http://www.iaaf.org/index.htmlNews from IAAF.orgencopyrightSun, 21 Sep 2008 20:00:00 GMTrssCategoryhttp://www.iaaf.org/images/template/rssheader.gifhttp://www.iaaf.org/index.html13072IAAF.org - International Association of Athletics Federationshttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=47797.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=47797.html21 September 2008 – Murcia, Spain – Francisco Javier Fernandez of Spain and Portugal’s Susana Feitor were respectively the men’s and women’s 20km winners at today’s IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final (21).

]]>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=47777.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=47777.html20 September 2008 - Murcia, Spain - It's going to be an emotional trip through the centre of Murcia tomorrow in the final of the IAAF Race Walking Challenge if today’s press conference was anything to go by.

]]>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:44:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=47764.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=47764.html19 September 2008 - This time last year Kjersti Platzer had to call it a day half way through the 20km IAAF Race Walking Challenge finale in Saransk. If the double Olympic silver medallist does it again in the 2008 edition in Murcia on Sunday (21) morning, the removal of her race number should also remove $15,000 from her bank balance and her current first place in the final standings.

]]>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:24:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=47783.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=47783.html]]>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:10:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=47781.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=47781.htmlWed, 20 Aug 2008 00:10:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=47782.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=47782.htmlSat, 16 Aug 2008 00:10:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45246.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45246.html8 June 2008 - La Coruña, Spain – Norway’s Eric Tysse notched an overwhelming victory in the men’s 20km to highlight the “Gran Premio Cantones de marcha” – the Spanish leg in 2008 IAAF Race Walking Challenge held Saturday afternoon on a nice day but also with cold wind.

]]>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 14:13:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45193.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45193.html5 June 2008 - La Coruña, Spain - The seventh leg of the IAAF Race Walking Challenge 2008 takes place on Saturday (7 June) in La Coruña, a city which hosts every year a world-class walking meet called the ‘Gran Premio Cantones de marcha’.

]]>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45005.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45005.html25 May 2008 - Krakow, Poland - Eder Sanchez of Mexico defended his victory from last year in the men's 20km race at the "Na Rynek marsz z TNT" competition in Krakow on Saturday (24), the sixth leg of the 2008 IAAF Race Walking Challenge, leaving the winner of the World Cup, Francisco Javier Fernandez behind with 500m to the finish line.

]]>Sun, 25 May 2008 10:52:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=44991.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=44991.html23 May 2008 – Krakow, Poland - For the second consecutive year, Krakow is a stopover on the IAAF Race Walking Challenge circuit. Once again, many of the world’s top race walkers will make their way to Poland’s former capital, as indeed they have since 1997.

]]>Fri, 23 May 2008 11:56:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=44647.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=44647.html1 May 2008 - Sesto San Giovanni, Italy - Reigning World champion Jefferson Perez from Equador and 2000 Olympic silver medallist Kjersti Plätzer clinched solid wins at the 51st edition of the Coppa Città di Sesto San Giovanni - IAAF Race Walking Challenge - on a very warm day.

]]>Thu, 01 May 2008 20:43:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=44635.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=44635.html30 April 2008 – Milan, Italy - The 51st edition of the popular Coppa Città di Sesto on Thursday features as a ‘Who’s Who’ of international race walking, just ten days before the IAAF World Race Walking Cup in Cheboksary, Russia. 

]]>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:27:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=44474.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=44474.html19 April 2008 - Beijing, China – With the first day of competition at the Bird’s Nest officially in the books, it was left to the best of China’s 50km race walkers to deliver a stunning display of dominance on the second day of the IAAF Race Walking Challenge in Beijing.

]]>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:58:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=44470.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=44470.htmlFri, 18 Apr 2008 14:47:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=44453.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=44453.html17 April 2008 - Bejing, China - Liu Xiang’s portrait may be hanging all over Beijing as the Olympics approach, but it is China’s race walkers who have brought their country consistently high-level performances in international track and field years before Liu’s breakthrough at the 2004 Olympic Games.

]]>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=44461.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=44461.html17 April 2008 - Beijing, China - The 2nd International Race Walking Forum was held this afternoon at the Kunlun Hotel, Beijing, which in 2006 acted as the IAAF HQ hotel for the IAAF World Junior Championships which took place in the Chinese capital.

]]>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=44344.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=44344.html5 April 2008 - Rio Maior, Portugal – With a strong “sprint” to the finish line, Kjersti Platzer notched a dramatic 20 km victory over local heroine Susana Feitor to highlight the 7th edition of the Rio Maior Walking Grande Prix,  the second leg in 2008 IAAF Race Walking Challenge. Erik Tysse won the men’s 20km race to secure a double victory for Norway.

]]>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:17:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=44332.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=44332.html4 April 2008 - Rio Maior, Portugal – Ecuador's Jefferson Perez, three times IAAF world 20km Race Walk champion, Olympic 2004 20km champion Athanasia Tsoumeleka, and local heroes Susana Feitor and João Vieira are among the key entrants of Saturday's (5-Apr) 17th edition of the Rio Maior Walking Grande Prix,  the second leg in 2008 IAAF Race Walking Challenge.

]]>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:59:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=44008.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=44008.html]]>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:58:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=43952.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=43952.html9 March 2008 - Chihuahua, Mexico - Eder Sanchez pleased the home crowd and Norway's Kjersti Platzer repeated her 2007 win to become the first leaders of the 2008 IAAF Race Walking Challenge as the event series kicked off on Saturday (8) in this northern border city.

]]>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 11:15:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=43782.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=43782.html6 March 2008 - Chihuahua, Mexico - Ecuador's Jefferson Perez, Spain's Francisco Javier "Paquillo" Fernandez and Mexico's Eder Sanchez join Australia's Luke Adams as the top attractions for the start of the 2008 IAAF Race Walking Challenge, Saturday and Sunday (7-8 March) in this northern border city.

]]>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:08:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=103/newsid=43783.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/WRC08/news/kind=103/newsid=43783.html4 March 2008 – It’s past midnight on the train taking walkers to Moscow from the IAAF Race Walking Challenge final last September. The party in one carriage looks set to roll on until daybreak thanks mainly to copious bottles of vodka handed over as parting gifts. But Sabine Zimmer isn’t so sure.

]]>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=103/newsid=43679.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/WRC08/news/kind=103/newsid=43679.htmlMon, 03 Mar 2008 13:36:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=103/newsid=43619.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/WRC08/news/kind=103/newsid=43619.htmlWed, 27 Feb 2008 10:41:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=43537.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=43537.html24 February 2008 – World 20km Race Walking champion Olga Kaniskina on Saturday (23) at the Russian Winter Race Walking Championships in Alder, Russia, sped to the fastest ever time in history for the 20km distance.

]]>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=43532.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=43532.html23 February 2008 - Australian Institute of Sport based walkers Jared Tallent and Kellie Wapshott both produced sparkling performances to earn automatic Olympic nomination following victories in the Australian 20km Race Walk Championships at Melbourne’s Fawkner Park today (23).

]]>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=43484.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=43484.html20 February 2008 – There’s one IAAF Race Walking Challenge race Erik Tysse won’t be doing this year. In fact, when the rest of the field toe the line in Krakow on 24 May for the sixth in the series, the Norwegian champion will be only walking down the aisle for his wedding to fiancé Kristin.

]]>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:41:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=43468.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=43468.html19 February 2008 - Chihuahua, Mexico - Ecuador's three-time World champion Jefferson Perez and Spain's World and Olympic silver medallist Francisco Javier Fernandez lead the 14-country field already confirmed for the first leg of the 2008 IAAF Race Walking Challenge, to be held in this northern Mexican city 8-9 March.

]]>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:54:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=42792.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=42792.htmlTue, 01 Jan 2008 14:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=42115.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=42115.htmlFri, 05 Oct 2007 10:14:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=41888.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/WRC08/news/kind=100/newsid=41888.htmlFri, 28 Sep 2007 14:00:00 GMT