2013 IAAF Race Walking Challenge

The 2013 IAAF Race Walking Challenge was the tenth edition of the annual international racewalking series organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

Calendar

The following meetings, as well as the competition final, formed the schedule of the 2013 Race Walking Challenge.[1] 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
23 February Circuito Internacional de Marcha Chihuahua C 20 km (Men/Women)
50 km (Men)		 Chihuahua City Mexico [2]
24 February Oceania Race Walk Championships C 20 km (Men/Women) Hobart Australia [3]
1 March IAAF Race Walking Challenge Taicang B 10 km (Men/Women) Taicang China [4]
10 March Asian 20 km Race Walking Championships B 20 km (Men/Women) Nomi Japan [5]
17 March Lugano Trophy - Memorial Mario Albisetti C 20 km (Men/Women) Lugano Switzerland [6]
6 April Grande Prémio Internacional de Rio Maior em Marcha Atlética B 20 km (Men/Women) Rio Maior Portugal [7]
6 April African Race Walking Championships B 20 km (Men/Women) Belle Vue Harel Mauritius
13 April Poděbrady Race Walking B 20 km (Men/Women) Poděbrady Czech Republic
1 May Coppa Città di Sesto San Giovanni B 20 km (Men/Women) Sesto San Giovanni Italy
19 May 10th European Cup Race Walking C 10 km (Women)
20 km (Men)
50 km (Men)		 Dudince Slovakia
1 June Gran Premio Cantones de La Coruña B 10 km (Men/Women) A Coruña Spain
29 June Dublin Grand Prix of Race Walking C 20 km (Men/Women) Dublin Ireland
10–18 August 14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics A 20 km (Men/Women)
50 km (Men)		 Moscow Russia [8]

Winners
#MeetingMen's winnersWomen's winners
10 km20 km50 km10 km20 km
1Chihuahua  Isaac Palma (MEX)  Erik Tysse (NOR)  Inês Henriques (POR)
2Hobart
3Taicang  Li Jianbo (CHN)  Sun Huanhuan (CHN)
4Nomi City  Yusuke Suzuki (JPN)  Kumi Otoshi (JPN)
5Lugano  Zhen Wang (CHN)  Hong Liu (CHN)
6Rio Maior  João Vieira (POR)  Elena Lashmanova (RUS)
7Belle Vue Harel
8Poděbrady
9Sesto San Giovanni  Matej Tóth (SVK)  Elena Lashmanova (RUS)
10Dudince
11La Coruña  Jared Tallent (AUS)  Inês Henriques (POR)
12Dublin
13Moscow  Aleksandr Ivanov (RUS)  Robert Heffernan (IRL)  Elena Lashmanova (RUS)
Overall points winner Jared Tallent (AUS) Elena Lashmanova (RUS)
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References
  1. IAAF RACE WALKING CHALLENGE 2013. 8 January 2013.
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