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The World Athletics Race Walking Tour (formerly IAAF Race Walking Challenge and World Athletics Challenge - Race Walking) is a racewalking series organised by World Athletics. Athletes accumulate points in specific race walk meetings during the season.
The citizens of Taicang were reported to have a "deep passion" for walking, and the city fielded a race walking team at the 2014 edition. [ 5 ] The competition was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in China , and it did not return until 2023, rebranded as the Chinese Race Walking Grand Prix (or National Race Walking Grand Prix). [ 6 ]
World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships (1 C, 34 P) ... IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final; K. Korzeniowski Warsaw Race Walking Cup; M. Madrid Marcha;
New 35 km senior men's and women's races were introduced, instead of the 50 km race. The rest of the programme was unchanged, with senior men's and women's races over 20 km and junior category events for both sexes over 10 km .
It has been held since 1961, and generally on a biennial basis. The first women's edition of the event happened in 1979. It was formerly known as the Lugano Cup after the city that hosted the first event, then became the IAAF World Race Walking Cup until 2016 and then IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships until 2018. In 2004, a junior ...
The walking speed is faster than a leisurely stroll — pump your arms and try to walk quickly. The run is a light jog (or faster if you see fit). Week 1: ½-mile walk, ¼-mile run, ½-mile walk
The European Race Walking Team Championships (European Race Walking Cup until 2021) is a race walking event established in 1996, and organised by the European Athletic Association. In 1996, the team scores were calculated by aggregating the points (based on position in race) awarded to the first three finishers.
The programme remained unchanged, with senior men's races over 20 km and 50 km, a 20 km senior women's race, and junior category events for both sexes over 10 km.However, following the approval by the IAAF of the women's 50 km walk as an official event, for the first time women were permitted to enter the 50 km.