Issue 803 - April 2010 - Race Walk UK

ace saw both of them get big PB's, withScott getting 90th place on the UK all-timelist, and Tommy just beating him and goingto number 82. The ladies race was verycompetitive, with two Chinese girls and oneother just pulling away at the end to beat JoJackson into 4th. However, although shemissed the podium she retains the courserecord which she set last year when winningthe prestigious event. A big PB from FionaMcGorum saw her go to 41 on the UK alltimelist.Souvenir Swiss penknives were presentedto every competitor, but as many peoplefrom England had travelled via Ryanairwithout checked in luggage (for around £30return), knives could not be taken back.However, Peter Marlowe kindly offered totransport them and ended up taking a largebag of knives through the airport on his wayback to England. Those returning to the UKimmediately after the race enjoyed thesunshine beside the scenic lake,surrounded by snow capped mountains, in atown famous for it's hospitality towards racewalking. Those who stayed afterwards wereleft to find their own food in the evening aftera mixup at the official hotel. The Greek teamdecided to stay in the hotel bar, the Chineseteam went to a pizza restaurant, the Czechsand Brits went to Burger King, and theRussian walkers settled for many cans ofbeer and entertained the town with theirsinging for several hours! Race walkers whovisit Lugano always desire to return.20km Men1 Alex Schwazer ITA 1:18:24 NR2 Robert Heffernan IRL 1:20:453 Grzegorz Sudol POL 1:20:50 PB4 Aleksandr Yargunkin RUS 1:20:555 Chen Ding CHN 1:22:036 Wang Zhen CHN 1:22:03 PB7 Nazar Kovalenko UKR 1:22:23 PB8 Jean-Jacques Nkouloukidi ITA 1:22:339 Marco De Luca ITA 1:22:38 PB10 Andrei Talashka BLR 1:23:5311 Aleksey Khimin RUS 1:23:56 PB12 Sérgio Vieira POR 1:24:1013 Colin Griffin IRL 1:24:4514 Michael Doyle IRL 1:27:55 PB15 Andrei Stsepanchuk BLR 1:28:1316 Brendan Boyce IRL 1:28:38 PB17 Pasquale Sabino ITA 1:29:0218 Carl Dohmann GER 1:29:47 PB19 Carlo Alberto De Casa ITA 1:29:56PB20 Darrell Stone GBR 1:30:0221 Alessio Wruss ITA 1:30:41 PB22 Dzianis Krauchuk BLR 1:30:4423 Ruggero D'Ascanio ITA 1:30:5624 Karel Ketner CZE 1:32:25 PB25 Olivier Colette BEL 1:33:00 PB26 Thomas Taylor GBR 1:33:08 PB27 Scott Davis GBR 1:33:26 PB28 Vito Zanni ITA 1:33:43 PB29 Jacques Van Bremen NED 1:34:28PB30 Jakub Zajíc CZE 1:35:00 PB31 Ivan Mobilia ITA 1:38:07 PB32 Bachisio Faedda ITA 1:39:02 PB33 Bruno Morotti ITA 1:40:03 PB34 Graziano Morotti ITA 1:40:0435 Jérome Caprice MRI 1:40:21 PB36 Miguel Angel Blanco ESP 1:40:5337 Lukáš Pazdera CZE 1:45:5438 Franco Venturi ITA 1:54:0039 J. Constandinou CYP 1:54:55 NRDNF Ivan Trotski BLRDQ José Manuel Rodríguez ESPDNF Theódoros Kefalópoulos GREDQ Róbert Tubak HUNDNF Giuseppe Nania ITADNF Gianmauro Pirino ITADNF Franco Geronimo ITADNF Bernard Cossy SUI20k Mens team1 China 2:44:04.92 Russia 2:44:49.93 Fiamme Gialle 2:45:10.04 Ireland 2:45:29.15 Centro Sportivo Carabinieri 2:47:24.36 Armed Forces of Belarus 2:52:04.97 Czech Republic 3:07:23.48 U.S. Quercia Rovereto 3:20:06.69 Birchfield Harriers 3:28:02.520km Women1 Li Yanfei CHN 1:31:272 Li Li CHN 1:31:33 PB3 Inês Henriques POR 1:32:314 Jo Jackson GBR 1:32:375 Evaggelía Xinoú GRE 1:32:586 Ana Cabecinha POR 1:33:157 Zuzana Schindlerová CZE 1:33:178 Hanna Drabenia BLR 1:34:269 Lucie Pelantová CZE 1:34:48 PB