13May 2026 by Nicola Maggio
Gran Premio Internacional de Marcha Cantones de A Coruña – The Fantastic Journey into the World Race Walking

Gran Premio Internacional de Marcha Cantones de A Coruña – The Fantastic Journey into the World Race Walking

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  The 39th edition of the "Gran Premio Internacional de Marcha Cantones de A Coruña - Sergio Vazquez" will take place on Saturday, May 23, 2026, in A Coruña (ESP). The competition has earned the Gold label in the 2026 World Race Walking Tour of World Athletics. We once again enjoy the best race walkers in the world on the streets of A Coruña. This time on a new course, with spectacular views, in one of the most beautiful areas of the city, it will wind along Avenida de la Marina and the Muelle Darsena de Oza. The location is a few minutes' walk from the Hotel Eurostar Atlantico (Avenida do Porto 4), which, as in the past two years, will host athletes, companions, and judges. There will be a…
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08May 2026 by Nicola Maggio
Poděbrady Walking 2026 – WA Race Walking Tour Gold Meeting

Poděbrady Walking 2026 – WA Race Walking Tour Gold Meeting

Results
  10km U20 Women The race of the U20 athletes offered the solo of Serena Di Fabio (ITA) who went immediately to the top of the race and maintained the position until the end. Equally interesting, although with some technical problems detected by the jury, was the race of the other two Italian athletes in the race who accompanied the winner on the podium settling for places of honor: Rebecca D'Alessandro and Francesca Gloria Buselli. Behind the Italian trio arrived the two Spanish athletes Paula Elvira Moreno and Ana Gonzalez. Official results: 1.- Serena Di Fabio (ITA): in 43:28 2.- Rebecca D'Alessandro (ITA): in 45:51 3.- Francesca Gloria Buselli (ITA): in 47:14 4.- Paula Elvira Moreno (ESP): in 47:48 5.- Ana Gonzalez (ESP): in 47:55   10km U20 Men After…
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02May 2026 by Nicola Maggio
The 52nd International Sports Walking Festival – Alytus 2026 (LTU)

The 52nd International Sports Walking Festival – Alytus 2026 (LTU)

Results
  On the first Saturday of May, the 52nd International Sports Walking Festival “Alytus 2026“. At the same time, it is – World Athletics Tour Silver competition and the first Lithuanian athletic walking half marathon championship. Half Marathon Men The international festival was dominated by Ukrainians: in fact the first six places in the race were won by Ukrainian athletes. Mykola Rushchak won the first place (1:26:16), second place to  Serhii Svitlychnyi (1:28:46), and the third place was won by Eduard Muravskyi (1:34:47). Although the country’s young male walkers do not have such ambitious goals yet, their performance in Alytus was pleasantly surprising. Twenty-year-old Lukas Lasevičius, who completed the half marathon distance for the first time, triumphed in the Lithuanian championship (1:45:13), silver was awarded to Tauras Jokūbas Grincevičius, who celebrated his…
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26Apr 2026 by Nicola Maggio
German Half Marathon and Marathon Race Walking Championships – Kelsterbach (GER)

German Half Marathon and Marathon Race Walking Championships – Kelsterbach (GER)

Results
  Race walker Christopher Linke (Eintracht Frankfurt) has won more than a dozen German championship titles in his career. On Sunday, he added a victory in the new half-marathon distance to his list of achievements. The 37-year-old secured a clear victory in Kelsterbach with a time of 1:28:04. After two marathons this season outdoors, this was the veteran's first race at this newly introduced distance. The podium was completed by a different generation of athletes: 20-year-old Frederick Weigel (OSC Potsdam) finished second with a time of 1:30:42. This was also his first half-marathon, as was Jassam Abu El Wafa (SV Halle; 1:31:35), who placed third. The two also topped the Under-23 standings. The fastest German walker ever over the half-marathon, Leo Köpp (LG Nord Berlin; 1:27:50), did not participate. In…
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25Apr 2026 by Nicola Maggio
Polish Half Marathon Walking Championships – Korzeniowski Warsaw Race Walking Cup 2026 – Warsaw (POL)

Polish Half Marathon Walking Championships – Korzeniowski Warsaw Race Walking Cup 2026 – Warsaw (POL)

Results
  The first Polish Half Marathon Race Walking Championships took place on Saturday. The event was hosted by Robert Korzeniowski, who once again organized a walking meeting in Warsaw, part of the prestigious World Athletics Race Walking Tour and specifically Silver Label. Half Marathon Race Walking Women The first to attempt the half marathon were the women, on Świętokrzyska Street in the capital. Among them was experienced Katarzyna Zdziebło. The athlete from Mielec chased down Ilse Ariadna Guerrero Rodarte (MEX), who had taken the lead in the early stages. After overtaking her, she found herself battling for the next few kilometers against the strong gusts of wind that accompanied the walkers during the first stretch, the one heading west, where the road, which starts from the Warsaw embankment, climbs slightly.…
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25Apr 2026 by Nicola Maggio
Italian Club Race Walking Championships – 3rd stage: track walk – 10.000m & 5.000m – Prato (ITA)

Italian Club Race Walking Championships – 3rd stage: track walk – 10.000m & 5.000m – Prato (ITA)

Results
  Interesting results for the athletes competing in the third stage of the Club Race Walking Championships on the Prato track.   10.000m Senior Track Walk (men & women) Among the men, Gianluca Picchiottino (Fiamme Gialle) improved his time, finishing with a time of 38:43.25. A couple of weeks after his half marathon at the World Team Championships in Brasilia, the 29-year-old from Livorno shaved a handful of seconds off his personal best of 38:57.96, set two years ago, and moved up the all-time list: he is now seventh all-time nationally. Luigi Reis (Trieste Atletica), born in 2003, also improved, clocking 40:22.40, shaving over a minute off his personal best, and Livorno native Omar Moretti (Cus Pro Patria Milano), newly entered into the U23 category, improved even further, dropping to…
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16Apr 2026 by Nicola Maggio
The new rising star of Italian race walking: she enjoys traveling, cooking, and is an Inter Football Club fan.

The new rising star of Italian race walking: she enjoys traveling, cooking, and is an Inter Football Club fan.

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  Italy returns from Brasilia, where the 2026 edition of the World Team Race Walking Championships (formerly the IAAF World Cup and, before that, the old Lugano Trophy) took place last Sunday, with a remarkable medal haul. The most historic result was achieved by Francesco Fortunato in the new Half Marathon Race Walk, marking the first victory of an Italian in this type of Championship after 65 years. The first victory dates back to 1961, when Abdon Pamich (now 92, having been born on October 3, 1933 and recent "star" in TV) won the 50km walk in Lugano (SUI). But the most impressive result, and in our opinion the one that most thrilled us, was that of a debutant in the national absolute team: Sofia Fiorini. She is originally from…
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16Apr 2026 by Nicola Maggio
Greek Half Marathon Race Walking Championships – Preveza (GRE)

Greek Half Marathon Race Walking Championships – Preveza (GRE)

Results
  On Thursday April 16, in  the  historic  city  of  Preveza (Epirus  area) 359 km  northwest  from   Athens (Preveza is the  birthplace of  2004 Athens  olympics  20km women winner, Athanasia  Tzoumeleka and the other Greek Olympians  Athina  Papagianni)  taken  place  the  first race walking half marathon  valid as Greece National  Championship. Preveza has not hosted an important Panhellenic competition such as a National Championship since 2005. In this occasion he  Mayor  awarded  Marinos  Lytras the  46  years  old   veteran  athlete  who  still  participate  at  the  National Championships and his  coach  Chris  Karageorgos  old  famous  race walking  Greek  champion. The  course was  very good and  the  good  weather  helped  a  brilliant  competition. Although most of them had good experiences a month ago, at the Balkan Championships and during the Easter period…
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15Apr 2026 by Nicola Maggio
Ethiopia’s Misgana Wakuma makes African history with silver in Brasília

Ethiopia’s Misgana Wakuma makes African history with silver in Brasília

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  Ethiopia’s Misgana Wakuma delivered a historic performance at the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships in Brasília, winning silver in the men’s half-marathon race walk with a time of 1:27:33—the best result ever achieved by an African man at the global event. The landmark achievement also secured Ethiopia’s first-ever international race walking medal, marking a major milestone for the country’s athletics program. According to the Ethiopian Athletics Federation, Wakuma’s podium finish marked the first time an Ethiopian athlete has claimed a medal in an international race walking competition. Ethiopia recorded additional encouraging results during the championships. In the women’s 10km race, Hiwot Ambaw finished 9th with a personal best time of 48:52, while Yasin Abduselam Abdulwahab placed 11th in the men’s 10km, also setting a personal best of 42:21.…
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12Apr 2026 by Nicola Maggio
Caixa World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships Brasilia 2026 – Race Walk Half Marathon

Caixa World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships Brasilia 2026 – Race Walk Half Marathon

Results
  For the first time in the event’s history, the competition will be held in South America – and in the Southern Hemisphere – marking a significant moment for the discipline and for the sport more broadly. The half marathon race walk are the last event at the start at 11:05 (men event) and 12:50 (women event). Weather forecast today in Brasilia: intermittent clouds/partly/mostly sunny  from 11 AM; temperature increasing from 26° C to 28° C; humidity decreasing from 65% to 55%; wind from East around 17 km/h with gusts max 35 km/h. The course is a 1 km loop for both half marathons.   Race Walk Half Marathon Men Francesco Fortunato produced a decisive late surge to win the men’s half marathon at the Caixa World Athletics Race Walking…
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