2011 IAAF Race Walking Challenge

International race walking competition October 2023 The 2011 IAAF Race Walking Challenge was the 9th edition of the annual international race walking competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Ten meetings were scheduled for the competition: the race walk events at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, five IAAF permit meetings, and four area permit meetings.2011 IAAF World Race Walking Challenge Handbook https://web.archive.org/web/20110629151955/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/91/93/20110201113729_httppostedfile_rwchallenge2011handbook_23381.pdf 29 June 2011 . IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-09. Athletes who gained enough points from competing at these meetings were entered into the IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final, where they competed for a total pot of US $200,000 in prize money. Reigning Olympic champions Valeriy Borchin and Olga Kaniskina won the final race and the series.Warburton, Paul (30 December 2011). 2011 IAAF World Race Walking Challenge REVIEW – Borchin and Kaniskina take leading roles. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-01-05. Calendar The following ten meetings, as well as the competition final, formed the schedule of the 2011 Race Walking Challenge.2011 Race Walking Challenge https://web.archive.org/web/20110327120607/http://www.iaaf.org/wrc11/results/index.html 27 March 2011 . IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-09. The "A" category meetings are worth the most points, with progressively fewer points being available through the "B" and "C" categories. Date Meeting Category Events Venue Country Report 02-19 19 February Australian 20k Racewalking Championships C 20 km (Men/Women) Hobart AustraliaJohnson, Len (19 February 2011). Tallents open 2011 with Australian 20Km titles in Hobart -IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-09. 03-05 5 March IAAF Permit Chihuahua C 20 km (Men/Women) 50 km (Men) Chihuahua City MexicoClavelo Robinson, Javier (6 March 2011). Portuguese sweep in the women’s 20km, Sanchez and Ojeda give double win to Mexico – IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-09. 03-20 20 March Gran Premio Citta di Lugano – Memorial Mario Albisetti C 20 km (Men/Women) Lugano SwitzerlandSampaolo, Diego (21 March 2011). Chinese dominate in Lugano. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-23. 03-26 26 March Dudinska 50-ka C 10 km (Women) 20 km (Men) 50 km (Men) Dudince SlovakiaJuck, Alfons (27 March 2011). Toth sets 50km road world lead 3:39:46. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-28. 04-09 9 April Grande Premio Internacional en Marcha Atletica B 20 km (Men/Women) Rio Maior PortugalFernandes, António Manuel (9 April 2011). Borchin and Kaniskina on cruise control in Rio Maior – IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-04-10. 04-22 22 April IAAF Permit Taicang B 10 km (Men/Women) Taicang ChinaJalava, Mirko (22 April 2011). Chinese dominate in Taicang 20Km Race Walks – IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-04-24. 05-01 1 May Coppa Città di Sesto San Giovanni B 20 km (Men/Women) Sesto San Giovanni ItalySampaolo, Diego (1 May 2011). Borchin and Kaniskina dominate in Sesto San Giovanni – IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-09-21. 06-26 26 June Dublin International Racewalking GP C 20 km (Men/Women) Dublin IrelandWarburton, Paul (27 June 2011). Victories go to China and Finland in Dublin. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-09-21. 08-27 27 August – 4 September 2011 World Championships in Athletics A 20 km (Men/Women) 50 km (Men) Daegu South KoreaRowbottom, Mike (28 August 2011). Men's 20Km Race Walk – Final – Borchin retains World title https://web.archive.org/web/20120509210730/http://daegu2011.iaaf.org/NewsEventReportsListDetail.aspx?id=61403 9 May 2012 . IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-09-21.Johnson, Len (3 September 2011). Men's 50Km Race Walk – Final – Bakulin leads Russian 1-2 https://web.archive.org/web/20120603131308/http://daegu2011.iaaf.org/NewsEventReportsListDetail.aspx?id=62232 3 June 2012 . IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-09-21.Martin, David (31 August 2011). Kaniskina rockets to third successive gold medal with runaway win https://web.archive.org/web/20120603131316/http://daegu2011.iaaf.org/NewsEventReportsListDetail.aspx?id=61817 3 June 2012 . IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-09-21. 09-17 17 September IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final B 10 km (Men/Women) A Coruña SpainWarburton, Paul (17 September 2011). Borchin and Kaniskina cruise to victories in A Coruña – IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-09-21. Winners # Meeting Men's winners Women's winners 10 km 20 km 50 km 10 km 20 km 1 Hobart Jared Tallent AUS Claire Tallent AUS 2 Chihuahua Eder Sánchez MEX José Leyver Ojeda MEX Inês Henriques POR 3 Lugano Wang Zhen CHN Liu Hong CHN 4 Dudince Andriy Kovenko UKR Matej Tóth SVK Olive Loughnane IRL 5 Rio Maior Valeriy Borchin RUS Olga Kaniskina RUS 6 Taicang Wang Zhen CHN Si Tianfeng CHN Liu Hong CHN 7 Sesto San Giovanni Valeriy Borchin RUS Olga Kaniskina RUS 8 Dublin Wang Zhen CHN Antti Kempas FIN Liu Hong CHN 9 Daegu Valeriy Borchin RUSSergey Bakulin RUS Olga Kaniskina RUS 10 A Coruña Valeriy Borchin RUS Olga Kaniskina RUSOverall points winner Valeriy Borchin RUS Olga Kaniskina RUS References External links Official homepage from IAAF Past winners from GBR Athletics Competition archive from IAAF World Race Walking Challenge Category:World Athletics Race Walking Tour