Days of Around Taihu" The first stage will see the 20 km course along the Taihu Lake, where there will also be Mass Race with Fitwalking, which in the last year saw the participat...
12/09/2017 - Druskininkai (LTU): Victories of Aliaksandr Liakhovich (BLR) and Brigita Virbalyte-Dimsiene (LTU)
Last Saturday in Druskininkai there is the 25th edition of the traditional 10km race walk valid also as Lithuania's Championship, In addition to this contest, reserved for both men and women, and open to competitors from other nati...
11/09/2017 - Twelve hours with Antonella Palmisano, Francesco Fortunato e Lorenzo Dessì
Oh, but what a car you have! It seems almost to be made for fun when looking at my 2005 two-door Audi A3, well maintained and always revised, but still twelve years old. Begin with this consideration the first contact with Francesco Fo...
10/09/2017 - Trieste (ITA): 9th memorial Rodolfo Crasso
It is not easy to organize a walking event in the best lounge of the cities. It's not easy because the courses are not really ideal for athletes, and because a good part of the audience today still continue to smile and does not understand why i...
08/09/2017 - Athens (GRE): Race Walking Camp 2017
Again this year Athens hosted a race walk Camp managed by Napoleon Kefalopoulos. It was this the eighth edition that took place at Agios Andreas beach, about fifty miles east of Athens, on a Campus in the middle of a forest with almost perfec...
07/09/2017 - Tianjin (CHN): Xu Faguang won the 50km
The 50 km. was the race which close the 13th National Games of China. All races took place in climatic conditions at the limit but this morning it was really difficult for the athleteng competing in 50km. So Iwe must very grateful to all those who h...
04/09/2017 - Tianjin (CHN): team races of Chinese Games won by Henan (women) e Shandong (men)
Today's day of the Chinese Games, in addition to the other athletic races, the 20km team are one of the most heard races because it is the one that distributes the most governmental contribution. Provinces can enter 7 athletes (4 senior a...
03/09/2017 - Tianjin (CHN): Yang Jiayu and Wang Kaihua won the 20km
The two 20 kilometers, valid for the 13th Chinese National Gamesm were held this morning. in Tianijn at about 150km. from Beijing. Tianijn o Tientsin is one of the four municipalities of the People's Republic of China directly ...
02/09/2017 - Finnkampen (SWE): Perseus Karlstrom erase the record on 10.000m track walk 27years old
In Stockholm, during the classic Finnkampen athletics match between Finland and Sweden national teams Perseus Kartstrom (SWE) with time of 38:57.45 erased Sweden's historic record on the distance of 10,000m track walk, which belonged to Stefan J...
01/09/2017 - Tianjin (CHN): Chinese National Games
Last Sunday, in the presence of the President of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping and of the President of CIO Thomas Bach, the opening ceremony of the 13th National Games of China took place in Tianjin (CHN). Chinese Games took place w...
31/08/2017 - Svetlana Vasilyeva (RUS) four year banned based on athlete's biological passport
The Russian Federation of Athletics (RusAthletics) announces that in accordance with the decision of the TAS-CAS of August 4, 2017, was disposed the disqualification of the walker Svetlana Vasilyeva (RUS). The four-year disqualifica...
31/08/2017 - Antonella Palmisano and Francesco Fortunato in Trieste on September 10, 2017
On Sunday, September 10, the volcanic President of the Sports Group San Giacomo of Trieste, Ruggero Poli, will propose the renewed edition of the memorial Rodolfo Crasso and the 43rd edition of Inter City in the mail city center. Already last year t...
30/08/2017 - Rome: an history of thirty years ago
A story of 30 years ago. It was the second day of the second edition of the World Athletics Championships in Rome. A beautiful hot evening in Rome on the avenues around the Olympic Stadium infused in the hearts of Italian fans the hope...
29/08/2017 - Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN): win University Games four years after victory in World Youth
On July 13, 2013, when Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN) took first place with the ten-meter advantage over Maksim Krasnov (RUS) and Diego Garcia (ESP) in the final straight of the Donetsk Stadium (UKR), many people looked in the eye as ask himself: ...
27/08/2017 - Danzica (POL): Victories of Brigita Virbalyte-Dimsiene (LTU) and Rafal Sikora (POL)
On August 26, Gdansk hosted the 52nd edition of the International Race Walk Festival, which included the races of the Polish U20 and U23 Championships men and women on the distance of 20km. The two most important international races, t...
26/08/2017 - China Taipei (TPE): Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN) and Inna Kashyna (UKR) win the 29th University Games
The day of race walk does not surprise the Games of the 29th Universiade in Taipei, with the two walk events taking place in the city center on Ren'Ai Road in the City Hall area and on the distance of 20 km. Early at 7:00am the wom...
23/08/2017 - Kuala Lumpur (MAS): 29th edition Sea Games
Started in Kuala Lumpur (MAS) the 29th edition Sea Games. These games are part of the South East Asian Countries that face the sea, and it is not difficult to think of the races that took place today in the first day were certainly not ...
22/08/2017 - Updating of "Psychology of race walking judge" (by Sandra Guadalupe Colin Gonzalez - MEX)
On August 6, 2017 we have published in the section Techniques, Rules and Conventions -> sub-section: Publications and reports on Race Walking -> Year 2017 (for english section) the report of our colleague race walking judge of NACAC Area (Lev. II)&n...
20/08/2017 - The dream of a spring night turns into the reality of a mid-summer night
2017 will be considered the most beautiful year of life by Ines Henriques. She started beautifully with the world's first recognized record of the distance of 50km women came to the limelights by the "gender parity". But the 4:0...
19/08/2017 - I love the color of my medal and you know why ?
In a party Italy generally outcrying on Sunday, August 13, during the last lap in 20km women along The Mall; in the same Italy where it hurried to look after the race slower videos for posting later in the Social Network as to point out the ...
18/08/2017 - Focus on Mate Helebrabndt (HUN)
People involved in race walking will certainly remember the Hungarian Sandor Urbanik, who in the years between 1990 and 2000 was one of the great leaders of the Hungarian race walk. Urbanik held up to date its most important national record o...
17/08/2017 - Matej Toth's statement appeared on the evening of 15 August 2017 on the website of the Slovak Athletics Federation.
Matej Toth's statement appeared on the evening of 15 August 2017 on the website of the Slovak Athletics Federation. I am announcing to the media and the public that today, on August 15, 2017, I was interviewed by members of the Dis...
16/08/2017 - Arai, Bonfim and Palmisano the most consistents in three years
Three years of high-level race walk, with two World Championships and an edition of Olympic Games let us to think about the hypothetical "three-year champion", but also and above all about the generational replacement in the specialty. &nb...
15/08/2017 - Robert Heffernan announces his retirement
Announcing his retirement after London 50km, Robert Heffernan said after the race: “It was a tough race today but I had to turn it into a positive. I’ve had a great career and it was a good note to go out on. I’d like ...
14/08/2017 - London (GR): 20km men - the masterpiece of Eider Arevalo
On the starting line there are 64 athletes representing 33 Countries. These are the starting numbers of 20km women. The race 5km They are all in the group led by Wang Kaihua (CHN) in...
14/08/2017 - A morning phone call with Patrick Parcesepe
Morning of August 12, 2017. It rings Patrizio Parcesepe's mobile phone, who jokes with the interlocutor for more than a year ago. How are you ? Nervous ? Gastroenteritis? None of this, but a little tension is perceived. Antonella i...
13/08/2017 - London (GR): 50km men victory of Yohann Diniz (FRA)
On the start line are 49 athletes representing 26 Countries. These are the starting numbers of the longest race in the athletic program, that of the 50km which is so much discussed in 2017, but which in the end has a worthy parterre wi...
13/08/2017 - Londra (GBR): 50km women - World Record to Ines Henriques
We do not want to rethink the events that marked the eve of this new race. In our section that reports activity of many other countries, our readers can find through Heel and Toe (AUS) all the details they may be interested in. ...
13/08/2017 - London (GR): 20km women - Victory to Yang Jiayu (CHN)
On the starting line there are 59 athletes representing 36 Countries. These are the starting numbers of 20km women. It starts from Rio de Janeiro, but without Liu Hong (CHN), with a battle for medals that should be a revival of the Olympic Ga...
08/08/2017 - London 2017: Jared Tallent withdraws
The unexpected news today is that the 50km London next Sunday will be orphaned by its most representative athlete. In fact, the silver medal of Rio de Janeiro, Jared Tallent, has been declared forfeit as a flare up of "hamstring complain...
06/08/2017 - Psychology of race walking judge (by Sandra Guadalupe Colin Gonzalez - MEX)
Since many years, Marcia dal Mondo, had the goal to publish a report by a psychologist on the matter of "judging in race walk". We wanted to highlight: - the mental and cognitive processes - the sensations of the judge - the attenti...
04/08/2017 - London: and whether to win the 20k men would be an outsider like in Atlanta ?
The last 25 years in the history of race walk saw a large number of athletes successfully experimenting in the 18th major edition events (6 Olympic Games and 12 World Championships) that took place at the 20 km male level. When he participate...
04/08/2017 - London (GBR): judges
For the London World Championships, the IAAF had appointed, as the races would be all in one day, the presence of 12 judges. In the table below are indicated the distribution of roles in the three different races, remembering th...
03/08/2017 - Londra (GBR): 20km men preview
(from IAAF web-site by Paul Warburton) One thing for sure in the men’s 20km walk at the IAAF World Championships - the first two past the post won’t be the first two at last year’s Olympics - although they migh...
02/08/2017 - Londra (GBR): 20km women preview
(From IAAF web-site by Paul Warburton) The women’s 20km could turn out to be the most exciting of the four races along The Mall on Sunday, 13 August. For the first time in six championships the all conquering Hong L...
01/08/2017 - For Linke move down in distance is a big step forward
(dal sito web della IAAF a cura di Paul Warburton) Like middle-distance runners who take on the marathon in the hope of extending their careers, senior race walkers usually start at 20km and graduate to the long-slog 50km. Christoper L...
01/08/2017 - Londra (GBR): 50km men preview
(From IAAF web-site by Paul Warburton) Mental strength is everything in the men’s IAAF World Championships 50km race walk. That, and a lot of background in the event. You don’t get to race walk almost four hours at about se...
01/08/2017 - Londra (GBR): 50km women preview
(from IAAF web-site by Paul Warburton) The IAAF steps into unchartered waters when seven female walkers contest the first women’s World Championship 50km race walk along The Mall on 13 August. In fact, the in...
31/07/2017 - Twenty-five years ago the victory of Daniel Plaza in Barcelona
Today, it is the 25th anniversary of Daniel Plaza's victory at the Barcelona Olympic Games. Roberto Alvarez by El Pais dedicates this beautiful article to him. Glory and misery, ecstasy and drama, all in a few meters,...
30/07/2017 - Japan race walk team to London
The Japan team is one of the long awaited team at the upcoming London World Championships in particular in the 50km road walk in which in the last two years it has collected two bronze medals at the World Championships in Beijing 2015 and in Olympic...
29/07/2017 - Race walk team of Portugal to London
Portugal announced the team to next World Championships in London. Four are the walkers, two men and two women. 20km men Joao Vieira: personal best e season 2017 ...
29/07/2017 - Provisional entry list to London 2017
The IAAF has published the provisional list of entries to the London 2017 World Championships. Event Athletes entered Countries represented ...
28/07/2017 - Polish race walking team to London
Poland has announced the team to London World Championships. Overall 49 entries, 6 are walkers, and all men. 20km men Arthr Brozozowski: personal best and season 2017 ...
27/07/2017 - Italian race walking team to London
It have been announced the race walking team of Italy participating at next World Championships in London. 20km men Matteo Giupponi: personal best e season 2017 Event Result ...
26/07/2017 - Open letter of an Italian coach to Marcia dal Mondo
The topic of bent knee on which we recently published some opinions, in Italy warms up the hearts. We have been received by a well-known home coach who prefers to remain anonymous (which we have absolutely guaranteed) his "brief personal...
26/07/2017 - The dissatisfaction of Glenda Morejon (ECU) and her coach
The Ecuadorian athlete Glenda Morejon (along with Frixon Chila also a medal in Nairobi 2017) was included by the Executive Committee of High Performance in the Ecuador High Performance Plan. Inclusion starts on Thursday July 20 in D1 categories for ...
24/07/2017 - Amazing news from India
There is some bad news for Indian athletics. Though three 50km racewalkers had made the cut for the London World Championship, none of them will be able to participate in the biennial event. The reason is shocking. The competition where they attaine...
24/07/2017 - Trujillo (ECU): Alexander Hurtado (ECU) and Alegna González (MEX) won U20 Pan-American Championships
This weekend was held in Trujillo, Peru, at Chan Chan Stadium, the XIX Pan-American U20 Championship of Athletics with the two race walk events that took place on the distance of 10,000m track. 10,000m track walk U20 men The vic...
23/07/2017 - Barcelona (ESP): Julia Takacs and Alvaro Martin win Spanish Championships
Barcelona is hosting the 97th Spanish Athletics Championships at Montjuic's Munificpale Stadium. 10,000m track walk women The fight for victory in the eve of the race was restricted to three athletes: Julia Takacs (ESP), Lidia Sanc...
22/07/2017 - Grosseto (ITA): The race walk lesson by Sergey Shirobokov (ANA)
Immediately goes to head Giacomo Brandi (ITA) who leads along with Lukasz Niedzialek (POL). The split times are as follows: - 1.000m: Lukasz Niedzialek (POL) in 4:37.93 - 2.000m: Giacomo Brandi (ITA) in 9:16.70 with Viktor Shumik (UKR) - 3.000m: Gia...
22/07/2017 - London 2017: IAAF revised entry standard for 50km women
The IAAF revised the entry standards for participating in the upcoming London World Championships in the 50km women by bringing it from 4:06:00 to 4:30:00. So Inês Henriques, will be able to take part in the Championship in the d...
21/07/2017 - Bialystok (POL): Polish track Championships
The 93rd Polish Championships in Bialystok (POL) are in progress this weekend. The two race walking events take place: - 5.000m. track walk women: Friday, July 21 at 18:15 - 10.000m. track walk men: Saturday July 22 at 15:45 &nb...
21/07/2017 - Sixty-five years ago Giuseppe "Pino" Dordoni won 50km in Helsinki Olympic Games
Sixty-five years ago, the man on the lead entered the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki after having been well-combed, and after returning the comb to the President of the Race Walk Jury, Armando Libotte. They were other times, but he, Giuseppe Dord...
20/07/2017 - Grosseto (ITA): European U20 Championships women
The first day of the U20 European Championships opens in Grosseto (ITA) with the first of two races: the 10,000m race on women's track that starts at 9:00. 10,000m U20 women track walk It is always diffi...
19/07/2017 - Barcelona (ESP): Spanish Championships during the week-end
This weekend in Barcelona at Joan Serrahina Stadium at Montjuic will host the Spanish Championship with two events of race walk on the distance of 10,000m on track. The two races will be held: - 10.000m. track walk women: Saturday 22 Ju...
18/07/2017 - Grosseto (ITA): Published entry list of the European U20 Championships
European Athletics published the entry list of the athletes participating next EuropeanU20 Championships in Grosseto. 10.000m track walk U20 men The entry list includes all the top ten of the 2017 list on the 10km road di...
17/07/2017 - Bydgoszcz (POL): European U23 to Diego Garcia (ESP) and Klavdyia Afanasyeva (ANA)
First start the 10,000m race on men's track in Bydgoszcz for the U23 European Championships, where Italy has good hopes with Gianluca Picchiottino and Andrea Agrusti. 20km road walk men The race is immediately headed by Karl...
16/07/2017 - Cina the new name of 2017: Zhang Yao
Who is Zhang Yao ? In the 10,000-meter ltrack walk in Nairobi, Zhang Yao (CHN) won by a fast final (last 2 km in 7:58) on Russian (competing under the ANA flag), Salavat Ilkaev and on the day's surprise, Dominican Ndingiti who...
15/07/2017 - Nairobi (KEN): World U18 victories to Zhang Yao (CHN) and Glenda Morejion (ECU)
(From IAAF web-site) The boys’ 10,000m race walk was a historic race for several reasons. Not only did Zhang Yao win China’s first world U18 title in this discipline, but Dominic Ndigiti earned Kenya’s first global champions...
14/07/2017 - Why it is very difficult to find a picture in which you really see a knee flexion
The recently proposed topic on actual percentages of bent knee has affected Antonio Amigo, a researcher at the University of Barcelona. We propose his report on this argument, accompanied by some photographs-graphics made on the occasion of a...
11/07/2017 - Bent knee and loss of contact evolution in Olympic period 2010 - 2017
Before analyzing data for the third decade under review, although we are still in the process, we can frame the speeds expressed in km/h and averaged over the first 20 athletes. It is only good to remember that the average speeds obtained by ...
10/07/2017 - Matej Toth suspended for alleged anomaly in biological passport
(by Associated Press) The reigning Olympic and world champion in the men's 50-kilometer race-walk, Matej Toth, has been suspended over an alleged breach of anti-doping rules. The IAAF's Athletics Integrity Unit said Sunday that...
09/07/2017 - Marinha Grande (POR): Carolina Costa and Paulo Martins are the new champions U20 of Portugal
10,000m track walk women Victory to Carolina Costa (POR) with the time of 48:43.11 represenyting the new personal best (previous of 50:25.05 obtained in Bydgoszcz, POL il Jul. 19, .2016. This yea...
09/07/2017 - Londra (GBR): Tom Bosworth wins the mile at Diamond League
Today, during the Diamond League in London, after years of exclusion from the most prestigious meetings, a race walk on the mile took place. It was the first time in the Diamond League. Immediately to lead Callum Wilkinson (GBR) in front of t...
08/07/2017 - Granollers (ESP): Marina Pena and José Manuel Perez Rubion won Spanish U20 champion
The Spanish U20 Championships are being held in Granollers (ESP). The two races take place on the classical distance of the 10,000m track: - women: today Saturday July 8, 2017 - men: tomorrow Sunday July 9, 2017 10...
07/07/2017 - Bent knee and loss of contact evolution in Olympic period 2000 - 2009
Before analyzing the data for the second decade considered, we see the speeds expressed in km/h in the same period and averaged over the first 20 athletes (males & females). The 10km women were replaced (1999) by 20km and this should alre...
06/07/2017 - Bent knee and loss of contact evolution in Olympic period 1990 - 1999
On June 15, 2016, we published an article entitled "Discriminate between bent knee and loss of contact". The aim was to analyze the different perception of the two technical errors by the different juries in the last two Olym...
05/07/2017 - Race Walking Camp in Athens
Enclosed all the informations about 8th Athens Race Walking Camp. The camp has 2 sections: a) from Aug. 24 to Sep. 1 b) from Sep. 2 to Sep. 12. The athletes can choose ...
04/07/2017 - Klaudia Afanaseva (RUS) eligible to compete
The IAAF Doping Review Board has agreed that the Russian athlete Klavdiia Afanaseva (Race Walk - RUS) has met the exceptional eligibility criteria to compete in international competition (with respect to her application to compete at the European At...
03/07/2017 - Robilante (ITA) - Elisa Rigaudo Day
A sunny sunshine was the outline in Robilante to the farewell party, among its people, by Elisa Rigaudo. A different party than usual with an ecological walk that has combined fitwalking and local food and wine walk with over 600 people. &nbs...
02/07/2017 - Trieste - Londra: "Saint Race Walk" is walking
On Friday morning, during the first day of the Italian Track Championships at the end of the inauguration of the new track of the Grezar Stadium (which took place the day before), the USSI (Unione Stampa Sportiva Italiana), organized a round table o...
30/06/2017 - Trieste (ITA) Victory of Eleonora Giorgi and Federico Tontodonati at Italian Championships
(from the Fidal website) 10.000 mt. women Welcome Eleonora Giorgi. The first title of the opening day of the Italian Championships at the renowned Grezar Stadium in Trieste goes to the national recordwoman of 20km. After a surge...
27/06/2017 - Trieste (ITA): Italian Track Championships in the renewed Grezar Stadium
After almost fifty years, the Grezar Stadium in Trieste returns to host the Italian Athletics Championships. The repairing work has been unfortunately troubled, but in the end the old stadium of Valmaura (then Grezar) has returned to being wh...
26/06/2017 - Trikala (GRE): Greek U18 Championships 2017
Last weekend, in Trikaka, a city 350km north of Athens, in the center of Greece, took place the Greek national championships for U18 (boys and girls). The day was not easy for the athletes: the temperature was very hot (around 36°C) and the very...
25/06/2017 - Leeds (GBR): Tom Bosworth and Gemma bridge are the winner of the British Grand Prix 2017
Today took place the 2017 edition of the British Grand Prix of Race Walking in Leeds, very well organized by Andrew Drake and Malcom Brown's team. The race is held in the Roundhay Park. 20km men Victory to ...
24/06/2017 - Getafe (ESP): U18 Spanish Championships
The U18 national championships in Spain took place this weekend at Getafe in the metropolitan area of Madrid at about ten kilometers from the Spanish capital. As usual, the program included the race of girls (on the distance of 5,000m track...
22/06/2017 - Sumy (UKR) victories of Dmytrenko e Myronchuk
Saturday, Sumy (UKR) took place in the 20km road walk championships for senior and U23 categories. 20km men Ruslan Dmytrenko (UKR) won in men race with the time of 1:22:35 who got the qualification for the upcoming World Champio...
21/06/2017 - Olena (Yelena) Shumkina (UKR): banned per 3 years and 6 months after blood data in her biological passport
Ukrainian race walker Olena Shumkina, who has competed at the London Olympics and world championships (Daegu 2011, Moscow 2013 and Beijing 2015) and in Rome 2016 IAAF World Race Walking team Championships, has been banned for doping. The Ukrainian A...
20/06/2017 - European U20 10km lists (or 10.000m track walk at June 19, 2017)
In the Statistics section, the U23 European lists of 20km road walk (or in alternative 10.000m track walk) for the year 2017 were published. The rankings are updated on 19 June 2017 and take into account the following performances: ...
19/06/2017 - Blois (FRA): very good female results in the National Meeting of Blois
Saturday June 17 will be a day to remember for the young Tunisian Chahineze Nasri. During the Blois National Meeting (FRA) there was a track walk on the distance of 5,000m with results of great interest. Chahineze Nasri (TUN) has stopped the ...
18/06/2017 - Nowa Deba (POL): Paulina Buziak and Artur Brzozowski won Polish Championships od 20km road walk
This afternoon was held in Nowa Deba (POL), the Polish Championships on the distance of 20km. 20km women There were only eight registered athletes. The victory went to Paulina Buziak (POL) with the time of 1:36:08....
17/06/2017 - Monterrey (MEX): Eder Sanchez wins Mexican Championships
Eder Sánchez, returned to winning the Mexican Champions title. The race took place on Satorday, June 17 in Monterrey on the distance of 20km. road walk, but start and arrival were in track. Eder Sanchez won with time of 1:22:27....
16/06/2017 - Rieti (ITA): Davide Finocchietti and Alessia Mastronicola Italian Champion U18
In the hot evening of Rieti they start in 28 for the Italian Championship U18 boys 10.000m track walk U18 boys The crowded start list lacks Andrea Orsoni, sick, and the race deprives us of the most beautiful duel f...
16/06/2017 - European U23 20km lists of 20km (at June 15, 2017)
In the Statistics section, the U23 European lists of 20km road walkm for the year 2017 were published. The rankings are updated on 15 June 2017 and take into account the following performances: - Men: performances less than 1:28:00 - w...
15/06/2017 - Discriminate between "bent knee" and "loss of contact"
Preliminary remark Recent competitions of last month have again re-presented the overwhelming theme of the different interpretation on many occasions of the technical error between "bent knee" and "loss of contact". ...
14/06/2017 - Rieti (ITA): Focus on Italian U18 Championships
This weekend, the Italian U18 Championships will take place in Rieti. Race schedules will have the following time: - Friday, June 16: at 20:20 the 10,000m track walk men - Saturday, June 17: at 17:20 the 5,000m track walk women ...
14/06/2017 - Huelva (ESP): Laura Garcia-Caro world leader in 3.000m track walk
The 3.000m track on women track is a distance that does not take place so often outside the indoor world, but is a distance well suited to an outdoor meeting. Last night in Huelva (ESP) at the XIII Iberoamerican Meeting two of Spain's pos...
13/06/2017 - San Bernardo do Campo (BRA): Brasil Trophy to Erica de Sena and Caio Bonfim
Also over the ocean in South America interesting walking races in the Trofeo Brasil that took place this weekend in San Bernardo do Campo, near San Paolo. The Brasil Trophy, a kind of outdoor individual championship, takes place on the 20km classica...
12/06/2017 - Vagos (POR): Joao Vieira and Ana Cabecinha Portuguese Champions
Vagos in Portugal hosted this weekend the Portugal Championships on track. The two races took place on the classic 10,000m distance. 10,000m track walk men For the eighth time in his career, and for the fourth consecutive time, ...
10/06/2017 - Cheboksary (RUS): Russian Championships 2017
This morning in Cheboksary took place the Russian Road Walk Championships.. 50 km men Victory to Dementiy Cheparev (RUS) in 3:43:04 There are his split times: - 5km: 22:41 - 10km: 44:40 - 15km: 1:06:49 - 20km: 1...
10/06/2017 - Florence (ITA): Italian U20 and U23 Championships-Victories of Picchiottino and Colombi (U23); Brandi and Russo (U20)
The U20 and the U123 come together with a beautiful glance. 10,000m track walk men Immediately headed to lead the U23 group Stefano Chiesa, Gianluca Picchiottino, Gregorio Angelini, Ettore Grillo, Niccolò Coppini a...
09/06/2017 - World and European lists updated post IAAF Challenge leg in La Coruna
The results of the leg of IAAF Challenge in La Coruna have had some impressive impact on the season's overall rankings of the individual races. The impact was even more important in European rankings. To the benefit of our readers we publ...
09/06/2017 - Alythus (LTU) - Victories of Dawid Tomala (POL) and Brigita Virbalyte-Dimsiene (LTU)
Alythus hosts the 43rd International Racer Walking Festival 2017. Entered athltes are the following. Men (25 athletes): - Belarus: Yauheni Zalesski; - Greece: Ioánnis Vaitsis, Zacharias Tsamoudákis e Konstant...
08/06/2017 - Firenze (ITA): Focus on U20 and U23 Italian Championships
This weekend, the Italian U20 and U23 Championships will take place in Florence. Race schedules will have the following time: - Friday, June 9: at 19:30 the 10,000m track walk men - Saturday, June 10: at 9:00 the 10,000m track walk women &nbs...
07/06/2017 - A chance to meet many legendary athletes
When? Saturday 8th July 2017 Where? The Tower Thistle Hotel, London E1 Why? To pay tribute to Britain's World Championship race walkers The 2017 IAAF World Championships are coming to London and it acts a...
05/06/2017 - Jorge Miguel reveals the dream of Ines Henriques
In the lobby of the Hotel Riazor of La Coruna, people talked a lot this weekend about race walk. The evenings in the Galician city are always very long on Fridays and Saturdays, and sometimes athletes suffer from this pleasant contagion. Cert...
03/06/2017 - La Coruna (ESP): victories of Erica de Sena (BRA) and Alvaro Martin (ESP)
The afternoon is ventilated here in La Coruna where usually however the course of Cantones in which carries out the competition is to be for good part shaded because the rays of the sun, in its natural journey towards the sunset come shaded f...
30/05/2017 - La Coruna (ESP): entry list
If all should be present at the XXXI edition of the Cantons de La Coruna - Sergio Vasques should already have all the requirements for a big race: - 77 menentrered representing 26 Countries and - 45 women registered representatives in 18...
27/05/2017 - The future of 50km depends on all of us.
Some reflection in the light of the recent controversy about the event 50 Km. Lima - Copa Pan-Americana: They took part in the XVIII Copa Panamericana de Marcha: 50 Km Men: 12 Countries with 20 athletes participating, equal to a...
26/05/2017 - La Coruna (ESP): Popular Fit-Walk to "Cocina Económica" of A Coruna benefit
And so this year La Coruna opens to the popular walk! The past edition (the thirtieth) was that of a photographic exhibition and a press conference to honor the date, and that it had decided to dedicate the competition to its creator Sergio V...
25/05/2017 - Focus on La Coruna (ESP)
Saturday, June 3, La Coruna will host the last leg of the IAAF Challenge 2017 in category B. The Challenge will end with a category A race (London World Championships) and a C category race (African Championships in Durban in South Africa) at the en...
24/05/2017 - World and European lists updated post European Race Walking Cup
The results of the European Racing Cup have had some impressive impact on the season's overall rankings of the individual races. The impact was even more important in European rankings. To the benefit of our readers we publish below the u...
23/05/2017 - Bangkok (THA) - 2nd Asian Championships U18
During the weekend of the European Race Walking Cup in Podebrady, the second Asian Championships for U18 took place in Bangkok. The two races were the usual: on the distance of 10,000m on track for U18 boys and on the distance of 5,000m on tr...
22/05/2017 - Lima vs. Podebrady: remarks and statistics
We propose some reflections and statistical data from the comparison between Copa Panamerica de Marcha and the Europan Race Walking Cup in Podebrady Lima vs. Podebrady individuals Dear old Europe, despite your economic difficulties, in race w...
21/05/2017 - Podebrady (CZE): Leo Kopp and Yana Smerdova win the 10km U20
The two races reserved to U20 10km men They are in 37 at the start, representing 17 nations. As usual in the junior, it's always difficult to make a prediction, but this year's success should not escape to ...
21/05/2017 - Podebrady (CZE): Antonella Palmisano and Christopher Like win the 20km
The first race to start is the 20km women and immediately a cold shower in the start list: Anezka Drahotova does not start. The race loses the darling athlete of home. 20km women They are in 54 at the start representing 18 Countrie...
20/05/2017 - Podebrady (CZE): Ivan Banzeruk (UKR) wins 50km
It is 8:00am on Sunday, May 21, 2017 and leaves the long day of walking in Podebrady, CZE. 50km men The day begins with the most difficult race, that of the 50km, which saw at the start 32 athletes representing 14 countri...
19/05/2017 - Interview with Claudio Paulino Villanueva (ECU): the athlete of the moment
1.- Tell us something about this beautiful race: your feelings I am very pleased to have won the Pan-Americana Race Walking Cup; this motivates me even more to continue and try to keep high the flag of Ecuador. 2.- You an...
17/05/2017 - Podebrady (CZE): Focus on 50km men in European Race Walking Cup
At the 50km of Europan Race Walking Cup in Podebrady on Sunday, there are currently 32 athletes entered and representing 14 Countries of the Old Continent. Spain and Italy have them, at the moment six athletes entered, but they can only start...
16/05/2017 - Podebrady (CZE): Focus on 20km men in European Race Walking Cup
Less than a week to go until the 2017 European Race Walking Cup on Sunday 21 May. 226 athletes representing 26 European Athletics Member Federations (and including two Authorized Neutral Athletes) have been entered for the event in the historic Czec...
15/05/2017 - World lists updated after XVIII Pan-American Race Walking Cup
The results of the XVIII Copa Panamericana de Marcha have not had much impact on the world lists of 2017. 20km men Virtually zero the impact of the results in 20km men. In fact, the performance of Eider Arevalo (COL) of 1:21:01 is slig...
14/05/2017 - Lima (PER): In 50km vitories of Claudio Paulino Villanueva (ECU) and Nair Da Rosa (BRA)
The second day, that of the 50km, offers a nice surprise: - six women representing four countries to fight for the Cup: one from Brazil, two from the USA, two from Peru and one from Ecuador - they are in 20 men at the start. &nb...
13/05/2017 - Lima (PER): Eider Arevalo and Maria Guadalupe Gonzalez win 20km
The first day of the XVIII Copa Panamericana de Marcha saw the victory of two of the favorite athletes. 20km men Immediately to set the pace the best athlete in the leading group. Eider Arevalo (COL), Omar Pineda (MEX), B...
12/05/2017 - Cartagena (ESP): Miguel Angel Lopez and Maria Perez universitari champions
The past weekends hosted the LXXVIII edition of the Universitay Athletics Championships in Spain at Cartagena. Race events are carried out on the 5.000m track for women and 10.000m track for men. 5.000m track walk women &...
12/05/2017 - The goodbye od Elisa Rigaudo to Yellow Flames
Yesterday at Castelporziano, at the headquarters of the Sports Center of the Guardia di Finanza, a ceremony was held to greet two great athletes of the Fiamme Gialle and Italian sports, who after 20 years of glorious career have given the goodbye: E...
12/05/2017 - Podebrady (CZE) - Team standings and best ten performers all times
A way started in 1996 in La Coruna and continues today, 21 years later in Podebrady on the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the Federation of the Czech Republic, will be the one we will be facing for the 12th edition of the European Eace Walkin ...
11/05/2017 - Podebrady (CZE) - Twelve most important teams
Walking Teams for the European Race Walking Cup at Podebrady on May 21, 2017 will begin to be indicated. Here are the twelve post important teams. Event Great Britain Fra...
11/05/2017 - Qinhuangdao (CHN): China National Junior Race-Walking School
Dave Smith (AUS) is a guest of the Qinhuangdao Center, which was recently inaugurated as China National Junior Race-Walking School (U20). He sent us this short report on this experience, which we have the pleasure of publishing along with some of hi...
10/05/2017 - Podebrady (CZE): Focus on European Cup 20km women - Second part
As we announced, we are now looking to explore some hypotheses about what the fight for medals in 20km women of the Europan Cup in Podebrady 2017 will be. At the moment we are not aware of all the names that will be participating because some...
09/05/2017 - Podebrady (CZE): Focus on European Cup 20km women
It is not possible to make a comparison with the 20 km of women of the European Race Walking Cup in Murcia 2015 and that will be held in Podebrady this month. Let's analyze why ! The past edition Among the first 10 sc...
08/05/2017 - Italy- Regional phases of Clubs Championships
On Saturday, May 6, 2017, in the Italian regions, was the first test of the regional phase of the Italian Clubs Championships, which included walk events on the classic 10,000m track for men and 5,000m track for women. We remembers tha...
07/05/2017 - Lima (PER): 20km men and women preview
Next Saturday on the beautiful Avenida Jose Larco circuit, which leads directly to the sea of Lima (PER) will begin the XVIII Copa Panamericana de Marcha Atletica with the two main races: those of 20km men (7:00 local time) and women (9:10 local t...
06/05/2017 - Lima (PER): Entry lists to XVIII Pan-American Race Walking Cup
We continue the preview of the XVIII Pan-American race Walking Cup publishing nelow the entry list updated at May 4, 2017, thanks to Prof. Candido Velez (PUR). Países 50k (M) 50k (F) 20k (M) 20k (F) ...
05/05/2017 - Lima (PER): more news on XVIII Copa Panamericana de Marcha Atletica
We continue the presentation of the XVIII Race Walk PanAmerican Cup with the following publication of the updated list of the first 15 performances of 2017 (5 for 50km) 20km men The record of CONSUDATLE belongs to ...
04/05/2017 - Iñaki Gómez (CAN): bye bye
Vancouver’s Iñaki Gómez today announced his retirement from race walk competition. “I thank everyone for supporting me on this journey… It is my turn to cheer from the sidelines, ” said Gómez in a statem...
03/05/2017 - Lima (PER): more news on XVIII Panamercan Race walking Cup
As is often the case in the major races, those on the 20km will run on a 1.000m (500m go and 500 back) rcourse, while the 50km will take place on a circuit of 2.000m (1.000m go and 1.000m back ). Below we present the two circuits of th...
02/05/2017 - History of Copa Panamericana and European Race Walking Cup
Team racing competitions always give a lot of interest and appraise the technical value of a Country in this sport. During this month there will be two important events per teams: - The XVIII edition of the Copa Panamericana de Marcha ...
01/05/2017 - La Liga Atletismo (ESP) - first day
Last Saturday, took place the first day of the Spanish Championship for Club 2017 called "La Liga Atletismo". The championship are running as club meetings in different cities and the clubs are divided according to the results of th...
30/04/2017 - Békéscsaba (HUN): victories to Mate Helebrandt and Viktoria Madarasz
Day with optimum climatic conditions today in Békéscsaba, a city in the south-east of Hungary where this morning took place the Hungarian Championship of 20km and for the Youth Championship. 20km men He won t...
28/04/2017 - Portogallo: the team competing in European Cup in Podebrady
Ana Cabecinha of the Oriental Club of Pechao and Ines Henriques of the Centro Natation of Rio Maior will be the two most representative athletes of Portugal in the next European Championship Cup in Podebrady. The Federaçã...
26/04/2017 - News from the China universe
2017 will be a season different from that of China, with the 2016 Chinese team at the “pit lane”. The male stars of the team coached by Sandro Damilano, for one reason or another, are still in the box. - Cai Zelin, silver in Rio d...
25/04/2017 - Gomel (BLR): Belarus race walking cup
Last Saturday in Belarus, the Gomel Cup also took place in this case as a selection for the upcoming European Cup. 20km men Victory to Aleksandr Liakhovich (BLR) with the time of 1:21:12 representing the new personal best S...
24/04/2017 - Borsky Mikulas (SVK): Matej Toth wins 20km men, Maria Czakova in women
On Sunday, April 23, the "Zahoracka" meeting was held at Borsky Mikulas (SVK), organized by Ing. Roman Gazarek, who saw Matej Toth (SVK) competing in a 20km race. 20km men The Olympic champion had no difficulty in winn...
23/04/2017 - Naumburg 2017 (GER): Christopher Linke and Julia Takacs win 20km
Fresh temperature, alternating with a warm sun, with hail in the last few kilometers: the weather was very variable today. 20 km men On go and back course of one kilometer at the third kilometer two athletes had forced the pace:...
23/04/2017 - Antonella Palmisano: Historical italian record on 10.000m track walk in 41:57.29
Today, took place in three different city the leg of Clubs race walk Italian Championships dedicated to track race. The concentrations were those of: - Bovisio Masciago for Italy - North - Orvieto for Italy - Center - Acquaviva delle Fonti for Italy...
22/04/2017 - Naumburg 2017 (GER): preview
While in Italy Sunday will take place, divided between North, Center and South, the third leg of the Race Walk Club’s Championship with the track races (with the return to the competitions of Antonella Palmisano on 10.000m track walk), another...
21/04/2017 - Some questions to Maurizio Damilano
INTRO: Over the past few days, we have read a lot of conflicting and inconsistent information on the actual management of the event related to hint that exclusion of 50km from the athletics program. We therefore wanted to ask some questions to Mauri...
17/04/2017 - A journey into universe of 50km: four months compared (2016-2017)
They were twelve races on the 50km organized in these first four months of 2017 in the world. Of these five we were organized in Europe and seven in the other Continents. We would like to summarize in the following two tables the indiv...
16/04/2017 - Wajima (JPN) - 101° 50km Japan Championships: Victory of Hirooki Arai
It says that "the strength of an idea is directly proportional to the courage to put it into practice". Well, our friends of JAAF (Japan Federation of Athletics) and Wajima they have this courage and put it in...
16/04/2017 - Taicang (CHN): 50km of China Grand Prix
On the second day of competitions in Taicang (CHN) there is not much to detect. The races on the program, which obviously were not part of the IAAF Challenge, but the Grand Prix of China were the senior 50km and the 30km reserved to U20 The f...
15/04/2017 - Taicang (CHN): victories of Lu Xiuzhi (CHN) and Wang Rui (CHN), but in IAAF Challenge men winner is Caio Bonfim (BRA)
It took place this morning in Taicang (venue of the next World Cup) the 5th leg of the IAAF Race Walking Challenge. The times registered by the two races were not glaring, but must take into account, that the races were held under very difficult wea...
15/04/2017 - Wajima (JPN): All Japan Race Walking Meeting in Wajima (first day)
On Saturday April 15, 2017 the first day of 56th edition of All Japan Race Walking Meeting in Wajima was held in Japan. Men 10km Takumi Saito (JPN), who was 6th in World Championships in Moscow 2013, won the first place wi...
14/04/2017 - Tokyo 2020 - IAAF Council agreed not to propose the removal of any disciplines from the current program
IAAF Council discussesd yesterday, as well as other, mainly three arguments. We start from the most important for the race walk world. Program of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Council discussed the Tokyo 2020 Games program and agreed...
14/04/2017 - Taicang 2017 (CHN): preview
This year the 20km races in Taicang will play an important role in China’s team selection process for the IAAF World Championships London 2017 and nearly all the elite walkers of the country, except for reigning Olympic gold medallists Wang Zh...
11/04/2017 - Russia - Sergey Shirobokov and Yana Smerdova are eligible for international competitions
Today the IAAF Doping Review Board, composed of Robert Hersh (USA), Sylvia Barlag (NED) e Antti Pihlakoski (FIN), has agreed that the applications of seven Russians have met the exceptional eligibility criteria to compete in international competitio...
10/04/2017 - A lightning of France in the European walk
It may be passed under the radar in the turbulence of the moment of the walk in the World, but the result obtained by the French cousins in the SPA town of Podebrady in the Czech Republic last weekend cannot be just coincidence. In R...
09/04/2017 - Florina (GRE) - 16° Balkan Race Walk Championships
This year, as in 2016, Florina (GRE) hosted the 16th edition of the Balkan Race Walk Championships h on the usual distances. The race day was quite hot, and the temperature also exceeded 25°C. The races were held on a beautiful course of ...
08/04/2017 - Podebrady (CZE): National Championships and EA Race Walking Permit Meeting
In the morning were held the races of Master and those of categories U18 (boys and girls). Categories U18 The latter, both the distance of 5km, saw the victory; - in boys: Hamzic Alan (SVK) in 25:02, in front of Svejda Ja...
07/04/2017 - 50km: on the way of European Cup in Podebrady
We continue our presentation of the 2017 European Cup in Podebrady (CZE) on May 21, 2017 focusing now on 50km which unfortunately in these last days and hours is thickened by stormy clouds which we hope will soon resolved favorably. This...
06/04/2017 - Saturday the match in Podebrady
In a little over a month (May 21, 2017) Podebrady host the European Race Walking Cup. Saturday, April 8th, for another, in the same city of the Czech Republic will take place the traditional international meeting of eight Nations that will also be t...
03/04/2017 - Merida (ESP): Alvaro Martin wins 20km
It was resolved in favor of Alvaro Martin (ESP) the 20km in Merida (ESP) which was valid for the selection of Spain for the next European Cup in Podebrady (CZE). 20km men Alvaro Martin won the race with a good time of 1:21:11, but had ...
02/04/2017 - Rio Maior (POR): Victories of Eider Arevalo (COL) and Kimberly Garcia (PER)
A quite annoying wind disturbs the two races, while the temperature is very acceptable and the humidity has fallen appreciably. 20km women The race was really wonderful with constant changes of scene. We summarize the most interesting ...
01/04/2017 - Today we are all Ines Henriques !
The day in Rio Maior was quite varied passing from the sun to covered with a temperature never exceeded 21° C, but with a very high humidity. Needless to hide behind a finger, but never like this year the hopes of a Portuguese victory in ...
31/03/2017 - Sydney (AUS): great result of Dane Bird-Smith
Great result today at the Australian Track Championships in the race of 10.000m track walk. Dane-Bird-Smith won the Australian title with a time of 38:34.23 that represents his new personal best (previous of 38:44.41 obtained in Sydney on Apr...
30/03/2017 - Merida (ESP): Spanish 20km road walk Championships preview
Merida, Extremadura will host Sunday, April 2, 2017 the 69th edition of Spain 20km race walk Championships reserved to men and U23. The entry list, not yet final, has already made up of high-level athletes names among which are those of the W...
29/03/2017 - Rio Maior (POR): preview
Saturday, April 1 will take place on 26 th Grand Prix of Rio Maior. The provisional entry list for starters as 30 men athletes and 19 female athletes. 20km women The first race at start (17:30) should see a battle for the win in...
28/03/2017 - Bye Colin !
Who knows Fei Jang (Colin Fee, for friends) knows that he has been for over 10 years, the link between race walk of China and that of Europe, Oceania and both Americas. Colin replaced another old acquaintance, Shande Yang when the latter had ...
26/03/2017 - Cassino (ITA): Victory to Francesco Fortunato and Valentina Trapletti
Nice day and many participants (more than 450). 20km men Immediately go to lead Federico Tontodonati, Marco de Luca and Francesco Fortunato. Following at short distance a group with Giorgio Rubino, Michele Antonelli, Vito...
24/03/2017 - Dudince (SVK): Havard Haukenes (NOR) wins the 50km
The classic 50 km Dudinska Patdesiatka 2017 start at 8:30 am Saturday, March 25, 2017 with 34 athletes and a favorite: Rafal Augustyn who has already won here in 2010, 2014 and 2016 and will look without doubt his fourth win. But his is not the best...
23/03/2017 - Cassino (ITA): Italian 20km road walk Championships preview
Also this week-end a lot of activity in Europe. In Dudince Saturday there will be the traditional international race on the 50km and 20 km men and women. In Italy they will be held in Cassino the Italian Championships of 20km road walk. Touch...
20/03/2017 - Monterrey (MEX): Benjamin Thorne (CAN) and Erica de Sena (BRA) are the winners in 20 km
In the Mexican afternoon (night in Europe) were held the 20km men and women. 20km men It seemed very strange that Benjamin Thorne (CAN) had been entered in the 50km and maybe it had to be a mistake. The bronze medal of...
20/03/2017 - Monterrey (MEX): Evan Dunfee wins 50km
Pretty cloudy morning in Monterrey. First race in progran is 10km U20 women Victory to Alegna Gonzalez Munoz (MEX) in 45:42.3. Second place to Valeria Ortuno Martinez (MEX) in 45:51.3 Third place to Iliana Mercedes ...
19/03/2017 - Nomi (JPN): Victory of Hyunsub Kim (KOR) in Asian Championships
In the fresh morning in Nomi on a classic 2km circuit it took place the 2017 edition of the Asian 20km Race Walk Championships. Asian Championships events 20km men Immediately goes in to lead the home athlet...
19/03/2017 - Lugano (SUI): Victories of Alex Wright (IRL) and Brigita Virbalyte-Dimsiene (LTU)
Beautiful day even if cloudy for the 14th edition of the Memorial Mario Albisetti in Lugano. In the beautiful city of Italian Switzerland return to race, organized by SAL Lugano, after the stop of the year 2016. 20km men There were man...
16/03/2017 - On Sunday, the second Mexican leg of the IAAF Challenge in Monterrey (MEX)
This year it's appropriate to say that Mexican friends have happily surprised by organizing two legs of the IAAF Challenge in March 2017 for a week of each other. After Ciudad Juarez on the border with New Mexico (USA), we move a thousand kilo...
15/03/2017 - Sunday the 14th memorial Albisetti in Lugano (SUI)
Come back this year the Lugano Trophy, valid for the 14th memorial Mario Albisetti, after the year of the stop in 2016. Also returning with a good prize money for both men and women but also for young U20. The course is the historical one of ...
14/03/2017 - Sunday in Nomi (JPN) Asian 20km Race Walk Championships in Nomi (JPN)
Will be Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN) the star and the favorite in the men's race of the Asian Championships in the 20km road walk to be held next Sunday in Nomi (JPN) The strong athlete of Japan recently (Feb.19, 2017) has im...
13/03/2017 - Ciudad Juarez (MEX): victories of Eider Arevalo and Maria Guadalupe Gonzalez
Continued the IAAF race walk Challenge with the first of two Mexican stages, that of Ciudad Juarez. Both races had a good participation of athletes with many of the best athletes of the moment. 20km men The athletes had gone rather slo...
13/03/2017 - Scarnafigi (ITA) - On the roads of the Champions 2017
Sunday morning took place in Scarnafigi, hometown of Damilano Brothers, the race on 30km open dedicated to Giuseppe "Pino" Dordoni. The results can be found in the relevant section or by clicking on the link at the bottom. We...
12/03/2017 - La Roche sur Yon (FRA): victories of Kevin Campion and Emilie Menuet
Were held today in La Roche sur Yon (FRA) the French championships of road walk. Good participation in terms of numbers with more than 100 athletes at the start. 20 km men It was to be the race of the return of Yohann Din...
12/03/2017 - Ivano-Frankivsk (UKR): Kovalenko (20km), Hlavan (35km) and Borovska (20km) Ukranian champions
In this intense weekend of racing we start from Ukraine Championships which were held in Ivano-Frankivsk between yesterday and today. 20km men Victory to Nazar Kovalenko in the lead from the first meters with a time of 1:22:57 (average...
11/03/2017 - La Roche-sur-Yon (FRA): French Championships preview
There will be all french better athletes tomorrow in La Roche-sur-Yon in the Championships of France on 20km. There will Yohann Diniz, Kevin Campion, Jean Blancheteau, Gabriel Bordier, Antonin Boyez, Damien Molly and Aurelien Quinon of the mo...
10/03/2017 - Wang Zhen (CHN) return to racing
Also for Wang Zhen Sunday the return to racing. After six months of awards, television appearances and, in recent times as a cherry on the cake, a bad bronchitis for the Olympic Champion of the 20km "recreation is finished." ...
09/03/2017 - Lima (PER): National Championships of Peru
They took place at the Center for High Performance Lima (PER) championships Peru road travel. The events were open to all categories of various distances. Below there are the most importanta results. 20km men Victo...
08/03/2017 - Erfurt (GER): victories of Christopher Linke and Teresa Zurek
Sunday, March 5 were held in Erfurt (GER) German Masters Championships. On the occasion of the rwalk events we were also held two open races for athletes also no master of senior and U20 categories. 5.000m indoor men Victory to Christo...
07/03/2017 - Coventry (GBR): Tom Bosworth and Bethan Davies are the winners of Molly Barnett Meeting
The annual Molly Barnett meet was held on a day of very difficult weather conditions including at times, a gusting cold wind, rain and even hail, and on a course which involved a number of turns and a long rise and fall on each lap of 1.25km. This y...
06/03/2017 - Bragança Paulista (BRA): Caio Bonfim wins Brasil Caixa Cup
Bragança Paulista hosted this weekend the Brazilian Race Walk Cup, valid as selection for the upcoming Pan-American Cup which will be played on 13 and 14 May in Lima (PER). The day was good, but with a cloudy sky. The races were held o...
05/03/2017 - Huangshan (CHN): Niu Wenbin and Yin Hang win 50km
In the morning (China time) were held in Huangshan (CHN) the two races of 50km (men and women) as well as the 30km U20. Intense participation: - 50km men: 65 athletes at the start - 50km women: 9 athletes at the start - 30km U20 men: 3...
05/03/2017 - Sao Joao de Madeira (POR): victories to Joao Viera and Ana Cabecinha
This weekend were also held in San Joao de Madeira the Portuguese Championships of 20km, also open to foreign athletes. 20km men The key of the race was the battle between Joao Viera (POR) and Damian Blocki (POR) All athletes start rat...
04/03/2017 - El Hierro, Canary Islands (ESP): 50km and 20km women Spanish Championships
Valverde in the island of El Hierro, the most westerly of the Canary Islands host the 86th edition of the Spanish Championship of road walk. 10km U18 boys Victory to Eloy Homero Gallent (ESP - 2000) in 46:10 Second place to D...
04/03/2017 - Antonio Arribas (ESP): awarded for 50 year in judging
Today March 4 during the second day of Indoor U20 Championship in Spain will be the presentation of an award to the Spanish race walking judge Antonio Arribas Gimenez, for his intense uninterrupted activities during fifty years as athletics ju...
04/03/2017 - Huangshan (CHN): excellent results in the first day of the Grand Prix in China
Great results today in Huangshan (CHN) is in the 20km men in the 20km women. Cool day (8 ° degrees at the start) and rainy. Only one medalist in Rio attended to this competition: the bronze medal on the 20 km. female, Lu Xuizhi born in Huangshan...
04/03/2017 - Halle (GER): ITA-FRA-GER undisputed victory for Kopp and Zurek
Start with a double victory for Germany the match ITA-FRA-GER in Halle (GER) 5000 indoor U20 men Leo Kopp (GER) as expected won in 19:58.51 and he also established the new personal best. Second place to David Kuster...
03/03/2017 - Maria Guadalupe Gonzalez come back racing in Ciudad Juarez (MEX)
The Mexican Maria Guadalupe Gonzalez, silver medal in Rio de Janeiro in the 20km women's walk, will start the season 2017 and will be the star of the IAAF Challenge in Ciudad Juarez (MEX) on March 12, 2017. The announcement was made by th...
03/03/2017 - Tlalnepantla (MEX): Estado de Mexico race walk championships
Sunday, February 26, organized by Asociacion de Atletismo del Estado de Mexico took place in Tlalnepantla the Championship of Estado de Mexico. We apologize to our readers to get this news after a week, but the overlap with other events had mad...
03/03/2017 - Halle (GER): ITA-FRA-GER U20 preview
U20 match between Italy, France and Germany tomorrow in Halle (GER) 5.000m indoor U20 men The fight for victory probabli would be between local favorite Leo Kopp (GER), who in Berlin (GER) on Jan 21, 2017 established the second w...
02/03/2017 - Scarnafigi (ITA): On the roads of the champions
Perseverance is the strength of the walker and generally of those engaging in endurance sports. Therefore this year is organized in Scarnafigi (CN) an event idea that race walking and fitwalking (non-competitive) can live together in joint ev...
01/03/2017 - El Hierro, Canary Islands (ESP): Saturday the 50km and 20km women Spanish Championships
Saturday, March 4 in Valverde in the island of El Hierro, the most westerly of the Canary Islands will host the 86th edition of the Spanish Championship of road walk. The competition is valid as a selection criterion for the European Cup to be held ...
28/02/2017 - Jordi Estruch (ESP): from 25 years IAAF Judge
It was the Feb. 29, 1992 twenty five years ago, even though the then leap year oblige us to remember today. It was held in Genoa (ITA) at the Palaindoor of the Fair the XXII edition of the European Indoor Championships in Athletics. It was a ...
27/02/2017 - Sindelfingen (GER): Leo Kopp and Teresa Zurek, German U20 Champions
The Glaspalast Sindelfingen (GER) hosted this weekend the 49th edition of the U20 Indoor Championships in Germany, with the two walking races, which were held on the traditional distance of 3.000m (women) and 5.000 (Men) Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017. ...
27/02/2017 - Sydney (AUS): Tyler Jones world season leader in 5.000m track walk U23
On the weekend they played in Sydney Australia the Championships of the state of New South Wales at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre. The two events (male and female) were both on 5.000m track walk. 5.000m track walk men ...
26/02/2017 - Pombal (POR): Edna Barros and Miguel Rodrigues champions U23 of Portugal
Saturday, February 25, 2017 at the Palasport of Pombal, POR took place the Indoor U23 Championships of Portugal with the two walk events on the usual distance of 3.000m for women and 5.000m for men. 3.000m indoor women Eight&nbs...
26/02/2017 - Nagoya (JPN): Race walking Games of Aichi
One week after the 20kmW National championship, the 6th race walking game of Aichi was held in Nagoya city, Aichi prefecture. About 100 athletes have entried, from junior highschool students to masters athletes, and they walked under clear but sligh...
25/02/2017 - Minsk (BLR): Match AZE, BLR, EST, FRA, LAT, LTU, TUR e UKR
Today in Minsk (BLR) took place the first day of an important meeting of eight nations at U20 level. Participating in the meeting: Azerbaijan, Belorussia, Estonia, France, Latvia, Lithuania, Turkey and Ukraine. Today are scheduled both male and fema...
24/02/2017 - Elisa Rigaudo announces her goodbye to race walk
"After Rio I started winter training as always. Elena, my oldest daughter, in September started elementary school, and so was no longer possible to spend long periods away from home in Casterlporziano". Is this one of the main steps...
23/02/2017 - Daegu 2011: the medal after six years and 175 days
Almost six years it took to get that medal that doping had taken from the field. Yesterday in the stage of the Teatro Piccolo Regio in Turin, at the presence of her husband Daniele and sons Elena and Simone, Elisa Rigaudo received finally the...
23/02/2017 - China - After Liu Hong also Cai Zelin and Qieyang Shenije renounce to London
On December 13, 2016 we posted the news that Liu Hong, Olympic Champion in Rio de Janeiro could not defend the title of World Champion won in Beijing in 2015: in the course of 2017 she would be devoted to the completion of studies at the Beijing Uni...
22/02/2017 - Kidyapkin and Kaniskina probably will no longer compete in international level
Dmitry Shlyakhtin, head of RusAF, has said Sunday, February 19, 2017 to Sport Express that probably Sergey Kirdyapkin and Olga Kaniskina (today Deputy Director of the Olympic Saransk School) could no longer return to compete in international and nat...
21/02/2017 - Focus on Francesco Fortunato and Antonella Palmisano
If this month were to give the award for "walker of the month" to an Italian athlete we would be really embarrassed. It is very difficult to choose between Antonella Palmisano and Francesco Fortunato. Both athletes, coached by Patrizio Par...
20/02/2017 - Indoor season in the World: performances updated
In the terrific canival's week-end or race walk in addition to the competitions detailed before there were more Indoor Championships. Irland - Athlone 5.000m men 1.- Alex Wright (IRL) in 18:50.70 2.- Ciao McMenamon (IR...
20/02/2017 - Pireus, Athens (GRE): great result of Alexandros Papamichail
Saturday, February 18, 2017 at the Palasport "Peace and Friendship" of Piraeus, Athens, GRE took place the 31th Greek Indoor Championships with the two walk events on the usual distance of 3.000m for women and 5.000m for men. ...
20/02/2017 - Bordeaux (FRA): Victories of Emilie Menuet and Yohann Diniz
They were held today in Bordeaux the walk events of the French Indoor Championships. 3000m indoor women Early lead Emilie Menuet (FRA) passing the 1,000m in 4:08 with about a dozen seconds margin on the pursuers group in which t...
19/02/2017 - New Delhi (IND): good results in Indian Championships
Indian Championships in New Delhi. 50km men Sandeep Kumar (IND) bettered his own timing and created a new National Record in the Men’s 50km category of the Max Bupa National Race Walking Championships 2017 held at Vinay Marg, New...
19/02/2017 - Adelaide (AUS): Victories on 20km of Dane Bird-Smith and Regan Lamble
The new champions of Australia and Oceania in 20km are Dane Bird-Smith and Regan Lamble. 20km men He had no difficulty the bronze medal of Rio to win this 20km with the time of 1:19:37 (equal personal best). They were 24 athlete...
19/02/2017 - Kobe (JPN): Victory of Eiki Takahashi with best 2017 performance. Kumiko Okada won in women
They were held today in Kobe the Japan 20km National Championships. 20km men The race was won by Eiki Takahashi (JPN) in 1:18:18 which is then his third victory in this race. These are his split times - 5km: in 19:35 - 10km: in 3...
18/02/2017 - Ancona (ITA): Antonella Palmisano and Francesco Fortunato new Italian indoor champions
Everything as expected in the two races of the Italian Championship of Ancona. 3.000m indoor women There was no doubt about the victory of Antonella Palmisano, doubt was only on performance. With the following split times to - 1.000m ....
18/02/2017 - Sochi (RUS): Victories of Sergey Shirobokov and Elena Lasmanova
Saturday took place in Sochi the Russians Winter Walk Championships. High level performances in three races. However performances obtained without the presence of international judges and that therefore in any case can not be considered valid for a ...
18/02/2017 - A very intense week-end for walking races in the world
A very intense week-end for walking races. Marcia dal Mondo will follow and inform as soon as possible. National Championships on the distance of 20 km in Japan (Kobe) and Australia (Adelaide), Indoor Championships in France (Bordeaux with th...
15/02/2017 - Ancona (ITA): Italian Indoor Championships - preview
Saturday, February 18 for the tenth time Ancona will host the Italian Championships Indoor. The races will be on the usual distances of 3,000m indoor for women and for men 5.000m indoor with the following schedule - 14:00: 3000m indoor women ...
14/02/2017 - Adelaide (AUS): Sunday the Oceania and Australia 20km Championships
Next Sunday, February 19 will be held in Adelaide (AUS) in the War Memorial Drive the Oceania and Australian Championships 20km race walk. At this competition will be also coupled the Oceania U20 Championships on 10km as well as a competition by inv...
14/02/2017 - Sheffield (GBR): Victories of Tom Bosworth (GBR) and Gemma Bridge (GBR)
Great results of Tom Bosworth in Sheffield at the UK Indoor Championships. 5.000m indoor walk men It was granted the victory of Tom Bosworth (GBR). What was not obvious is the time (18:39.47) representing the new personal best athlete ...
14/02/2017 - Kiev (UKR): In Ukranian Cup victories of Oleksiy Kazanin and Olena Mizernyuk
The one just past was a busy weekend for indoor competitions. In Ukraine in Kiev was held the traditional Ukrainian Cup. The distances for walking events, however, were a bit different from the standard to which we are accustomed; wome...
13/02/2017 - QA Norma Croker Shields: Dane Bird-Smith broke the Australian record in 3.000. track walk
Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017 organized by the Athletics in Queensland of St Lucia, QLD, Australia has turned a meeting dedicated to Croker Norma called QA Norma Croker Shield. Norma Croker is one of the components of the 4x100 relay team that won gold at...
12/02/2017 - Pombal (POR):Ana Cabecinha and Joao Vieira indoor champions
Indoor Senior Championships in Portugal in Pombal with the two walking events on the usual distances Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017. 3000m indoor women Good result of Ana Cabecinha (POR) who wins the title of Portugal in 12:48.33 The a...
11/02/2017 - Italian U18 Indoor Championships - Victories of Andrada Lavinia Lacatus and Davide Finocchietti
Twenty-four girls at the start of Italian Indoor U18 Championships 3.000m indoor U18 girls At the start goes immediately to lead Sara Buglisi, followed by Andrada Lavinia Lacatus. Sortly after Lacatus force the pace pace followe...
10/02/2017 - It really work the altitude masks?
The training methods are the most varied possible, and many reinvent themselves to keep up with the times. Yesterday's news appeared on Wangconnection.com website accompanied by a video-clip illustrating the training of Alvaro Martin with...
09/02/2017 - Italian Indoor U18 Championships: preview
Ancona is the usual venue that will host these Championships; walking events will take place on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at the following hours, 15:00 - 3,000m indoor U18 girls 17:50 - 5.000m indoor U18 boys It will be the decis...
08/02/2017 - Dublino (IRL): Alex Wright world lead in 3.000m indoor walk
Sunday, February 5 organized by Leevale Athletic Club was held a indoor competion (AAI Indoor Games) with a walk race on the distance of 3.000m male and female. The particular occasion of this competition was the use of the new indoor sports facilit...
07/02/2017 - Section Athletes: the best women of recent years
With today's publication concludes the huge statistical work done by Sandro Damilano whose goal is to provide our readers with a wider and updated vision of the current best athletes of the world race walk. It was started on december 2016...
06/02/2017 - Ulsteinvik (NOR): victory of Merete Helgheim in Norwegian Championships
Weekend of Indoor Championships also in Northern Europe. A Ulsteinvik in Norway in the functional Ulsteinhallen took place the Indoor Championships of Norway. Indoor walk events were scheduled the first day, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017. Judging an...
05/02/2017 - Pombal (POR): Angela Carvalho and Daniel Gouveia Indoor U18 champions
While in Italy took place the National U20 and U23 Championships in Pombal (POR), took place the Portuguese U18 Championships that will be held in Italy next weekend. The two races over the classic distance of 3.000m for women and 5.000m for ...
04/02/2017 - Ancona (ITA): Italian Indoor U20 and U23 Championships
As per scheduled the first walk event at the start in Italian Indoor Championships U20 and U23, Ancona is the 3.000m indoor U20 women Of the 19 athletes entered at the start there are in 18. Early lead Francesca Azzurra Pin...
03/02/2017 - Davide Finocchietti (ITA): the Italian record of Riccardo Orsoni it withstands only 11 days
It begins with a bang the series of indoor walking events at the Mandela Forum in Florence for the 32nd consecutive year. Almost thirty-seven years needed to break a record in U18, which then withstands only 11 days would seem crazy, but it's a ...
03/02/2017 - Only two the Russian walkers athletes who requested to compete internationally in 2017
In first day of January 2017 IAAF has been submitted to the Russian Athletics Federation a set of guidelines for those athletes wishing to apply to compete internationally in 2017. On Feb. 1, 2017 Russia Athletics Federation has published on ...
02/02/2017 - Lyudmyla Olyanovska (UKR): banned until 29.11.2019
What is rumored now it's official. On Jan. 31, 2017 the Federation of Ukraine decided to disqualify Lyudmyla Olyanovska for four years from November 30, 2015 until November 29, 2019. The athlete of Ukraine claims to be the victim of a rat...
01/02/2017 - Italian Indoor U20 and U23 Championships: preview
It raises the level of the indoor season in Italy with the Italian Indoor Championships reserved to categories U20 and U23. Ancona is the usual venue that will host these Championships; walking events will take place on Saturday, Februa...
01/02/2017 - Stefano Chiesa (ITA): the new face of January 2017
The recent race on 35km in Grosseto gave the smile of a new face in the panorama of race walk in Italy. We are talking about Stefano Chiesa who under the third place in 2:44:36 is currently in fifth place in the world list of 2017. Sure are missing ...
31/01/2017 - Camberra (AUS): Victories of Isamu Fujisawa (JPN) and Viktoria Madarasz (HUN)
As part of the study program (feeding in sport) Supernova 2 of AIS, Canberra (AUS) took place Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017 the second of the races on the distance of 10.000m track walk. This stage involves over twenty international interest athletes and na...
30/01/2017 - Braga (POR): in U20 indoor victories of Paulo Martins and Carolina Costa
Saturday, January 28 took place in Braga, Portugal, the U20 Indoor Championships with two walk events on the usual distances of 5.000m indoor for men and 3,000m indoor for women. 5.000m U20 men He won the title of Champion of Portugal ...
30/01/2017 - Bratislava (SVK): great performances of Alex Wright and Callum Wilkinson
In Bratislava (SVK) on the fringes of the famous Elan meeting it took place an indoor walking meeting called “HM-SR chodzi”. The usual races on standard distances were open not only to the athletes of Slovakia but also those of other nat...
30/01/2017 - Reims (FRA): excellent return to indoor races of Diniz in 19:29.11
Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017 at the meeting in Reims (FRA) excellent return to the indoor races of Yohann Diniz. 5.000m indoor men The world record holder of 50km stopped the clock in the time of 19:29.11. Second place to Antonin Boyez in 20:...
29/01/2017 - Grosseto (ITA): Victories of Marco De Luca and Sibilla Di Vincenzo
Grosseto, today hosted the first race walk outdoor competition race of the season 2017. Even in the past between the last week of January and the first of February took place the historical Winter Race Walking Trophy, which in recent years had...
28/01/2017 - Santee (USA): victories of John Nunn and Katie Burnett
Located in Santee, California took place the US 50km Championships were held with some more races. The day was very good, with a temperature that in just two hours passed from the initial 7°C to 24°C. The humidity which was initi...
27/01/2017 - Eubonne (FRA): Victories of Emilie Menuet and Aurelien Quinion
Last weekend was full of walking races and we had to neglect some. We apologize to our readers. 3.000m indoor women In one of these to Eubonne in France in local Regional Championships was obtained in the women's 3.000m indo...
26/01/2017 - Grosseto (ITA): first leg of Italy Club's Race Walk Championships
Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017 starts in Grosseto the race walk Clubs Championship 2017. This year these Championships will take place on four legs. Start on the course that was the one of the European Master Non Stadia Championships 2015 with a men's 35...
24/01/2017 - Rome (ITA): Shaul Ladany at "Run for Mem"
Eighties, engineer and mathematician, professor emeritus of one of the most prestigious Israeli university, he lived the story and ground kilometers walkng: we are talking about Saul Ladany survived the Nazi camp at Bergen Belsen when she was just e...
23/01/2017 - Parma (ITA): Riccardo Orsoni establish the new U18 Italian record on 3.000m indoor
A historic performance expected more than 36years has made to Palalottici Parma yesterday January 22, 2017. 3.000m indoor men Riccardo Orsoni (yeara of birth 2000) in the category U18 set a new Italian record for the category in...
22/01/2017 - Pombal and Braga (POR): Indoor Club Championships
In Portugal in Pombal and Braga are in progress the Indoor National Championships for Clubs. The walking events are held on the classic distance of 5.000m for men and 3.000m for women. Depending on the membership club the athletes compete (or...
22/01/2017 - Pechao (POR): Shines the star of Ana Cabecinha in the trophy dedicated to her
This weekend was of intense activity for Portugal which demonstrates once more its interest in race walking. Portugal is living in this time of a glorious moment after the world record over the distance of 50km women established recently by Ines Hen...
22/01/2017 - Kiev (UKR): Dmytrenko world leader in 5.000m indoor
Only now we have learned some interesting results obtained in the Christmas Cup Indoor a national event held in Kiev on 9 and 10 January 2017. The nane is unusual for us but Ukraine follow the Orthodox calendar that celebrates Christmas two weeks la...
21/01/2017 - Padova (ITA): Victories of Alberto Zaupa and Valentina Trapletti
Women walk on the shields in Padova today on the occasion of the Indoor Open Championships of Veneto. 3.000m indoor walk women Intense the participation in the women's category with 27 athletes at the start so that it iwas necessar...
20/01/2017 - Section Athletes: the best men athletes of recent years
On January 4, 2017 we presented the athletes' technical reports (men and women) who have won a medal at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, in 2016. We promised to do the same with the best athletes (men and women) worldwide. We were not s...
19/01/2017 - San José di Costa Rica: Costa Rica national championships
Race walking in Costa Rica is gradually growing. In the past Costa Rica has had the opportunity to present some solitary athletes in international competitions, the most knows of which is Allan Segura, who participated in the Olympic Games Bei...
18/01/2017 - Schinias (GRE): Greek Championships in 50km
On January 15 took place at the Olympic rowing center in Schinias near the town of Marathon the Greeks race walk Championships in 50km with some other races. The day was very nice, with some haze of clouds but with an ideal temperature around ...
17/01/2017 - Campo de Criptana (ESP): Victories to Manuel Bermudez Jimenez and Amanda Cano
An intense weekend of athletics this week in Campo de Criptana, near Madrid with race walk and cross country. Saturday the walk events of the Trophy Villa de los Molinos. As always happens in Spain, the races are open to all categories to all...
17/01/2017 - Hong Kong (HKG): Hong Kong Race Walking Championship 2017
Even in Hong Kong they were held the Race Walking Championship 2017 Sunday, January 15, 2017 was a good day with a temperature was between 14° and 17° Celsius, but with a humidity fairly high (variable during the race between 80...
16/01/2017 - Sandro Damilano: soon a woman under 4h in 50km
The recent opening of the IAAF to inaugural world record of 50km race walk women, and the result of Ines Henriques yesterday in Porto de Mos (POR) open important scenarios in the women's walk. How long can today in terms of time the per...
15/01/2017 - Porto de Mos (POR): Henriques - 50km in 4:08:26 (World Record)
The 50km race is lived in particular on the attempt by Ines Henriques to break the world record over the distance. The race was immediately put in the right direction. The transition to 35 km was 2:50:08 and Ines Henriques has an advan...
11/01/2017 - 2016: one year of race walk in the world
We were in the mid-nineties when a famous international statistic on race walking, unfortunately passed away, used to say that "while the athletic power of a Country is measured by its 4x400 relay, the same power in race walking is measured o...
10/01/2017 - Addis Abeba (ETH): Victory of Askale Tiksa on 10.000m track walk
It was almost gone unnoticed to most people, but January 5, 2017 in Addis Abeba (ETH) has had confirmation that race walk in Ethiopia is growing too fast enough. In a local meeting on track there was the success of the athletes who participat...
08/01/2017 - Koganei city (JPN) - 3rd race walk Meeting of Tokyo Gakugei University
Cold morning in Koganei city, near Tokyo where took place the 3rd race walk Meeting of Tokyo Gakugei University. It was quite cold at the start of the race (2° Celsius), but then the temperature has warmed up to reach 7° Celsius. As always h...
07/01/2017 - Padova (ITA): First indoor open, victories of Alberto Zaupa and Sara Vitiello
Start of indoor activity even in Italy. It took place in Padua the first of the usual indoor open days which include the race walk events. 5.000m indoor walk men Victory of Alberto Zaupa, coached by former head coach of the Ital...
06/01/2017 - 2016 USATF Niagara Indoor Track & Field Championships
2016 U.S. Olympian Miranda Melville (Rochester, New York) clinched her second consecutive USATF 5,000m Indoor National Race Walk Championship on New Year’s Eve at Rochester Institute of Technology, breaking her own American record in the 5,000...
05/01/2017 - Camberra (AUS): Victories of Brigita Virbalyte-Dimsiene and Evan Dunfee
This morning (in the night in Europe) in Canberra was held on a distance of 10,000m on track walk the race which was attended by men and women participating in the tradition training camp organized by the Australian Institute or Sport. The ra...
04/01/2017 - Partially updated the section foreign Athletes
The section dedicated to foreign athletes (not Italian - 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 i...
04/01/2017 - Porto de Mos (POR): Ines Henriques will try to establish the World Record on 50km
Next January 15, 2017 will be for Ines Henriques the "day of days". The likeable athlete of Rio Maior will debut in 50km, backed by an international career of over twenty years, in which during the last ten years has achie...
03/01/2017 - Saransk (RUS): Victories of Lashmanova and Shirobokov
The December 30, 2016 we had the news of the composition of the national team of the Republic of Mordovia for the year 2017. On the same day were held in Saransk the Indoor Open Championships. Race walk 2012 London Olympic champion and 2013 W...
02/01/2017 - Hong Kong: the first walk 2017
While in other parts of the World was still asleep sobering up the festivities of Hong Kong's longest night of 2016, it held the first race walk event of 2017, organized by the Hong Kong Race Walking Association, called precisely ”The Firs...