2013 IAAF Race Walking Challenge

The 2013 IAAF Race Walking Challenge is the 10th edition of the annual international race walking competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

Calendar

The following meetings, as well as the competition final, formed the schedule of the 2013 Race Walking Challenge.[1] The "A" category meetings are worth the most points, with progressively fewer points being available through the "B" and "C" categories.

Date Meeting Category Events Venue Country Report
23 February Circuito Internacional de Marcha Chihuahua C 20 km (Men/Women)
50 km (Men)		 Chihuahua  Mexico [2]
24 February Oceania Race Walk Championships C 20 km (Men/Women) Hobart  Australia [3]
1 March IAAF Race Walking Challenge Taicang B 10 km (Men/Women) Taicang  China [4]
10 March Asian 20 km Race Walking Championships B 20 km (Men/Women) Nomi City  Japan [5]
17 March Lugano Trophy - Memorial Mario Albisetti C 20 km (Men/Women) Lugano   Switzerland [6]
6 April Grande Prémio Internacional de Rio Maior em Marcha Atlética B 20 km (Men/Women) Rio Maior  Portugal [7]
6 April African Race Walking Championships B 20 km (Men/Women) Maurice  Mauritius
13 April Podebrady Race Walk B 20 km (Men/Women) Podebrady  Czech Republic
1 May Coppa Città di Sesto San Giovanni B 20 km (Men/Women) Sesto San Giovanni  Italy
19 May 10th European Cup Race Walking C 10 km (Women)
20 km (Men)
50 km (Men)		 Dudince  Slovakia
1 June Gran Premio Cantones de La Coruña B 10 km (Men/Women) La Coruña  Spain
29 June Dublin Grand Prix of Race Walking C 20 km (Men/Women) Dublin  Ireland
10–18 August 14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics A 20 km (Men/Women)
50 km (Men)		 Moscow  Russia [8]

Winners

# Meeting Men's winners Women's winners
10 km 20 km 50 km 10 km 20 km
1 Mexico Chihuahua  Isaac Palma (MEX)  Erik Tysse (NOR)  Inês Henriques (POR)
2 Australia Hobart
3 China Taicang  Jianbo Li (CHN)  Huanhuan Sun (CHN)
4 Japan Nomi City  Yusuke Suzuki (JPN)  Kumi Otoshi (JPN)
5 Switzerland Lugano  Zhen Wang (CHN)  Hong Liu (CHN)
6 Portugal Rio Maior  João Vieira (POR)  Elena Lashmanova (RUS)
7 Mauritius Maurice
8 Czech Republic Podebrady
9 Italy Sesto San Giovanni  Matej Tóth (SVK)  Elena Lashmanova (RUS)
10 Slovakia Dudince
11 Spain La Coruña  Jared Tallent (AUS)  Inês Henriques (POR)
12 Republic of Ireland Dublin
13 Russia Moscow  Aleksandr Ivanov (RUS)  Robert Heffernan (IRL)  Elena Lashmanova (RUS)
Overall points winner TBD TBD

References

  1. ↑ IAAF RACE WALKING CHALLENGE 2013. 8 January 2013.
  2. ↑ . 8 June 2013.
  3. ↑ . 8 June 2013.
  4. ↑ . 8 June 2013.
  5. ↑ .8 June 2013.
  6. ↑ .8 June 2013.
  7. ↑ .8 June 2013.
  8. ↑ .
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