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The men's world record for the 20 km race walk is held by Yusuke Suzuki, who walked 1:16:36 at the Asian Race Walking Championships in his home town of Nomi, Japan.Suzuki's new World Record came exactly one week after Yohann Diniz's mark who walked a then record time of 1:17:02 in Arles at the 2015 French championships.
Rebecca Henderson (born 4 July 2001) is an Australian racewalking athlete. [1] She qualified to represent Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, competing in the women's 20 kilometres walk. [2] Henderson came 38th with a time of 1:38.21, 10 seconds behind her compatriot, Katie Henderson. [3]
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.
John Hamilton Nunn (born February 3, 1978) is an American race walker.He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing in 26th place in the men's 20 km event.On January 22, 2012, he qualified to represent the U.S. in the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 50km racewalk. [2]
Robyn Stevens (born April 24, 1983) is an American Olympic race walker. [1] [2] She competed for Vacaville High School, then went on to San José State University.Stevens suffered from an eating disorder and body dysmorphia while attending, which forced her to quit racing in 2004.
Race walking is an Olympic athletics (track and field) event with distances of 20 kilometres for both men and women and 50 kilometres for men only. Race walking first appeared in the modern Olympics in 1904 in the form of a half-mile (804.672m) walk in the all-round competition, the precursor to the 10-event decathlon. In 1908, stand-alone 1 ...
in May 2023, she received the UniSport Australia award for the most outstanding performance by a student-athlete. [ 20 ] In February 2024, at the Oceania and Australian championships, Montag won the women’s 20km race in 1 hour, 27 minutes, and 9 seconds, breaking the Oceania and Australian record that she herself had set previously by 7 seconds.
A total of 280 competitors from the national teams of the following 40 countries was registered to compete at 2022 World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships. [ 3 ] Algeria (1)