5.000m marcia su pista allieve
Partono puntuali alle ore 11:00 in trentacinque atlete con un caldo ancora maggiore.
Subito la più grande sorpresa della giornata qua a Cali: vanno in testa a guidare il gruppo le due atlete dell'Etiopia Yehualeye Beletew e Ayalnesh Dejene.
Dietro a loro le migliori con Zhenxia Ma (CHN), Olga Eliseeva e Margarita Kolesnichenko (RUS), la Messicana Valeria Ortuno e le due Australiane Clara Smith e Jemima Montag.
Si pensa ad un fuoco di paglia, ma non sarà così.
Le Italiane Vanessa Tomei e Anthea Mirabello partono lentamente (4:47.07 e 4:47.11) i primi 1.000m e sono in 26° e 27° posizione. Anthea Mirabello soffre anche già al primo 1.000 di una red card per sbloccaggio del ginocchio a suo carico.
Ai 2.000m in testa la Cinse Zhenxia Ma (9:20.47) davanti alla connazionale Ke Xue (9:20:53) e all'Etiope Ayalnerh Dejene (9:20.66). Le due Russe, favorite assieme alla cinese, Olga Eliseeva e Margarita Kolesnichenko sono in sesta e ottava posizione.
Vanessa Tomei e Anthea Mirabello sempre 26° e 27°, ma la Mirabello è gravata da due red card e appare in non buone codizioni fisiche.
Ai 3.000m in testa alla gara la situazione non cambia. C'è sempre fra le prime la sorpresa della giornata Ayalnesh Dejene.
Anthea Mirabello si ferma sulla curva che immette sul rettilineo d'arrivo per problemi fisici, proprio mentre era arrivata a suo carico la terza red card e sarebbe stata fermata nella Pit Lane Area per 60". Si stende a terra, entra in campo anche la barella, ma fortunatamente non serve.
vanessa Tomei ha recuperato qualche posizione: è 22° in 14:56.60
Ai 4.000m sempre in testa la coppia cinese (18:28.84 e 18:29.01) seguite dalla Russa Olga Eliseeva (18:29.07), dalla Etiope Ayalnesh Dejene (18:29.10), dall'altra Russa Margarita Kolesnichenko (18:29.34) e dalla Messicana Valeria Ortuno 18:29.83.
Gli ultimi 1.000m vedono il tentativo prima della Eliseeva, subito rintuzzato dalla Cinese Zhenxia Ma, che forza immediatamente l'andatura e va a condurre: non sarà più ripresa.
terminano in quest'rdine: oro a Zhenxia Ma in 22:41.08, argento a Olga Eliseeva (22:45.09), bronzo alla Etiope Ayalnesh Dejene (22:48.25) che si prende il lusso di battere l'altra Russa Margarita Kolesnichenko, che arriva quarta, ma alla quale verranno poi aggiunti 60" in quanto nel frattempo era arrivata la terza red card per mancanza contatto con il terreno (sarà 12° nella classifica finale in 23:53.64).
Quarta è l'altra cinese Ke Xue (23:01.68), quinta la Messicana Valeria Ortuno (23:01.90).
Vanessa Tomei arriva 24° in 25:20.22
Ha vinto la Cina, viva la Cina, ma il bronzo di Ayalnesh Dejene con il Personal Best è una cosa che gli allibratori di qualsiasi paese avrebbero pagato ad alto prezzo.
La sua marcia non presenta problemi tecnici, anzi è abbastanza accettabile, pur in presenza di uno stile da affinare: ha ricevuto dalla giuria solo un richiamo.
Dovesse continuare così dovremo fare in conti con un altro nuovo paese che si affaccia alla ribalta mondiale.
Chissà se sarà così, ma lo sapremo fra qualche anno. Nel frattempo godiamoci questa piacevole sorpresa da Cali.
(English version)
5.000m track walk girls
They start on time at 11:00am in thirty athletes with a warm even higher.
Immediately the biggest surprise of the day here in Cali: go to lead the group the two athletes Ethiopia Yehualeye Beletew and Ayalnesh Dejene.
Behind them all the best athletes with Zhenxia Ma (CHN), Olga Eliseeva and Margarita Kolesnichenko (RUS), the Mexican Valeria Ortuno and the two Australian Clara Smith and Jemima Montag.
You think of a flash in the pan, but it will not.
The Italians Vanessa Tomei and Anthea Mirabello start slowly (4:47.07 and 4:47.11) in the first 1.000m are 26th and 27th position. Anthea Mirabello also suffers at the first 1,000 of a red card for bent knee against him.
At 2.000m in the head Ma Zhenxia (9:20:47) in front of the team-mate Xue Ke (9:20:53) and the Ethiopian Ayalnerh Dejene (9:20.66). The two favourite Russian, together with the Chinese, Olga Eliseeva and Margarita Kolesnichenko are in sixth and eighth place.
Vanessa Tomei and Anthea Mirabello always 26th and 27th, but the Mirabello is burdened by two red cards and appears not in good physical conditions.
At 3.000m in the lead the situation does not change. There is always among the first surprise of the day Ayalnesh Dejene.
Anthea Mirabello stops on the corner that leads to the finish straight to physical problems, just as she arrived at the third red card against him and would stop in the Pit Lane for Area 60". It is laid out on the ground, entered the game also stretcher, but fortunately not needed.
vanessa Tomei has recovered some positions is 22nd in 14:56.60
At 4.000m continues to lead the Chinese couple (18:28.84 and 18:29.01) followed by Russian Olga Eliseeva (18:29.07), the Ethiopian Ayalnesh Dejene (18:29.10), the other Russian Margarita Kolesnichenko (18:29.34) and the Mexican Valeria Ortuno (18:29.83).
The last 1,000m see the attempt before of Eliseeva, immediately countering by the Chinese Ma Zhenxia, that force the pace immediately and goes to lead and will no longer be resumed.
ending in this order: Ma Zhenxia gold in 22:41.08, silver to Olga Elisee in 22:45.09, the Ethiopian Ayalnesh Dejene bronze (22:48.25) that takes the luxury of beating the other Russian Margarita Kolesnichenko, who arrives fourth, but to which time are then added 60" because in the meantime had arrived the third red card to loss of contact (in the final results she will be 12th in 23:53.64).
Fourth is the other Chinese Ke Xue (23:01.68), fifth is the only Mexican Valeria Ortuno (23:01.90).
Vanessa Tomei arrives 24th in 25:20:22.
China won, long live to China, but the bronze Ayalnesh Dejene with the Personal Best is one thing that the bookies any country would pay a high price.
Her walk have no technical problems, so it's quite acceptable, even in the presence of a style to be refined: she received by the jury only a caution.
If she continue like this we will have to reckon with a new country that faces onto the world stage.
Who knows if it will be so, but we'll know in a few years. Meanwhile, enjoy this pleasant surprise from Cali.
(from IAAF web-site)
Shifting gears with less than 300 metres to go, China’s Ma Zhenxia stormed to victory in the girls' 5000m race walk at the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 on Saturday morning (18) to add the world youth title to the Youth Olympic Games gold medal she won last year on home soil in Nanjing.
Ma clocked a season’s best of 22:41.08 to capture the second title in the event for China and a fourth medal overall, breaking through what has largely been a Russian stranglehold in the girls’ race walks.
“I am very happy, especially with my last lap, I was nearly flying,” said Ma, who clocked her 22:22.08 lifetime best at the Youth Olympic Games.
Ma, who turns 17 next month, bided her time early in the race, remaining well within striking range as the leading pack dwindled from 11 with six laps to go, and then to nine with four to go and just five with 800 metres remaining: Ma and her team-mate Xue Ke, the Russian pair of Olga Eliseeva and Margarita Koleshnichenko and Ethiopia's unheralded Ayalnesh Dejene.
At the bell, Eliseeva upped the tempo and attempted a break, but it was quickly thwarted as the leading trio entered the back straight for the final time.
Ma moved ahead and into the lead and quickly opened a three-metre margin, one which she extended as she rounded her way towards the finish.
Impressively, she covered the final kilometre in 4:12.07, the fastest in the contest.
Eliseeva held on for second in 22:45.09, followed by surprise bronze medallist Dejene, who clocked a lifetime best of 22:48.25.
An early leader, the Ethiopian fought her way back into medal contention over the final lap to capture the first global medal ever in a race walking event for Ethiopia, a country well known for endurance prowess but not necessarily of the heel-to-toe variety.
Further back, Ma’s team-mate Xue was fourth with a personal best 23:01.68, marginally ahead of Mexico’s Valeria Ortuno, who crossed the line in 23:01.90.
Koleshnichenko, second on the world youth lists coming into Cali, faded badly over the final lap and finished 12th.
Bob Ramsak for the IAAF