World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships

The World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships is a racewalking event organised by World Athletics. It has been held since 1961, and generally on a biennial basis. The first women's edition of the event happened in 1979. It was formerly known as the Lugano Cup after the city that hosted the first event, then became the IAAF World Race Walking Cup until 2016 and then IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships until 2018. In 2004, a junior division was added for athletes between 16 and 20. Since 2008 it has been a constituent meeting of the World Athletics Challenge – Race Walking.

World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships
Statusactive
GenreRacewalking competitions
Date(s)various
Frequencybiannual
Location(s)various
Inaugurated1961 (1961)
Organised byWorld Athletics

From 1975 to 1997 was awarded Lugano Trophy for combined team (20K + 50K). Since 1993 the medals have been awarded for the single events of the 20K and 50K teams, therefore in the 1993, 1995 and 1997 editions three team medals were assigned, from 1999 the combined was abolished and the team medals remained two until the present day.[1]

Host cities

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Year City Country
1961 Lugano Switzerland
1963 Varese Italy
1965 Pescara Italy
1967 Bad Saarow East Germany
1970 Eschborn West Germany
1973 Lugano Switzerland
1975 Grand-Quevilly France
1977 Milton Keynes United Kingdom
1979 Eschborn West Germany
1981 Valencia Spain
1983 Bergen Norway
1985 St John's, Isle of Man Isle of Man
1987 New York City United States
1989 L'Hospitalet Spain
1991 San Jose United States
1993 Monterrey Mexico
1995 Beijing China
1997 Poděbrady Czech Republic
1999 Mézidon-Canon France
2002 Turin Italy
2004 Naumburg Germany
2006 La Coruña Spain
2008 Cheboksary Russia
2010 Chihuahua Mexico
2012 Saransk Russia
2014 Taicang China
2016 Rome Italy
2018 Taicang China
2020 postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Muscat Oman
2024 Antalya Turkey

The 2016 Cup was due to be held in Cheboksary, Russia. However the IAAF's suspension of the All-Russia Athletic Federation prohibits Russia from hosting international competitions. This event was relocated.[2]

The 2020 Championships, planned in Minsk, Belarus, was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] World Athletics announce Oman to host 2022 Race during 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]

Events

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Event Individual Team First Last
Men's 20 km individual 28 1961 2018
Men's 20 km team 14 1993 2022
Men's 35 km 1 1 2022 2022
Men's 10 km (junior) 9 9 2004 2022
Women's 20 km individual 11 1999 2022
Women's 20 km team 21 1979 2022
Women's 35 km 1 1 2022 2022
Women's 10 km (junior) 9 9 2004 2022
Defunct events
Men's 50 km individual 28 1961 2018
Men's 50 km team 13 1993 2018
Women's 5 km individual 4 1975 1981
Women's 10 km individual 8 1983 1997
Women's 50 km 1 1 2018 2018
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Championships records

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Key:   Defunct event

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Ref
20 km 1:18:15 Paquillo Fernández   Spain 10 May 2008 2008 Cheboksary, Russia [5]
35 km 2:36:14 Perseus Karlstrom   Sweden 5 March 2022 2022 Muscat, Oman [6]
50 km 3:34:14 Denis Nizhegorodov   Russia 11 May 2008 2008 Cheboksary, Russia [5]
10 km (Junior event) 39:40 Gao Wenkui   China 3 May 2014 2014 Taicang, China

Women

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Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Ref
5 km 22:51 Marion Fawkes   Great Britain 29/30 September 1979 1979 Eschborn, West Germany [5]
10 km 41:52 Irina Stankina   Russia 19 April 1997 1997 Poděbrady, Czech Republic [5]
20 km 1:25:42 Olga Kaniskina   Russia 11 May 2008 2008 Cheboksary, Russia [5]
35 km 2:48:33 Glenda Morejón   Ecuador 5 March 2022 2022 Muscat, Oman [7]
50 km 4:04:36 Liang Rui   China 5 May 2018 2018 Taicang, China [8]
10 km (Junior event) 42:44 Tatyana Kalmykova   Russia 10 May 2008 2008 Cheboksary, Russia [5]

Medal summary

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Legend: Where there is the symbol  N, the original top three result has been adjusted due to doping disqualifications.

20 km

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Year Gold Silver Bronze
Athlete Country Athlete Country Athlete Country
1961 Ken Matthews   United Kingdom Lennart Back   Sweden George Williams   United Kingdom
1963 Ken Matthews   United Kingdom Paul Nihill   United Kingdom Antal Kiss   Hungary
1965 Dieter Lindner   East Germany Antal Kiss   Hungary Gerhard Sperling   East Germany
1967 Nikolay Smaga   Soviet Union Vladimir Golubnichiy   Soviet Union Ron Laird   United States
1970 Hans-Georg Reimann   East Germany Vladimir Golubnichiy   Soviet Union Peter Frenkel   East Germany
1973 Hans-Georg Reimann   East Germany Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller   East Germany Ron Laird   United States
1975 Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller   East Germany Bernd Kannenberg   West Germany Peter Frenkel   East Germany
1977 Daniel Bautista   Mexico Domingo Colín   Mexico Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller   East Germany
1979 Daniel Bautista   Mexico Boris Yakovlev   Soviet Union Nikolay Vinnichenko   Soviet Union
1981 Ernesto Canto   Mexico Roland Wieser   East Germany Alessandro Pezzatini   Italy
1983 Jozef Pribilinec   Czechoslovakia Ernesto Canto   Mexico Anatoliy Solomin   Soviet Union
1985 José Marín   Spain Maurizio Damilano   Italy Victor Mostovic   Soviet Union
1987 Carlos Mercenario   Mexico Viktor Mostovik   Soviet Union Anatoliy Gorshkov   Soviet Union
1989 Frants Kostyukevich   Soviet Union Mikhail Shchennikov   Soviet Union Yevgeniy Misyulya   Soviet Union
1991 Mikhail Shchennikov   Soviet Union Ernesto Canto   Mexico Thierry Toutain   France
1993 Daniel García   Mexico Valentí Massana   Spain Alberto Cruz   Mexico
1995 Li Zewen   China Mikhail Shchennikov   Russia Bernardo Segura   Mexico
1997 Jefferson Pérez   Ecuador Daniel García   Mexico Ilya Markov   Russia
1999 Bernardo Segura   Mexico Yu Guohui   China Vladimir Andreyev   Russia
2002 Jefferson Pérez   Ecuador Vladimir Andreyev   Russia Alejandro López   Mexico
2004 Jefferson Pérez   Ecuador Robert Korzeniowski   Poland Nathan Deakes   Australia
2006 Paquillo Fernández   Spain Jefferson Pérez   Ecuador Han Yucheng   China
2008 Paquillo Fernández   Spain Valeriy Borchin   Russia Eder Sánchez   Mexico
2010 Wang Hao   China Zhu Yafei   China Andrey Krivov   Russia
2012  N Wang Zhen   China Andrey Krivov   Russia Vladimir Kanaykin   Russia
2014 Ruslan Dmytrenko   Ukraine Cai Zelin   China Andrey Ruzavin   Russia
2016 Wang Zhen   China Cai Zelin   China Álvaro Martín   Spain
2018 Kōki Ikeda   Japan Wang Kaihua   China Massimo Stano   Italy
2022 Toshikazu Yamanishi   Japan Koki Ikeda   Japan Samuel Gathimba   Kenya

35 km

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Year Gold Silver Bronze
Athlete Country Athlete Country Athlete Country
2022 Perseus Karlstrom   Sweden Alvaro Martin   Spain Miguel Angel Lopez   Spain

50 km

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Year Gold Silver Bronze
Athlete Country Athlete Country Athlete Country
1961 Abdon Pamich   Italy Don Thompson   United Kingdom Åke Söderlund   Sweden
1963 István Havasi   Hungary Ray Middleton   United Kingdom Ingvar Pettersson   Sweden
1965 Christoph Höhne   East Germany Burkhard Leuschke   East Germany Abdon Pamich   Italy
1967 Christoph Höhne   East Germany Peter Selzer   East Germany Aleksandr Shcherbina   Soviet Union
1970 Christoph Höhne   East Germany Veniamin Soldatenko   Soviet Union Burkhard Leuschke   East Germany
1973 Bernd Kannenberg   West Germany Otto Barch   Soviet Union Christoph Höhne   East Germany
1975 Yevgeniy Lyungin   Soviet Union Gerhard Weidner   West Germany Vladimir Svechnikov   Soviet Union
1977 Raúl González   Mexico Pedro Aroche   Mexico Paolo Grecucci   Italy
1979 Martín Bermúdez   Mexico Enrique Vera   Mexico Viktor Dorovskikh   Soviet Union
1981 Raúl González   Mexico Hartwig Gauder   East Germany Sandro Bellucci   Italy
1983 Raúl González   Mexico Sergey Yung   Soviet Union Viktor Dorovskikh   Soviet Union
1985 Hartwig Gauder   East Germany Andrey Perlov   Soviet Union Axel Noack   East Germany
1987 Ronald Weigel   East Germany Hartwig Gauder   East Germany Dietmar Meisch   East Germany
1989 Simon Baker   Australia Andrey Perlov   Soviet Union Stanislav Vezhel   Soviet Union
1991 Carlos Mercenario   Mexico Simon Baker   Australia Ronald Weigel   Germany
1993 Carlos Mercenario   Mexico Jesús Ángel García   Spain Germán Sánchez   Mexico
1995 Zhao Yongsheng   China Jesús Ángel García   Spain Valentin Kononen   Finland
1997 Jesús Ángel García   Spain Oleg Ishutkin   Russia Valentin Kononen   Finland
1999 Sergey Korepanov   Kazakhstan Tomasz Lipiec   Poland Nikolay Matyukhin   Russia
2002 Aleksey Voyevodin   Russia German Skurygin   Russia Tomasz Lipiec   Poland
2004 Aleksey Voyevodin   Russia Yu Chaohong   China Yuriy Andronov   Russia
2006 Denis Nizhegorodov   Russia Trond Nymark   Norway Yuriy Andronov   Russia
2008  N Denis Nizhegorodov   Russia Alex Schwazer   Italy Trond Nymark   Norway
2010 Matej Tóth   Slovakia Horacio Nava   Mexico Jared Tallent   Australia
2012  N Jared Tallent   Australia Si Tianfeng   China Christopher Linke   Germany
2014 Mikhail Ryzhov   Russia Ivan Noskov   Russia Jared Tallent   Australia
2016  N Jared Tallent   Australia Ihor Hlavan   Ukraine Marco De Luca   Italy
2018 Hirooki Arai   Japan Hayato Katsuki   Japan Satoshi Maruo   Japan

 N In 2008, Vladimir Kanaykin from   Russia was initially 2nd and silver medallist in 3:36:55, but disqualified because of doping violations.[5]
In 2012, original gold medallist Sergey Kirdyapkin, Igor Erokhin original silver medallist and fourth-placer Sergey Bakulin all from Russia, had their times and placings annulled due to doping violations. In 2016, Alex Schwazer from   Italy was initially 1st and gold medallist, but disqualified because of doping violations.

Lugano Trophy

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Team ranking that combining results of 20 km and 50 km.[9]

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1961   United Kingdom 53   Sweden 53   Italy 28
1963   United Kingdom 93   Hungary 64   Sweden 63
1965   East Germany 117   United Kingdom 87   Hungary 64
1967   East Germany 128   Soviet Union 107   United Kingdom 104
1970   East Germany 134   Soviet Union 125   West Germany 88
1973   East Germany 139   Soviet Union 134   Italy 104
1975   Soviet Union 117   East Germany 105   West Germany 102
1977   Mexico 185   East Germany 180   Italy 160
1979   Mexico 240   Soviet Union 235   East Germany 201
1981   Italy 227   Soviet Union 227   Mexico 221
1983   Soviet Union 231   Italy 189   Mexico 146
1985   East Germany 234   Soviet Union 234   Italy 233
1987   Soviet Union 607   Italy 569   East Germany 518
1989   Soviet Union 585   Italy 534   France 516
1991   Italy 517   Germany 491   Mexico 487
1993   Mexico 540   Spain 491   Italy 487
1995   Mexico 846   Italy 815   China 805
1997   Russia 865   Mexico 802   Belarus 801

Teams 20 km

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Year Gold Silver Bronze
1993   Mexico 265   Italy 244   Spain 240
1995   China 436   Italy 422   Mexico 420
1997  N   Russia 431   Belarus 413   Mexico 403
1999   Russia 19   Mexico 28   China 29
2002   Russia 24   Belarus 28   Italy 34
2004   China 18   Ecuador 35   Italy 35
2006   Spain 33   Australia 37   Russia 37
2008  N   Russia 11   Spain 22   Australia 47
2010  N   China 9   Russia 25   Mexico 41
2012  N   China 14   Ukraine 15   Australia 56
2014   Ukraine 18   China 23   Japan 35
2016   China 16   Canada 27   Ecuador 41
2018   Japan 12   Italy 29   China 42
2022   Ecuador 25   Japan 26   China 45

Teams 35 km

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Year Gold Silver Bronze
2022   Spain 16   China 29   Germany 48

Teams 50 km

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Year Gold Silver Bronze
1993   Mexico 275   Spain 251   France 245
1995   Mexico 426   Russia 419   Spain 413
1997   Russia 434   Slovakia 415   Spain 407
1999   Russia 14   Spain 26   Germany 55
2002   Russia 7   France 59   China 78
2004   Russia 8   China 14   Spain 23
2006   Spain 20   Poland 38   China 39
2008  N   Italy 28   Mexico 29   Spain 30
2010   China 21   Mexico 22   Russia 38
2012  N   China 28   Ukraine 31   Mexico 43
2014  N   Ukraine 19   China 34   Spain 70
2016  N   Italy 14   Ukraine 25   Spain 30
2018   Japan 10   Ukraine 29   Poland 37

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5 km

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Year Gold Silver Bronze
Athlete Country Athlete Country Athlete Country
1975 Margareta Simu   Sweden Siv Gustavsson   Sweden Britt Holmquist   Sweden
1977 Siv Gustavsson   Sweden Carol Tyson   United Kingdom Margareta Simu   Sweden
1979 Marion Fawkes   United Kingdom Carol Tyson   United Kingdom Thorill Gylder   Norway
1981 Siv Gustavsson   Sweden Aleksandra Derevinskaya   Soviet Union Lyudmila Khrushcheva   Soviet Union

Invitational, non-cup event.

10 km

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Year Gold Silver Bronze
Athlete Country Athlete Country Athlete Country
1983 Xu Yongjiu   China Natalya Sharipova   Soviet Union Sue Cook   Australia
1985 Yan Hong   China Guan Ping   China Olga Krishtop
Aleksandra Grigoryeva
  Soviet Union
  Soviet Union
1987 Olga Krishtop   Soviet Union Irina Strakhova   Soviet Union Jin Bingjie   China
1989 Beate Anders   East Germany Kerry Saxby   Australia Ileana Salvador   Italy
1991 Irina Strakhova   Soviet Union Graciela Mendoza   Mexico Yelena Sayko   Soviet Union
1993 Wang Yan   China Sari Essayah   Finland Yelena Nikolayeva   Russia
1995 Gao Hongmiao   China Yelena Nikolayeva   Russia Liu Hongyu   China
1997 Irina Stankina   Russia Olimpiada Ivanova   Russia Gu Yan   China

20 km

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Year Gold Silver Bronze
Athlete Country Athlete Country Athlete Country
1999 Liu Hongyu   China Natalya Fedoskina   Russia Norica Cîmpean   Romania
2002 Erica Alfridi   Italy Olimpiada Ivanova   Russia Natalya Fedoskina   Russia
2004 Yelena Nikolayeva   Russia Jiang Jing   China María Vasco   Spain
2006 Ryta Turava   Belarus Olimpiada Ivanova   Russia Irina Petrova   Russia
2008 Olga Kaniskina   Russia Tatyana Sibileva   Russia Vera Santos   Portugal
2010 María Vasco   Spain Vera Santos   Portugal Ines Henriques   Portugal
2012  N Elena Lashmanova   Russia María José Poves   Spain Xiuzhi Lu   China
2014 Anisya Kirdyapkina   Russia Liu Hong   China Elmira Alembekova   Russia
2016 Maria Guadalupe González   Mexico Qieyang Shenjie   China Érica de Sena   Brazil
2018 Maria Guadalupe González   Mexico Qieyang Shenjie   China Yang Jiayu   China
2022 Ma Zhenxia   China Yang Jiayu   China Kimberly García   Peru

35 km

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Year Gold Silver Bronze
Athlete Country Athlete Country Athlete Country
2022 Glenda Morejón   Ecuador Li Maocuo   China Katarzyna Zdziebło   Poland

50 km

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Year Gold Silver Bronze
Athlete Country Athlete Country Athlete Country
2018 Liang Rui   China Yin Hang   China Claire Tallent   Australia

Teams 20 km

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* Invitation event

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1975*   Sweden 70   Great Britain & NI 46   France 42
1977 No team contest
1979   Great Britain & NI 85   Sweden 74   Norway 69
1981   Soviet Union 105   Sweden 104   Australia 90
1983   PR of China 132   Soviet Union 130   Australia 126
1985 PR of China 104   Soviet Union 98   Canada 74
1987   Soviet Union 203   Spain 174   Australia 167
1989   Soviet Union 218   PR of China 212   Italy 203
1991   Soviet Union 203   Italy 180   Mexico 162
1993   Italy 196   PR of China 193   Russia 193
1995  N   PR of China 443   Italy 427   Russia 424
1997   Russia 440   Italy 435   PR of China 425
1999   PR of China 13   Russia 16   Mexico 54
2002   Russia 9   Italy 26   Romania 42
2004   PR of China 18   Russia 28   Romania 41
2006   Russia 10   PR of China 19   Belarus 25
2008   Russia 7   Portugal 24   Spain 38
2010   Portugal 13   Spain 22   PR of China 32
2012  N   Spain 16   Russia 27   PR of China 32
2014  N   Russia 8 PR of   China 22   Portugal 36
2016  N   PR of China 14   Australia 40   Colombia 58
2018   PR of China 17   Italy 38   Spain 40
2022   PR of China 10   Greece 30   India 61

Teams 35 km

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Year Gold Silver Bronze
2022   Ecuador 12   Spain 28   China 29

Teams 50 km

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Year Gold Silver Bronze
2018   China 8   Ecuador 21   Ukraine 40

Medal table

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Individual overall

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Men and women senior and junior only individual events update to 2022 edition.[10][11]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China2022951
2  Russia15161950
3  Mexico1510833
4  Germany1181029
5  Soviet Union6131332
6  Spain57416
7  Sweden42410
8  Ecuador4206
9  Great Britain3519
10  Italy33713
11  Japan3328
12  Australia32510
13  Colombia3003
14  Ukraine1203
15  Hungary1113
16  Belarus1001
  Czechoslovakia1001
  Kazakhstan1001
  Slovakia1001
20  Poland0224
21  Finland0134
22  Norway0123
  Portugal0123
24  United States0022
25  Brazil0011
  Czech Republic0011
  France0011
  Guatemala0011
  Kenya0011
  Peru0011
  Romania0011
Totals (31 entries)101101101303

Individual senior

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Mexico148527
2  China1215633
3  Germany1181029
4  Russia10121234
5  Soviet Union6131332
6  Spain55313
7  Sweden42410
8  Ecuador4105
9  Great Britain3519
10  Australia32510
11  Japan3216
12  Italy22711
13  Ukraine1203
14  Hungary1113
15  Belarus1001
  Czechoslovakia1001
  Kazakhstan1001
  Slovakia1001
19  Poland0224
20  Finland0123
  Norway0123
  Portugal0123
23  United States0022
24  Brazil0011
  France0011
  Kenya0011
  Peru0011
  Romania0011
Totals (28 entries)838383249

Individual junior

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China87318
2  Russia54716
3  Colombia3003
4  Mexico1236
5  Italy1102
6  Spain0213
7  Japan0112
8  Ecuador0101
9  Czech Republic0011
  Finland0011
  Guatemala0011
Totals (11 entries)18181854

Doping

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The competition conducts doping tests on participating athletes and several have been disqualified from the races as a result. Ukraine's Olga Leonenko became the first doping disqualification, having originally finished seventh in 1995. Daniel Plaza became the first man in 1997 and was again disqualified in 1999. Nine years passed without incident then in 2008 two Russians were excluded Viktor Burayev and Vladimir Kanaykin – the latter was the first athlete to be stripped of a medal at the cup.[12]

In 2010 fourth place Erik Tysse was removed. Four athletes were disqualified for doping at the 2012 edition: silver medallist Igor Yerokhin was the most prominent, followed by fifth place Sergey Morozov, then Turkish walkers Recep Çelik and Handan Koçyiğit Cavdar.[12] Yuriy Andronov became the fifth Russian to be caught doping at the event in 2014.[13]

Outside of the event, several medallists have been later disqualified for doping, including women's winners Olga Kaniskina and Elena Lashmanova,[14] and men's runners-up Valeriy Borchin and Alex Schwazer.[15]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "TAICANG 2018 - FACTS & FIGURES" (PDF). iaaf.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  2. ^ "IAAF provisionally suspends Russian Member Federation ARAF". iaaf.org. 13 November 2015.
  3. ^ "World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships in Minsk postponed". World Athletics. 13 March 2020. Archived from the original on 25 March 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Oman to host 2020 World Race Walking Team Championships". Oman Daily Observer. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g IAAF WORLD RACE WALKING CUP - SARANSK 2012 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF). IAAF. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 3, 2013. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
  6. ^ "Men's 35km Race Walk Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 5 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Women's 35km Race Walk Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 5 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Women's 50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 5 May 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  9. ^ "IAAF WORLD RACE WALKING CUP - TAICANG 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES" (PDF). iaaf.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 May 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  10. ^ "IAAF WORLD RACE WALKING TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS - FACTS & FIGURES" (PDF). worldathletics.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 September 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  11. ^ "WORLD ATHLETICS RACE WALKING TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS TAICANG 2018 - MEDAL TABLE". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  12. ^ a b IAAF World Race Walking Cup Taicang 2014 Facts & Figures. Archived 2014-05-03 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-04-16.
  13. ^ Doping Sanctions: Positive cases in athletics - Sanctioned according to information received by the IAAF as of November 2014. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-12-20.
  14. ^ Wilderjune, Charly (2015-06-16). Where Racewalking Is King, the Antidoping Officials Are Busy. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2016-04-16.
  15. ^ Lane, Samantha (2015-01-21). Jared Tallent furious doping Russians get to keep Olympic gold. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved on 2016-04-16.
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