08/03/2020   Lima (PER): South American Race walking Championships - Brazil and Ecuador on shields






 

This morning, Peru (+6 hours CET), the South American Road Running Championships were held in Lima along the José Largo Avenue in the Miraflores area.

 
 
20km road walk women
 
A rather slow race that that ended only in the final part with gold and silver to Ecuador.
 
Victory to Karla Jaramillo (ECU) in 1:34:589
Second place to Paola Perez (ECU) in 1:35:57
Third place in Mary Luz Andia (PER) in 1:36:11
 
 
Interestingly, and despite the fact that Ecuador is one of the continental powers in this specialty, its athletes had not yet achieved the title of the South American Race Walk in 20 km. women, something that Jaramillo has achieved now. The Bolivian Geovanna Irusta, winner in the first six editions, is the top winner. The history of the Campioships:
 
1999 in Cochabamba: Geovana Irusta (Bolivia) 1:39:01
2000 in Lima: Geovana Irusta (Bolivia) 1:46:46
2001 in Cuenca: Goevana Irusta (Bolivia) 1:40:23
2002 in Puerto Saavedra: Geovana Irusta (Bolivia) 1:41:22
2004 in Los Angeles-Chile: Geovana Irusta (Bolivia) 135:25
2006 in Cochabamba: Geovana Irusta (Bolivia) 1:41:20
2008 in Cuenca: Sandra Zapata (Colombia) 1:39:02
2010 in Cochabamba: Sandra Galvis (Colombia) 1:40:48
2012 in Salinas: Arabelly Orjuela (Colombia) 1:34:41
2014 in Cochabamba: Kimberley García (Peru) 1:35:34
2016 in Guayaqul: Melanie Castro (Bolivia) 1:34:32
2018 in Sucua: Erica Rocha de Sena (Brazil) 1:30:22.
 
In fourth place again an athlete from Ecuador: Maritza Janneyh Guaman Maza in 1:37.27
in front of Angela Melania Castro Chirivechz (BOL) in 1:38:35
 
Twenty-two athletes at the start of which twenty-one have completed the race and 1 DNF.
 
 
 

 

 

 
 
20km road walk men
 
A group of about ten athletes with four coming from Ecuador (Brian Daniel Pintado Alvarez, José Mauricio Arteaga Sanchez, Jordy Rafael Jimenez Arrobo, e David Hurtado Espinoza), one from Brazil, two from Colombia (Jhon Alexander Castaneda Angulo and Eider Arevalo Truque) and two from Perù (Luis Henry Campos Cruz e Cesar Diburga Rodriguez). immediately took the lead.
Caio Bonfim is somewhat detached at the bottom of the group.
 
Shortly after half the race the situation changes and soon (13km) there will be six in the lead: the four from Ecuador, Caio Bonfim (BRA) and the Colombian.
At this point in the race, Caio Bonfim (BRA) is about ten meters apart and it seems that the Ecuadorian athletes have the power to conquer all three medals on the podium.
When there are four kilometers to go, however, the situation has changed again, because two Ecuadorian athletes have had to abandon the group of leaders.
 
The last five minutes of the race are dramatic.
David Hurtado Espinoza (ECU) crosses the finish line. He rejoices after watching the stopwatch thinking in an exceptional time. He embraces his coach and out of the corner of his eye he catches sight of Caius Bonfim (BRA) who looks at him, smiles and gestures that there is one lap more.
 

 


 

 
 
 
We seem to have been brought back from time in 1991 when the same theater happened on the track of Tokyo Stadiumfor the victory in the 20km of the World Championships: then the actors were Mikhail Schennikov (RUS), who had crossed the finish line thinking he was the winner, and Maurizio Damilano (ITA).
 
The Ecuadorian starts again and soon reaches and detaches again a few meters Caio Bonfim, but Bonfim does not give up and is there at four meters at the last turning point.
 
As in Tokyo it happened with Damilano here in Lima it is Caio Bonfim to cross the official finish line first in in 1:24:33 (1:24:32.31).
But it didn't end there for David Hurtado Espinoza (ECU); the jury penalizes him by 120 seconds, most likely because the third red card will have arrived for him on the last lap. Its official time is 1:26:36 (1:26:35.54).
 
Second place then to Brian Daniel Pintado Alvarez (ECU) in 1:25:32 (1:25:31.54).
Third place to José Mauricio Arteaga Sanchez (ECU) in 1:26:16 (1:26:15.78)
Fourth place to Jordy Rafael Jimenez Arrobo (ECU) in 1:26:35 (1:26:34.24)
Fifth place to David Hurtado Espinoza (ECU) in 1:26:36 (1:26:35.54)
Sixth place to Luis Henry Campos Cruz (PER) in 1:26:45 (1:26:44.47)
Seventh place to Jhon Alexander Castaneda Angulo (COL) in 1:27:03 (1:27:02.26)
Eighth place in Eider Arevalo Truque (COL) in 1:27:40 (1:27: 9.67) returned to the races after the stop of more than six months for the fall from the bicycle before the 2019 World Championships in Doha 2019.
 
 
 
50km road walk women

 

 

Victory to Viviane Santana Lyra (BRA) in 4:41:07 (4:41:06.61)

Second place to Luize Viventainer Mayara (BRA) in 5:00:29 (5:00:28.17)

Third place to Yoci Caballero Huaman (PER) in 5:10:00 (5:09.59.11)

 
 
 
50km road walk men

 

 

Victory to Claudio Paulino Villanueva Flores (ECU) in 4:14:11 (4:14:10.23)

Second place to Jhonatan Wilfrido Caceres Cabrera (ECU) in 4:20:17 (4:20:16.57)

Third place to Pablo Armando Rodriguez Pardo (BOL) in 4:29:24 (4:29:23.60)

 

 

Full results (included categories U20 and U18) in the section Results or directly download from this link: click here

 

 

 


 

Jhonatan Wilfrido Caceres Cabrera (ECU) - second in 50km