<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>IAAF.org - News</title><link>http://www.iaaf.org/index.html</link><description>News from IAAF.org</description><language>en</language><copyright>copyright</copyright><pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>rssCategory</category><image><title>IAAF.org - News</title><url>http://www.iaaf.org/images/template/rssheader.gif</url><link>http://www.iaaf.org/index.html</link><width>130</width><height>72</height><description>IAAF.org - International Association of Athletics Federations</description></image><item><title><![CDATA[Teenager Zhen Wang blazes 37:44 over 10Km in Beijing – IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WRC10/news/kind=100/newsid=58346.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WRC10/news/kind=100/newsid=58346.html</link><description><![CDATA[18 September 2010 - The 2010 IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final in Beijing turned out to be a show run by the Chinese hosts as presumed. Three Chinese men and two women finished in top four of the 10km races on Saturday morning on fast courses.<BR><BR><BR>]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/05/83/51/58351_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Focus on the locals in Beijing – Preview - IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final - UPDATED]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WRC10/news/kind=100/newsid=58339.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WRC10/news/kind=100/newsid=58339.html</link><description><![CDATA[16 September 2010 - The 2010 IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final will be held in Beijing, in familiar surroundings from the 2008 Olympics. In the men’s race Chinese walkers are the favourites too, for taking the season finale's top prize.<br><br><br>]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/04/67/10/46710_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zhu and Pascual nab La Coruña titles – IAAF Race Walking Challenge]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WRC10/news/kind=100/newsid=57097.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WRC10/news/kind=100/newsid=57097.html</link><description><![CDATA[20 June 2010 - China’s Yafei Zhu and Spain’s Beatriz Pascual clinched their respective 20Km victories to highlight the “Gran Premio Cantones de Marcha” – the Spanish leg in 2010 IAAF Race Walking Challenge held Saturday (19) on a cloudy and ideal day for Race Walking.<BR>]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/05/71/00/57100_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[World’s crème gathers in La Coruña – IAAF Race Walking Challenge PREVIEW]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WRC10/news/kind=100/newsid=57087.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WRC10/news/kind=100/newsid=57087.html</link><description><![CDATA[18 June 2010 - As part of the IAAF Race Walking Challenge 2010, the fourth and last leg of the IAAF Permit Race Walking meetings takes place on Saturday (19) in La Coruña, a city which has since 1987 annually hosted a world class ‘Gran Premio Cantones de Marcha’. <br>]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/05/67/84/56784_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kaniskina and Chu take 10Km wins in Krakow – IAAF Race Walking Challenge]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WRC10/news/kind=100/newsid=56896.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WRC10/news/kind=100/newsid=56896.html</link><description><![CDATA[30 May 2010 – Krakow, Poland – Olga Kaniskina of Russia and Chu Yafei of China won their respective 10Km Race Walk titles at the Na Rynek Marsz, or "March on Market Square!” on Saturday, the third Race Walking Grand Prix meeting of the 2010 IAAF Race Walking Challenge.<br>]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/05/68/89/56889_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chihuahua winners Hao Wang and Toth, and Kaniskina the headliners in Krakow – IAAF World Race Walking Challenge]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WRC10/news/kind=100/newsid=56866.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WRC10/news/kind=100/newsid=56866.html</link><description><![CDATA[27 May 2010 - Krakow, Poland - Now in its fourth year as an IAAF World Race Walking Challenge event, the ‘Na Rynek Marsz’ competition in Krakow this Saturday (29 May) is once again set to be one of the highlights of the race walking season.<br><br><br>]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/05/67/83/56783_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Schwazer and Santos dominate in Sesto San Giovanni - IAAF Race Walking Challenge]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WRC10/news/kind=100/newsid=56608.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WRC10/news/kind=100/newsid=56608.html</link><description><![CDATA[2 May 2010 - Sesto San Giovanni, Italy - Reigning 50 km Olympic champion Alex Schwazer and Vera Santos of Portugal took the honours at the 53rd edition of the famous Coppa Città di Sesto San Giovanni IAAF Race Walking Challenge race on Saturday. <br>]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/05/66/10/56610_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Schwazer, Diniz, Tysse to take centre stage in Sesto San Giovanni - Race Walking Challenge]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WRC10/news/kind=100/newsid=56599.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WRC10/news/kind=100/newsid=56599.html</link><description><![CDATA[29 April 2010 - Alex Schwazer is the headliner of the 53rd edition of the Coppa Città di Sesto San Giovanni near Milan, the Italian leg of the IAAF Race Walking Challenge scheduled on 1st May. ]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/04/72/26/47226_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Santos and Tysse take Rio Maior wins – IAAF Race Walking Challenge]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WRC10/news/kind=100/newsid=56415.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WRC10/news/kind=100/newsid=56415.html</link><description><![CDATA[11 April 2010 - Rio Maior, Portugal - Spurred on by a hometown crowd, local hero Vera Santos took the women’s title at the 19th Grande Premio Internacional en Marcha Atletica in Rio Maior, Portugal on Saturday. On the men’s side, Eric Tysse of Norway won this Race Walking Challenge meeting for the second time.<br><br>]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/05/64/17/56417_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Focus on Santos in Rio Maior – IAAF Race Walking Challenge preview]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WRC10/news/kind=100/newsid=56398.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WRC10/news/kind=100/newsid=56398.html</link><description><![CDATA[8 April 2010 - Lisbon, Portugal - In the absence of local heroine Susana Feitor, the spotlight will fall on another local, Vera Santos, as the IAAF Race Walking Challenge continues on Saturday at the 19th Grande Premio Internacional en Marcha Atletica in Rio Maior.<BR><BR><BR>]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/81053319_2664_SQ_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hoping for a vintage year, Diniz planning full schedule - IAAF Race Walking Challenge]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WRC10/news/kind=100/newsid=56369.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>/WRC10/news/kind=100/newsid=56369.html</link><description><![CDATA[2 April 2010 - Yohann Diniz thought he’d left nothing to chance for last year’s World Championships. The European Champion for the 50Km Race Walk trained as never before, arriving in Berlin with excellent morale and no physical problems, yet finished a disappointed 12th, having almost thrown in the towel. <br>]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Other/36611_W120XH120.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Schwazer sets national 20km record in Lugano]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WRC10/news/kind=100/newsid=56161.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>/WRC10/news/kind=100/newsid=56161.html</link><description><![CDATA[<P>14 March 2010 - Reigning Olympic 50km Race Walking champion Alex Schwazer broke the 20km Italian record today with 1:18:24 at the Gran Premio Città di Lugano Memorial Albisetti, a EA Race Walking Permit Meeting which is part of the 2010 IAAF Race Walking Challenge.</P>]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/05/61/62/56162_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A new look awaits as long walk to Beijing gets underway - 2010 IAAF Race Walking Challenge]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WRC10/news/kind=100/newsid=55572.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>/WRC10/news/kind=100/newsid=55572.html</link><description><![CDATA[16 February 2010 – All roads lead to Beijing for the final of the IAAF Race Walking Challenge on 18 September.<br>]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/05/29/87/52987_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Family affair - Jared and Claire Tallent take Hobart wins - IAAF Race Walking Challenge]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WRC10/news/kind=100/newsid=55543.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>/WRC10/news/kind=100/newsid=55543.html</link><description><![CDATA[13 February 2010 – Hobart, Australia - Jared Tallent opened the 2010 IAAF Race Walking Challenge in style, the Beijing Olympic 20km bronze medallist taking the men’s 20km by a whopping margin and setting a new personal best.<br>]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/05/55/45/55545_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sanchez walks with longer-term goals in mind in Hobart – IAAF Race Walking Challenge preview]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WRC10/news/kind=100/newsid=55523.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>/WRC10/news/kind=100/newsid=55523.html</link><description><![CDATA[11 February 2010 - Hobart, Australia - The 2009 champion will kick off the defence of his crown when the IAAF 2010 Race Walking Challenge gets under way in Hobart on Saturday (13), but Eder Sanchez will have other things on his mind besides the race around the picturesque waterfront.<BR>]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/Sanchez_2822_SQ_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deakes to headline star field in Hobart - IAAF Race Walking Challenge]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WRC10/news/kind=100/newsid=55466.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>/WRC10/news/kind=100/newsid=55466.html</link><description><![CDATA[1 February 2010 - Hobart, Australia - Former World champion and World record holder Nathan Deakes will launch his much-anticipated return to competitive athletics in Hobart this month when he lines up for the Australian 20 Km Race Walking Championships, an Area Meeting which kicks off the 2010 IAAF Race Walking Challenge.<BR>]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/WorldChampionships/41292_W120XH120.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[2009 - IAAF Race Walking Challenge review - Patience pays off for Sanchez and Platzer]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WRC10/news/kind=100/newsid=55221.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>/WRC10/news/kind=100/newsid=55221.html</link><description><![CDATA[3 January 2010 - Monte-Carlo - Winners of the 2009 IAAF Race Walking Challenge Edez Sanchez of Mexico and Kjersti Platzer proved that experience counts when it matters as both veterans of race walking they prevailed over the younger challengers in the season-long challenge.<BR>]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/04/97/33/49733_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[After 25 international seasons Plätzer shows how to end a career on a high ]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WRC10/news/kind=103/newsid=54525.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WRC10/news/kind=103/newsid=54525.html</link><description><![CDATA[<P>1 October 2009 - The culmination of 25 international seasons has left Kjersti Plätzer drained but satisfied, upon retaining her IAAF Race Walking Challenge title. </P>]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/04/97/32/49732_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>

