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HOW TO JUDGE RACE WALKING
by Jeff Salvage & Gary Westerfield


 

26/01/2020   Grosseto (ITA) - Great mark of Eleonora Giorgi (35km: 2:43:43)






 

 

 

Grosseto today hosted the seasonal winter debut of the road walk in Italy, what in the past was called the Winter Road Walk Trophy and which today is the first round of the Road Walk Clubs Championship.
 
If we consider the parterre of the names of the starters the two most interesting races are certainly those on the 35km which, however, unfortunately will not be part of the Olympic program of Sapporo, but will serve as an indication for the selections for the World Race Walking Team Championship that will take place in Minsk ( BLR) on 3.5.2020.
 
The 35km, however, takes on a particular role as it could and should be the longest distance of the march in the near future.
 
 
35km road walk women
 
Let's start with the race in which there is the athlete of greatest interest: Eleonora Anna Giorgi (ITA), who is experiencing a period of great interest after last season following her move to 50km and the technical suggestions she has been able to understand, acknowledge and put into practice.
 
Considering the women's race, Eleonora Anna Giorgi, as expected, has remained in the lead since the beginning of the same.
These are her split times every 5km:
- 5km: 23:29
- 10km: 46:52 (23:23)
At this point of the race the athlete has to deal with a red card (bent knee).
- 15km: 1:10:40 (23:58)
- 20km: 1:34:34 (23:54)
- 25km: 1:58:06 (23:32)
​- 30km: 2:21:29 (23:23)
 
Eleonora Giorgi is capable of changing pace in the last 5km and closing the race with a final 5km of 22:14 which means a performance of 2:43:43 on the 35km.
An excellent start to the season: new personal best (previous of 2:45:21 established last year in Gioiosa Marea on 27.1.2019) and best world performance of the 2020 season.
Even more if you think that the performance was obtained on a course that can no longer be defined as ideal, being a little difficult to interpret with nine bent and consequent changes in pace.
Interesting is the analysis of the split times of today's race and that of 2019
 
 
Km 2019 2020 Difference
       
10km 47:50 46:52 - 0:58
20km 1:33:17 1:34:34 + 0:43
30km 2:22:20 2:21:29 - 1:09
35km 2:45:21 2:43:43 - 1:38
 
 
It is increasingly evident that in the race walk of the last seasons the difference is made in knowing how to best express the speed in the last kilometers of the race.
 
Second place to Nicole Colombi (ITA) in 2:54:12
Third place to Lidia Barcella (ITA) in 2:58:44
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
35km road walk men
 
The race also takes on a particular physiognomy in this case.
Matteo Giupponi (ITA) goes straight to the head and remains alone to make the pace.
These are his split times up to 15km:
- 5km: 21:49
- 10km: 43:23 (21:34)
- 15km: 1:04:37 (21:14)
But at this point, unfortunately, there is the intervention of the jury that disqualifies him (remember that in Italy in senior matches there is no rule of the penalty zone which instead is in the U20 and U18. Two red cards are missing due to him of contact with the ground and one for unlocking the knee. His race ends just before 20km when his lead over the followers was over 2:15.
 
Federico Tontodonati remains at the lead of the race.
The race can almost be said to be over.
 
Vicory to Federico Tontodonati (ITA) in 2:34:55
Second place to Teodorico Caporaso (ITA) in 2:38:59
Third place to Leonardo Dei Tos (ITA) in 2:39:24
 
 
Below is the world list of the 2020 season of the 35km road walk updated after this race
 
 
  Mark Competitor Nat Venue Date
1  2:34:55 Federico TONTODONATI ITAITA Grosseto (ITA) 26 JAN 2020
2  2:38:59 Teodorico CAPORASO ITAITA Grosseto (ITA) 26 JAN 2020
3  2:39:24 Leonardo DEI TOS ITAITA Grosseto (ITA) 26 JAN 2020
4  2:41:16 Giacomo BRANDI ITAITA Grosseto (ITA) 26 JAN 2020
5  2:42:01 Niccolo' COPPINI ITAITA Grosseto (ITA) 26 JAN 2020
6  2:42:06 João VIEIRA PORPOR Porto de Mos (POR) 26 JAN 2020
7  2:45:51 Hélder DOS SANTOS PORPOR Porto de Mos (POR) 26 JAN 2020
8  2:47:10 Rui COELHO PORPOR Porto de Mos (POR) 26 JAN 2020
9  2:50:17 Pedro ISIDRO PORPOR Porto de Mos (POR) 26 JAN 2020
10  2:51:32 Luca MONTOLEONE ITAITA Grosseto (ITA) 26 JAN 2020
 
 

 
 
 

20km road walk women
 
Victory to Valentina Trapletti (ITA) in 1:32:05
Second place to Annalisa Russo (ITA) in 1:41:30
Third place to Annachiara Paternicò (ITA) in 1:42:06
 
Below is the world list of the 2020 season of the 20km road walk updated after this race
 
 
  Mark Competitor Nat Venue Date
1  1:32:05 Valentina TRAPLETTI ITAITA Grosseto (ITA) 26 JAN 2020
2  1:32:12 Maocuo LI CHNCHN Shilin (CHN) 16 JAN 2020
3  1:34:51 Faying MA CHNCHN Shilin (CHN) 16 JAN 2020
4  1:34:59 Hailu CUN CHNCHN Shilin (CHN) 16 JAN 2020
5  1:35:20 Inês HENRIQUES PORPOR Leiria (POR) 05 JAN 2020
6  1:35:33 Wenli ZHAO CHNCHN Shilin (CHN) 16 JAN 2020
7  1:36:04 Xianghua XIAO CHNCHN Shilin (CHN) 16 JAN 2020
8  1:36:25 Rachel SEAMAN CANCAN Santee, CA (USA) 25 JAN 2020
9  1:37:12 Lijuang XIE CHNCHN Shilin (CHN) 16 JAN 2020
10  1:37:19 Haiying JI CHNCHN Shilin (CHN) 16 JAN 2020
 
 
 
 
20km road walk men
 
Victory to Alfonso Alberga (ITA) in 1:30:44
Second place to Mattia Braggio (ITA) in 1:31:07
Third place to Milas Meli (ITA) in 1:35:07
 
 
 
20Km U20 road walk women
 
Victory to Sara Buglisi (ITA) in 1:38:17
Second place to Camilla Gatti (ITA) in 1:40:35
Third place to Simona Bertini (ITA) in 1:41:53
 
 

 
 
 
 
20km U20 road walk men
 
Victory to Andrea Cosi (ITA) in 1:28:45
Second place to Davide Finocchietti (ITA) in 1:30:18
Third place to Gabriele Gamba (ITA) in 1:31:44
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
10Km U18 girls
 
Victory to Giada Traina (ITA) in 50:52
Second place to Vittoria Di Dato (ITA) in 51:35
Third place to Sofia Fiorini (ITA) in 53:14
 
 
 
10Km U18 allievi
 
Victory to Nicola Lomuscio (ITA) in 44:05
Second place to Diego Giampaolo (ITA) in 44:27
Third place to Pietrio Pio Notaristefano (ITA) in 45:04
 
 
 
The judge's decisions
 
- in 35km men: 2 DQ athletes (Matteo Giupponi and Giorgio Giuliani)
- in 35km women: no DQ athlete
- in 20km senior men (excluding Master category): 1 DQ athlete (Ettore Grillo)
- in 20km senior women (excluding Master category): 1 DQ athlete (Natalia Petrini)
- in 10km U20 men: 1 DQ athlete (Daniele Breda)
- in 10km U20 women: 1 DQ athlete (Alice Leonardi)
- in 10km U18 men: 4 DQ athletes (Jacopo Varignana, Emiliano Brigante, Giorgio Lauria and Marco Giovannetti)
- in 10km U20 women: 1 DQ athlete (Emma Cerri)
 
 
 
The lights of the day
 
We have already said all the good possible about Eleonora Anna Giorgi who compared to the result of 2019 has managed in a very interesting exploit.
 
Another result, in our opinion, of particular interest is that of Sara Buglisi capable of moving from 1:44:59 of Gioiosa Marea to 1:38:17 (an improvement of 6:42 to the second 20km of the career is a result from do not underestimate). At the moment the Italian juniore women is the U20 seasonal world leaders on this distance, but even considering the entire 2019 season this result would have been worth the 13th world position of 2019 for a U20 on this distance.
 
In men we like to report the performance of 2:34:55 with which Federico Tontodonati obtained the victory. Compared to the previous season in Gioiosa Marea this result is better than 1:19, but it is also better (-0:08) than the result that, at the time, allowed Massimo Stano to obtain the victory (2:35:03 ).
 
Finally a few nice words for the U20 Andrea Cosi who win the race on the long distance of the juniors with a mark of 1:28:25. So he destroied the personal best obtained in Gioiosa Marea on 27.1.2019 at 1:35:04. For him too an improvement of 6:19 in the second 20km of his career is a result not to be underestimated.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 



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