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

Caixa World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships Brasilia 2026 – Race Walk 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 marathon race walk is the first event at the start at 6:45 Weather forecast this early morning in Brasilia: mostly cloudy until 8 AM; temperature increasing from 19° C to 21° C; humidity around 80%-90%; wind from East around 15 km/h with gusts max 30 km/h. The course is a 2 km loop for the marathon and 10 km distances.   Race Walk Marathon - Men Japan’s Hayato Katsuki delivered a commanding performance to win the marathon race walk at the Caixa World Athletics Race Walking Championships Brasilia 26 on Sunday (12),…
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Asian Half Marathon Race Walking Championships & World Athletics Race Walking Tour Bronze – Nomi (JPN)

Asian Half Marathon Race Walking Championships & World Athletics Race Walking Tour Bronze – Nomi (JPN)

Results
  Japan’s Motofumi Suwa achieved the best race of his career at the Asian Race Walking Championships – a World Athletics Race Walking Tour Bronze meeting – in Nomi, Japan, on Sunday (15). The surprise winner’s 2:58:21 marathon race walk performance was an improvement of more than six minutes on his previous PB from October. It also placed him more than a minute clear of his compatriot Hiroto Jusho who also comfortably dipped under three hours, securing second place in 2:59:31. In the women’s race, Yukiko Umeno followed up her half marathon win in Kobe last month with another comfortable victory, this time over double the distance in 3:33:47. Suwa does boast a 1:18:42 20km race walk PB but he was a modest 13th in 1:23:29 in Kobe for the…
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World Athletics Race Walking Tour Gold – Dudince (SVK)

World Athletics Race Walking Tour Gold – Dudince (SVK)

Results
  Report by Paul Warburton for World Athletics There was a double surprise at the Dudinska 50 – a World Athletics Race Walking Tour Gold meeting – in Dudince, Slovakia, on Saturday (7) as Bence Venyercsán won the men’s marathon and Evelyn Inga upstaged the favourites in the women’s half marathon. In the other senior races, Perseus Karlström cruised to victory in the men’s half marathon, while Sofia Ramos Rodríguez won the women’s marathon. The women’s half marathon race walk had been billed as a battle between Ecuador’s Paula Torres and Peru’s Kimberly García, both athletes with a lengthy pedigree of global success, but Inga took top spot this time, clocking a South American best of 1:33:49. Alejandra Ortega looked to be on her way to a major win, but the…
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Italian National Championships Short Track – Ancona (ITA)

Italian National Championships Short Track – Ancona (ITA)

Results
  Women event Antonella Palmisano wins the Italian title in Ancona (11:56.74).Record-breaking women walkers: Sofia Fiorini breaks the best Italian U23 indoor 3000m performance (12:12.41), which had belonged to Anna Rita Sidoti since 1991 (12:25.54), and Serena Di Fabio returns to the Italian U20 record with 12:31.40. 1st place: Antonella Palmisano (11:56.74) split times: 3:54.0 - 7:52.4 (3:58.4) - 11:56.74 (4:04.34)2nd place: Sofia Fiorini (12:12:41)3rd place: Serena Di Fabio (12:31.40) Men event   Francesco Fortunato takes the crown in the 5000m indoor walk at the Italian Championships in Ancona: 17:54.48 at the PalaCasali, a world record."I'm pleased with myself," said Francesco, who won his ninth Italian title in this sprint specialty, his 19th overall. "After the unfortunate misadventure of 2025, when the record wasn't validated due to a formality involving…
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Japan National Championships Half Marathon Race Walk – Kobe (JPN)

Japan National Championships Half Marathon Race Walk – Kobe (JPN)

Results
On his 30th birthday, Toshikazu Yamanishi gave himself the present of an inaugural world half marathon race walk record by clocking 1:20:34 at the Japanese Half Marathon Race Walking Championships – a World Athletics Race Walking Tour Bronze meeting – in Kobe on Sunday (15). Younger competitors with pedigree were ready to cause an upset, but Yamanishi’s master class underlined the number one on his gold-coloured race bib. Striding away from a dwindling lead group shortly after 17km, Japan’s two-time world champion passed the 20km mark in 1:16:26 – only 16 seconds outside the world record for the 20km race walk he set on the same course last year. He still had a lap and a bit to go but found another gear to notch a speedy 3:47 for the…
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