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Wednesday, 01 September 2004
Korzeniowski and Rigaudo top final Challenge standings
1 September 2004 - Monte-Carlo - The three Race Walks - men’s and women’s 20km and men’s 50km - which were part of the Athletics Competitions of the Games of XXVIII Olympiad of the modern era in Athens, brought to a close the IAAF World Race Walking Challenge 2004, with overall victories for Robert Korzeniowski of Poland and Italy’s Elisa Rigaudo, who each netted US$30,000.
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The legend takes fourth Olympic gold - Men's 50km Race Walk Olympic report
27 August 2004 - Athens, Greece - The Legend, Mr Robert Korzeniowski added a wonderful fourth Olympic gold medal to his tally which already included gold medals from the 20km in Atlanta 1996 and the historical double 20km/50k...
Surprise Greek win - Women's 20km Race Walk Olympic report
23 August 2004 - Athens, Greece -To cries of “Hellas! Hellas!”, Athanasia Tsoumeleka strode into the Olympic Stadium at the end of the women’s 20 kilometre Walk to deliver the athletics gold medal that all of Greece had sought with such ferv...
Brugnetti takes victory for Italy - Men's 20km Race Walk Olympic report
20 August 2004 - Athens, Greece - 27-year-old Ivano Brugnetti of Italy took the 20km Walk Olympic title here today following a superb race which saw him defeat Spain’s Francisco Javier Fernandez into second and Nathan Deakes of ...
Riguado takes third World Race Walking Challenge win
20 June 2004 - Sesto San Giovanni, Italy - Elisa Rigaudo has strengthened her lead in the overall IAAF Race Walking Challenge ranking by scoring her third victory of 2004 by winning on the circuit at the "Coppa Città di Sesto" in Sesto San Giovann...
Sesto San Giovanni - Preview
18 June 2004 - The Sesto San Giovanni IAAF Race Walking Challenge event on Sunday 20 June is the last big competitive test for some of the best walkers in the world with two months to go before the beginning of the main Olympic athletics programme in Athens.
Fernández beats Korzeniowski in La Coruña - IAAF Race Walking Challenge report
6 June 2004 - La Coruña, Spain – Quite unexpectedly reigning double Olympic champion Robert Korzeniowski of Poland was well beaten by Spain’s World silver medallist Francisco Fernández at the Gran Premio Cantones de La Co...
Living legend Korzeniowski to take centre stage in La Coruña – IAAF World Race Walking Challenge preview
4 June 2004 - La Coruña, Spain - The IAAF World Race Walking Challenge moves to La Coruña, a city which hosts every year a World-class walking meet called ‘Gran Premio Cantones de marcha’ tomorro...
World champion beaten in Kunshan
23 May 2004 - 20-year-old Song Hongjuan, who holds the world leading time of 1:26:46 this season, but faded to sixth place in the World Cup in Naumburg three weeks ago, won the IAAF China Race Walking Challenge 20km in Kunshan, China, this morning.
Nikolayeva faces China’s gold squad in Kunshan
22 May 2004 – The IAAF Race Walking Challenge 2004 moves to Kunshan, China, tomorrow, Sunday 23 May, the first time this global event has set foot in Asia, as last year’s Chinese edition in the inaugural Challenge had to be cancelled due to the SARS epi...
