Sunday, June 5, 2005

Andreas Erm ends his season due to injury DLV - German World Championship bronze medallist for 50km Andreas Erm (sports club potsdam), broke off his season due to hip and knee injuries - definitely for the world championships in Helsinki (6 until 14 August). Andreas Erm started just twice this year. In March he gave up in Tijuana (Mexico) in the IAAF Race Walking Challenge over 50 kilometers, and in the German 20km championships in April in Dresden in which he was disqualified. 9:30:19 AM     comment []

Superfast time for Paquillo in winning IAAF GP in La Coruna Francisco 'PAQUILLO' Fernandez won for the third time at the La Coruna GP, in a course record mark of 1,17,52 (more than a minute better than Maurizio Damilano's previous record) on Saturday 4 June in northern Spain. The 'XIX G.P.CANTONES DE LA CORUÑA' is to be the venue for the 2006 IAAF World Cup of Race Walking. Second was the European Cup winner Ilya Markov of Russia with 1,19,36 and third like the previous year was the Tunisian Hatem Ghoula with 1.20.48. In the women's race there was a surprise, with the Salvadoran Cristina Esmeralda Lopez with a time of 1,30,08 followed by Turava of Belorusi in 1,30,10 and in third position the winner last year Claudia Stef with a mark of 1.30.12. Dom King 27th in the men's race. Sharon Tonks 24th - with Katherine Horwill and Niobe Menéndez DNF. >Results 12:53:43 AM     comment []

Russiaís Olimpiada Ivanova is the new leader of the Womenís Race Walking Event Ranking IAAF - Russia[base ']s Olimpiada Ivanova is the new leader of the Women[base ']s Race Walking Event Ranking after having won the European Race Walking Cup in Miskolc, Hungary, with 1:28:18 (1274 points). Ivanova is a new entry into the Rankings this week, as the reigning European champion and Olympic silver medallist has only finished her third race since October 2002. Furthermore, Ivanova will not stay long at the head of the Ranking unless she produces another result in the next two weeks, as her oldest performance will turn 365 days-old on 12 June, and then once again she will not be eligible for the World Rankings. In the meantime, Ivanova can also enjoy the pride of taking 50th place in the Women[base ']s Overall Ranking. 12:23:03 AM     comment []

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