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Friday, 19 August 2005
Fernández and Turava top final 2005 standings for IAAF Race Walking Challenge
19 August 2005 - Monte-Carlo - The three Race Walks - men’s and women’s 20km and men’s 50km - which were part of the 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Helsinki, Finland (6 – 14 August), brought to a close the IAAF World Race Walking Challenge 2005, with overall victories for Francisco Javier Fernández of Spain (30pts) and Belarussia’s Ryta Turava (29pts), who each net US$30,000.
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Kirdyapkin walks tall to 50km title
12 August 2005 - Helsinki, Finland - Sergey Kirdyapkin did what has seemed impossible before in an event of such distance and demanding such endurance as the 50km Walk: the Russian decided the competition by making a move before the 10km point and was able to keep...
Ivanova sets new World record in women's 20km race walk
7 August 2005 - Helsinki, Finland - Olimpiada Ivanova regained her status as World champion this morning with a consummate display of race walking around the streets of Helsinki, as she set the first World record of the 10th IAAF World Champion...
Perez retains his 20km World title
6 August 2005 - Helsinki, Finland - Jefferson Perez clearly has what it takes to produce his best when it matters most. The 31-year-old Ecuadorian produced yet another impressive display of championships race walking to retain his 20km crown despite a determined ch...
A superb ‘Paquillo’ Fernández clocks 1:17:52 in La Coruña Race Walking
5 June 2005 - La Coruña, Spain - Reigning World and Olympic silver medallist Spain’s Francisco Fernández was an overwhelming victor at the ‘Gran Premio Cantones de La Coruña’ held yesterday. In doing so the 28-year-old Spaniard c...
‘Paquillo’ Fernández to strike again in La Coruña
3 June 2005 - La Coruña, Spain - The IAAF Race Walking Challenge - fifth leg - arrives tomorrow (4 June) in La Coruña a city which hosts every year a world-class walking meet called ‘Gran Premio Cantones de marcha’. The events to be contested are 20k...Fernandez and Turava win in Sesto San Giovanni IAAF Race Walking Challenge
1 May 2005 - Sesto San Giovanni, Italy - Francisco Javier Fernandez and Margaryta Turava lived up to their pre-event predictions to win the Coppa Città di Sesto San Giovanni near Milan, the fourth leg of the IAAF Walking Chal...
Fernandez Vs Brugnetti highlight Sesto San Giovanni race
29 April 2005 - Francisco Javier Fernandez, Olympic silver medallist in Athens in the 20km race walk, starts as the favourite in Sunday's Coppa Città di Sesto, the Italian leg of the high-quality IAAF World Race Walking Challenge.
Oceanian and Asian records fall in Cixi - Deakes records quickest 20km Race Walk of 2005 - updated
23 April 2005 - The third leg of the 2005 IAAF Race Walking Challenge in the city of Cixi, China, lived up to the expectations of quality fields. This time, however, it was not a Chinese walker finishi...
All of the best Chinese Race Walkers will start in Cixi
22 April 2005 - The third leg of the IAAF Race Walking Challenge 2005 takes place on Saturday 23 April in Cixi City, in Zhejiang province, China, and will witness the best ever Race Walking fields assembled in the country.**
