50km uomini
Partenza puntuale alle ore 8.00 (ore 7:00 per il Centro Europa) e il 41enne Yohann Diniz (FRA) se ne va per quella che immaginiamo sarà una gara di testa. Staremo a vedere.
- ai 5km
Guida la gara Yohann Diniz (FRA) in 22:42
Secondo posto per Marco De Luca (IT) in 23:18 davanti a Ato Ibanez (SWE) in 23:18 che a sua volta precede Aurelien Quinion (FRA) in 23.23
Gli altri italiani: Michele Antonelli (ITA) è 13° in 23:25, Andrea Agrusti (ITA) è 24° in 23:37 mentre Gregorio Angelini (ITA) è 39°
Red cards: una per sbloccaggio a carico di Yohann Diniz (FRA) e Marc Tur (ESP), una per mancanza di contatto a carico di Andrei Gafita (ROU)
- ai 10km
Guida la gara Yohann Diniz (FRA) in 44:22
Secondo posto per Marco De Luca (IT) in 46:12 davanti a Ato Ibanez (SWE) in 46:12 che a sua volta precede Dzymitry Dziubin (BLR) e Aleksy Oyala (FIN) in 46:31
Gli altri italiani: Michele Antonelli (ITA) è 13°, Andrea Agrusti (ITA) è 24° mentre Gregorio Angelini (ITA) è 39°.
Red cards: tre per sbloccggio per Mrc Tur (ESP), una per sbloccaggio a carico di Yohann Diniz (FRA), Benjamin Sanchez (ESP), Aleksey Ojal (FIN), Jakub Jelonek (POL), to Ibanez (SWE) Marc Tur (ESP), una per mancanza di contatto a carico di Andrei Gafita (ROU)
- dai 20km di 40km
La gara diventa anche abbastanza noiosa, con sempre a fare l'andatura Yohann Diniz che inanella questi parziali:
- 20km: 1:28:40
- 25km: 1:49:54
- 30km: 2:11:53
- 35km: 2:33:18
- 40km: 2:54:34
Negli ultimi 10km avanza Joao Vieira (POR) che eraa in quinta posizione aai 40km, passa terzo ai 45km e arriverà terzo.
Vittoria per Yohann Diniz (FRA) in 3:37:43
Secondo posto per Dzmitriy Dziubin (BLR) in 3:45.51
Terzo posto per Joao Vier (POR) in 3:46:38.
Gli itlaiani:
- Michele Antonelli è il primo degli italiani e arriva 9° in 3:52:09
- Marco De Luca arriva 19° in 3:58:54
- Gregorio Angelini arriva 30° in 4:30:26
- Andrea Agrusti si ferma ai 45km quando era 14° in 3:32:13.
20km uomini
Va subito in testa un gruppo composto da una quindicina di unità
Il passaggio ai 5km avviene con il seguente ordine:
Cotinua sul suo passo Tom Bosworth che passa anche in testa a metà gara
Dopo metà gara agli 11km la situazione tecnica vede Bosworth, Stano e Wright con una red card (mancanza di contatto) mentre Giupponi ne ha due a suo carico.
Ai 15km la situazione non è cambiata.
Guida la gara Tom Bosworth (GBR) in 1:00:23 davanti a Perseus Karlstrom (SWE), Diego Garcia Carrera (ESP), Alvaro Martin (ESP), Massimo Stano (ITA), Miguel ngelLopez (ESP) e Vaasiliy Mizinov (ANA) in 1:00:28.
Nei 2km successivi Karlstrom e Garcia raggiungono e staccano Bosworth.
I passaggi ai 17km:
- Karlstrom: 1:08:09
- Garcia Carrera: 1:08:13
- Bosworth: 1:08:23
- Martin: 1:08:31
- Mizinov: 1:08:31
- Stano: 1:08:40
- Lopez:1:08:48
All'arrivo:
Vince Perseus Karlstrom (SWE) in 1:19:54
Secondo posto per Vasiliy Mizinov (ANA): 1:20:18
Terzo posto per Diego Carcia Carrera (ESP): 1:20:23
10km U20 uomini
Ai 5km è in testa alla gara Lukas Niedzialek (POL) che era il favorito d’obbligo e passa in 21:17.
Hai un esiguo vantaggio di 3” su Pedro Gonesa (ESP) che passa in 21:20 assieme a Riccardo Orsoni (ITA).
I passaggi di Lukas Niedzialek sono i seguenti:
- 1km: 4:16
- 2km: 8:38 (4:16)
- 3km: 12:45 (4:14)
- 4km: 17:01 (4:16)
- 5km: 21:17 (4:17)
Subito dopo la metà gara Riccardo Orsoni (ITA) allunga il passo e ai 7km raggiunge il Polacco e passano in testa alla gara in 29:51.
La situazione tecnica vedeva giuria internazionale molto operativa: dei primi tre atleti Orsoni ha una red card (mancanza contatto) mentre Gonesa e Niedzialek ne hanno due di red card (una per contatto e una per sbloccaggio).
Agli 8km in testa è Lukas Niedzialek (POL) assieme a Riccardo Orsoni (ITA) in 34:09 con l’ultimo km coperto in 4:19, mentre Gonesa segue in 34:35 (ultimo km in 4:27).
Allunga Lukas Niedzialek (POL) e passa in testa ai 9km in 38:20 (ultimo km in 4:11), mentre Orsoni sembra accontentarsi dell’argento in 38:30 (ultimo kmin 4:21).
L’imprevisto succede nell’ultimo km quando il polacco viene fermato nella Zona di Penalità per 60” mentre stava girando in 4:08.
Quando Riccardo Orsoni se ne accorge allunga quel tanto che basta (ultimo km in 4:14) e va a vincere in 42:43 che rappresenta il personal best
Secondo posto per Pedro Gonesa (ESP) in 43:18
Terzo posto a Lukas Niedzialek (POL) in 43:28 che salva la medaglia davanti a Selman Ilhan (TUR) in 43:41
Quinto posto per Christopher Snook (GBR) in 45:45 che batte al fotofinish Aldo Andrei (ITA) accreditato dello stesso tempo.
(english version)
A beautiful sunny day that promises to be the day of today's walk with the European Cup.
The temperature is around 16° Celsius, with the humidity reaching an excellent 56% and with a slight north-west wind variable between 5 and 10m/sec.
50km men
Punctual departure at 8.00 am (7.00 am for Central Europe) and the 41-year-old Yohann Diniz (FRA) leaves for what we imagine will be a head race. We'll see.
- at 5km
Lead the race Yohann Diniz (FRA) in 22:42
Second place for Marco De Luca (ITA) in 23:18 in front of Ato Ibanez (SWE) in 23:18 which in turn precedes Aurelien Quinion (FRA) in 23.23
The other Italians: Michele Antonelli (ITA) is 13th in 23:25, Andrea Agrusti (ITA) is 24th in 23:37 while Gregorio Angelini (ITA) is 39th
Red cards: one for bent knee against Yohann Diniz (FRA) and Marc Tur (ESP), one for lack of contact with Andrei Gafita (ROU)
- at 10km
Lead the race Yohann Diniz (FRA) in 44:22
Second place for Marco De Luca (ITA) in 46:12 in front of Ato Ibanez (SWE) in 46:12 which in turn precedes Dzymitry Dziubin (BLR) e Aleksy Oyala (FIN) in 46:31
The other Italians: Michele Antonelli (ITA) is 13th, Andrea Agrusti (ITA) is 24th while Gregorio Angelini (ITA) is 39th
Red cards: three for bent knee against Marc Tur (ESP), one for bent knee against Yohann Diniz (FRA) , one for lack of contact with Andrei Gafita (ROU)
- from 20km to 40km
The race also becomes quite boring, with Yohann Diniz always making his pace with these split times:
- 20km: 1:28:40
- 25km: 1:49:54
- 30km: 2:11:53
- 35km: 2:33:18
- 40km: 2:54:34
In the last 10km Joao Vieira (POR) advances who was in fifth position at 40km, passes third at 45km and will reach third.
Victory to Yohann Diniz (FRA) in 3:37:43
Second place to Dzmitriy Dziubin (BLR) in 3: 45.51
Third place to Joao Vier (POR) in 3:46:38.
The itlaians:
- Michele Antonelli is the first of the Italians and finishes 9th in 3:52:09
- Marco De Luca arrives 19th in 3:58:54
- Gregorio Angelini arrives 30th in 4:30:26
- Andrea Agrusti stops at 45km when he was 14th in 3:32:13.
LOC report
50km world record holder Yohann Diniz returned to his best form after injury and illness to win the 50km race walk title in a championship record. Neither heat – nor recent injury concerns – proved a stop to the Frenchman, 41, who was never in danger of missing out on his third title in the competition’s history.
His pace was metronomic – 4:25 per lap – and he stuck to it, except for a fast finish, to finish in 3:37:43 which was remarkable in the circumstances. His winning time was the third fastest of his career, bettered only by his world record of 3:32:12 which he set at the 2014 European Championships in Zurich and his championship record time of 3:33:12 from the IAAF World Championships in London two years ago.
As Diniz shaved more than three minutes off Vladimir Kanaykin’s long-standing championship record, a very distant second went to Dzmitry Dziubin from Belarus who made a breakthrough leap to the podium after joining Diniz’s chasers at the 22km mark. The Belarusian gradually forged a gap over the rest, walking the last 20km on his own to notch a 3:45:51 clocking – a PB by more than two minutes.
The bronze was something of another surprise on a morning of quite a few in four races. At 43, Portugal’s João Vieira prevailed to win his first 50km medal in a major competition – and nine years since he won silver in the European Championships in the 20km race walk. In fact, it was his duel with Artur Brzozowski and Brendan Boyce that provided the race’s true excitement. For much of the second half, the three of them duelled, never more than a few seconds apart. Irishman Boyce had to give way just after the 40 kilometre mark but he still walked to a PB – 3:48:13 for fifth – while there was a sprint between Poland’s Brzozowski and Vieira, with the Portuguese veteran edging it by four seconds.
Older still is Jesus Angel Garcia and the Spaniard, who won the inaugural edition of this event in 1996, was a creditable 15 th in 3:57:51, just months away from his 50th birthday. Garcia will still come away from Alytus with a silver medal in his hand luggage from the teams race. The Ukrainians successfully defended their team crown with 26 points, comfortably ahead of Spain (43) and Belarus (49).
A group of about fifteen immediately goes to the head
At 5km athltes pass in the following order:
Tom Bosworth continues on his pace, also passing through half race
After half the race at 11km the technical situation sees Bosworth, Stano and Wright with a red card (lack of contact) while Giupponi has two to his charge.
At 15km the situation has not changed.
Leads the race Tom Bosworth (GBR) in 1:00:23 in front of Perseus Karlstrom (SWE), Diego Garcia Carrera (ESP), Alvaro Martin (ESP), Massimo Stano (ITA), Miguel Angel Lopez (ESP) and Vaasiliy Mizinov (ANA) in 1:00:28.
In the next 2km Karlstrom and Garcia reach and take off Bosworth.
Passages at 17km:
- Karlstrom: 1:08:09
- Garcia Carrera: 1:08:13
- Bosworth: 1:08:23
- Martin: 1:08:31
- Mizinov: 1:08:31
- Stano: 1:08:40
- Lopez: 1: 08: 48
On arrival:
Victory for Perseus Karlstrom (SWE) in 1:19:54
Second place for Vasiliy Mizinov (ANA): 1:20:18
Third place for Carcia Carrera Diego (ESP): 1:20:23
Born in Sweden but made in Australia is close to the truth for Perseus Karlstrom who claimed victory in the men’s 20km race walk in Alytus in a European-leading time of 1:19:54. Wearing fancy dress yellow and blue Viking helmet in the last 200m – which brought back memories of Karsten Warholm’s celebration at the IAAF World Championships in London two years ago – complete with fetching pigtails, the 29-year-old celebrated his first major victory by moving from third in Podebrady right to the top of the podium. The Swede has spent several successful western winters in Australia and even has an Australian coach in Brent Vallance.
A trio of high profile wins at 20km this year in a row bodes well for Karlstrom ahead of the IAAF World Championships in Doha later this year and he played the waiting game to perfection in Alytus. From the gun, Great Britain’s Tom Bosworth and defending champion Christopher Linke were first to show and shot through the 3km mark in 12:03 – but ominously a chasing group heaving with talent were biding their time. The Brit inched ahead by two seconds at 5km (20:05) with Miguel Angel Lopez the first of a 12- strong throng, a further 11 seconds in arrears. That gap from Bosworth to Linke grew wider by lap six, and the immediate chasers were down to seven. By the 8km mark in 32:05 for the fair-haired leader, Bosworth was nine seconds to the good over Linke and 22 seconds ahead of the lead group.
Halfway was reached in 40:11 but the group with designs on a win had swallowed up Linke and cut the deficit to 13 seconds. With five laps remaining, the Briton was reeled in by Karlstrom and Spain’s Diego Garcia – and no wonder. The pair notched 3:48 for the fastest kilometre so far. Karlstrom showed he meant business as he discarded his dark glasses on the penultimate lap, storming home to win with 1:19:54.
Cleverly biding his time at the back of the chasing group, Vasiliy Mizinov lit the afterburners to pass Garcia and claim silver in 1:20:18 and five seconds ahead of the second Spaniard. Bosworth rallied to hold on to fourth in 1:20:53 and his effort was not without reward. Backed up by Callum Wilkinson in ninth in 1:21:54, Great Britain won their first ever medal at the European Race Walking Cup with team silver behind Spain and in front of Ukraine. European champion Alvaro Martin and former world and European champion Miguel Angel Lopez were the other scoring members for Spain in fifth (1:20:59) and sixth (1:21:00) respectively while reigning champion Linke slipped down to 12th in 1:23:21.
10km U20 men
At the 5km mark Lukas Niedzialek (POL) was leading the race and was the favorite and passed in 21:17.
You have a small advantage of 3 "on Pedro Gonesa (ESP) passing in 21:20 together with Riccardo Orsoni (ITA).
The passages of Lukas Niedzialek are the following:
- 1km: 4:16
- 2km: 8:38 (4:16)
- 3km: 12:45 (4:14)
- 4km: 17:01 (4:16)
- 5km: 21:17 (4:17)
Immediately after the mid-race Riccardo Orsoni (ITA) increased his pace and reached the Polish at 7km and took the lead at 29:51.
The technical situation saw a very operational international jury: of the first three athletes Orsoni has a red card (no contact) while Gonesa and Niedzialek have two red cards (one for contact and one for unlocking).
The 8km ahead is Lukas Niedzialek (POL) together with Riccardo Orsoni (ITA) in 34:09 with the last km covered in 4:19, while Gonesa follows in 34:35 (last km in 4:27).
He stretches Lukas Niedzialek (POL) and takes the lead at 9km in 38:20 (last km in 4:11), while Orsoni seems to settle for silver in 38:30 (last kmin 4:21).
The unexpected happens in the last km when the Pole is stopped in the Penalty Zone for 60" while he was turning in 4:08.
When Riccardo Orsoni notices it stretches just enough (last km 4:14) and goes on to win in 42:43 which represents the personal best
Second place for Pedro Gonesa (ESP) in 43:18
Third place goes to Lukas Niedzialek (POL) in 43:28 who saves the medal in front of Selman Ilhan (TUR) in 43:41
Fifth place for Christopher Snook (GBR) in 45:45 which beats at the photo finish Aldo Andrei (ITA) accredited at the same time.
Italian Riccardo Orsoni was a surprise winner in the U20 men’s 10km. The Italian shrieked with delight as he broke the tape, which was hardly a surprise – 30 seconds earlier he had been a distant second. Fate had intervened to deprive race favourite Lukasz Niedzialek of a gutsy win, when he was pulled over to the pit lane to serve a one-minute suspension in sight of the winning line. Orsoni duly seized his chance to not only win but remove 15 seconds from his PB in 42:43.
Spain’s Pedro Conesa had originally been part of a small group breathing down Niedzialek’s neck, but walked the second half of the race an isolated third only to receive a welcome silver instead. Right at the death, and with medal hopes seemingly dashed, Niedzialek sprung out of captivity and blasted the last 60m to make sure of bronze.