Monte-Carlo – A total of US$367,500 is on offer for the senior races – men’s 50km and men’s and women’s 20km – from the IAAF as prize money at the 23rd IAAF World Race Walking Cup, Cheboksary, Russia, Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 May 2008.Prize Money** iaaf.org – How much to win, who can race, [...]
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Monthly Archives: April 2008
Apr 29
iaaf.org – How much to win, who can race, and how many to score? – IAAF World Race Walking Cup
Apr 29
European Athletics – Fernandez walks his way to World leading status
Spain’s European 20km Walk Champion Francisco Fernandez finished the “Grand Prix of Mortalaz” 10km road race in Madrid in a World leading 38:28 today. This was a real boost for Fernandez’ preparation for the IAAF Race Walking World Cup where he plans to contest over his preferred 20km distance. Former Russian World Champion Ilya Markov [...]
Apr 18
Chinese sweep medals of IAAF women’s 20km race walking _English_Xinhua
BEIJING, April 18 (Xinhua) — Three Chinese athletes swept the women’s 20km medals here Friday at the IAAF Race Walking Challenge, which inaugurated the National Stadium, the main sports arena “Bird Nest” for the Beijing Olympics. Liu Hong, a 20-year-old walker from Guangdong Province, won the contest with one hour 29 minutes and 33 seconds, [...]
Apr 18
The Associated Press: Australian wins race in Bird’s Nest
BEIJING (AP) — Australian Jared Tallent won the first Olympic test event at China’s National Stadium — known as the Bird’s Nest.Tallent held off local favorite Wang Hao to win the men’s 20-kilometer walk race Friday in 1 hour, 20 minutes, 11 seconds.”I was happy with the race, with the result, but the main thing [...]
Apr 18
AFP: Athletes slam ‘dangerous’ race-walking course
Athletes slam ‘dangerous’ race-walking course3 hours agoBEIJING (AFP) — Complaints from athletes about a “dangerous” race-walking course overshadowed the long-awaited competition debut Friday of China’s eye-catching National Stadium, the main Olympic venue. Better known as the Bird’s Nest, the 3.5-billion-yuan (500-million-dollar) arena will be the centrepiece of the Beijing Games, staging the opening and closing [...]
Apr 17
AFP: First test for Beijing’s Olympic stadium
Beijing’s eye-catching main Olympic stadium, better known as the Bird’s Nest, will open for business for the first time on Friday when it hosts a world-class athletics event.The 3.5-billion-yuan (500-million-dollar) arena will be the centrepiece of the Beijing Games, staging the opening and closing ceremonies as well as the athletic competition. Though it remains unfinished, [...]
Apr 15
Tribute to Brian Goldsmith
The Manxsports world has been shocked by the sudden and untimely death of Brian Goldsmith, aged just 58 years, a most popular member of Manx Harriers and IOMVAC.The youngest of three brothers, Brian grew up in Murray’s Road, Douglas and was a champion schoolboy swimmer and athlete. Off to college in1968, a civil service job [...]
Apr 14
European Athletics – Success for Romania at Balkan Race Walking Championships
The host nation Romania collected four gold medals in the six events at the Balkan Race Walking Championships held in the capital city of Bucharest, on Saturday. In a day where unseasonable warm weather negatively affected the performances, in the end a time of 1:26:59 was good enough to win the men’s 20km for Predrag [...]
Apr 12
Public will race, walk to Bird’s Nest opening day
(China Daily)Updated: 2008-04-11 13:42 The main venue for the Beijing Olympic Games, the National Stadium, also known as the Bird’s Nest, will be opened to the public for the first time next weekend for the Good Luck Beijing Race-Walking Challenge, which takes place from April 18-19. The organizing committee said it has received 1,129 applications [...]
Apr 11
Barking and Dagenham Recorder – Hardy few brave the Arctic-like conditions
THE National 20km Walking Championships were held in dismal conditions at a deserted and windswept Earls Colne Airfield in north Essex on a bleak Sunday afternoon. The field was much reduced by athletes absent due to the weather and travelling difficulties – including the pre-race favourite Daryl Stone of Steyning AC – and even some [...]