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Perez, Plätzer cruise to solid wins in Sesto San Giovanni – IAAF Race Walking Challenge
1 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.
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Stellar fields, led by local favourites, on tap in Sesto San Giovanni - IAAF Race Walking Challenge
30 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 Rac...
Impressive outing for Si Tianfeng in Beijing – IAAF Race Walking Challenge Day 2
19 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 se...
Tallent and Liu Hong steal the show as Beijing Olympic stadium hosts IAAF Race Walking Challenge - DAY ONE REPORT
18 April 2008 - The sun shone brightly through the clouds at the beginning of the first day of the Chinese leg of the IAAF Race Walking Challenge, held in Beijing this year after previou...
Beijing’s ‘Bird’s Nest’ stadium opens with IAAF Race Walking Challenge competition
17 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 i...
International Race Walking Forum held in Beijing
17 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 ca...
Platzer, Tysse take a sweep for Norway in Rio Maior – IAAF Race Walking Challenge
5 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 Wa...
Parade of champions on tap as Race Walking Challenge resumes in Rio Maior
4 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 k...
Sanchez completes Mexican double in Chihuahua - IAAF Race Walking Challenge
10 March 2008 - Chihuahua, Mexico - Jesus Sanchez posted his best performance ever to win the 50km and complete a double win for Mexico in the first leg of the 2008 IAAF Race Walking Challenge in this northern border city.
Sanchez and Platzer the victors in Chihuahua - IAAF Race Walking Challenge
9 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 o...
