2011 IAAF Race Walking Challenge explained

The 2011 IAAF Race Walking Challenge was the 9th edition of the annual international race walking competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Ten meetings were scheduled for the competition: the race walk events at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, five IAAF permit meetings, and four area permit meetings.[1]

Athletes who gained enough points from competing at these meetings were entered into the IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final, where they competed for a total pot of US $200,000 in prize money.[1] Reigning Olympic champions Valeriy Borchin and Olga Kaniskina won the final race and the series.[2]

Calendar

The following ten meetings, as well as the competition final, formed the schedule of the 2011 Race Walking Challenge.[3] The "A" category meetings are worth the most points, with progressively fewer points being available through the "B" and "C" categories.[1]

DateMeetingCategoryEventsVenueCountryReport
Australian 20k Racewalking Championshipsalign=center bgcolor=#F2F5A9C20 km (Men/Women)HobartAustralia[4]
IAAF Permit Chihuahuaalign=center bgcolor=#F2F5A9C20 km (Men/Women)
50 km (Men)		Chihuahua CityMexico[5]
Gran Premio Citta di Lugano – Memorial Mario Albisettialign=center bgcolor=#F2F5A9C20 km (Men/Women)LuganoSwitzerland[6]
Dudinska 50-kaalign=center bgcolor=#F2F5A9C10 km (Women)
20 km (Men)
50 km (Men)		DudinceSlovakia[7]
Grande Premio Internacional en Marcha Atleticaalign=center bgcolor=#A9F5A9B20 km (Men/Women)Rio MaiorPortugal[8]
IAAF Permit Taicangalign=center bgcolor=#A9F5A9B10 km (Men/Women)TaicangChina[9]
Coppa Città di Sesto San Giovannialign=center bgcolor=#A9F5A9B20 km (Men/Women)Sesto San GiovanniItaly[10]
Dublin International Racewalking GPalign=center bgcolor=#F2F5A9C20 km (Men/Women)DublinIreland[11]
2011 World Championships in Athleticsalign=center bgcolor=#F5A9A9A20 km (Men/Women)
50 km (Men)		DaeguSouth Korea[12] [13] [14]
IAAF Race Walking Challenge Finalalign=center bgcolor=#A9F5A9B10 km (Men/Women)A CoruñaSpain[15]

Winners

Meeting Men's winners Women's winners
10 km 20 km 50 km 10 km 20 km
1 Hobart
2 Chihuahua
3 Lugano
4 Dudince
5 Rio Maior
6 Taicang
7 Sesto San Giovanni
8 Dublin
9 Daegu
10 A Coruña
Overall points winner

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/91/93/20110201113729_httppostedfile_rwchallenge2011handbook_23381.pdf 2011 IAAF World Race Walking Challenge Handbook
  2. Warburton, Paul (30 December 2011). 2011 IAAF World Race Walking Challenge REVIEW – Borchin and Kaniskina take leading roles. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-01-05.
  3. http://www.iaaf.org/wrc11/results/index.html 2011 Race Walking Challenge
  4. Johnson, Len (19 February 2011). Tallents open 2011 with Australian 20Km titles in Hobart -IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-09.
  5. Clavelo Robinson, Javier (6 March 2011). Portuguese sweep in the women’s 20km, Sanchez and Ojeda give double win to Mexico – IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-09.
  6. Sampaolo, Diego (21 March 2011). Chinese dominate in Lugano. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-23.
  7. Juck, Alfons (27 March 2011). Toth sets 50km road world lead 3:39:46. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-28.
  8. Fernandes, António Manuel (9 April 2011). Borchin and Kaniskina on cruise control in Rio Maior – IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-04-10.
  9. Jalava, Mirko (22 April 2011). Chinese dominate in Taicang 20Km Race Walks – IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-04-24.
  10. Sampaolo, Diego (1 May 2011). Borchin and Kaniskina dominate in Sesto San Giovanni – IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-09-21.
  11. Warburton, Paul (27 June 2011). Victories go to China and Finland in Dublin. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-09-21.
  12. Rowbottom, Mike (28 August 2011). Men's 20Km Race Walk – Final – Borchin retains World title . IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-09-21.
  13. Johnson, Len (3 September 2011). Men's 50Km Race Walk – Final – Bakulin leads Russian 1-2 . IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-09-21.
  14. Martin, David (31 August 2011). Kaniskina rockets to third successive gold medal with runaway win . IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-09-21.
  15. Warburton, Paul (17 September 2011). Borchin and Kaniskina cruise to victories in A Coruña – IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-09-21.

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