The defending champion Elena Lashmanova would not be here, while she serves her drug suspension. In fact the entire Russian team did not compete here amid the drug scandal surrounding their coach Viktor Chegin. It looked like world record holder, world leader Liu Hong, walking on home soil was the prohibitive favorite. Liu's one complication was her teammate Xiuzhi Lu. Like in the men's race, the two Chinese walkers took off hard from the start, only Anežka Drahotová tried to go with them. That lasted about 4 km, from that point on the two walkers were out on their own almost tied by a string, swapping the lead occasionally though Lu was setting the pace the majority of the time. They hit 5K in 22:24; 10K in 44:19 (21:55 split) with a 30-second lead and 15K in 1:06:24 (22:05 split). The chase pack was Lyudmyla Olyanovska, Elisa Rigaudo, Eleonora Giorgi and Érica de Sena. de Sena was the first to fall off pace around 12K, both of the Italians were later asked to leave the course. Between 10 and 15K the lead actually shrunk to 20 seconds, but the closing 5K in 21:22 settled it for everyone but the two Chinese walkers. They battled neck and neck until just about the time they re-entered the stadium, when Lu seemed to concede to Liu and walked the remainder on the track in her footsteps. With the domestic crowd going crazy, Lu crossed the finish line virtually in Liu's shadow, the separation .26 of a second for the closest finish for a race walk in World Championships history. Because it is a road course, the official times are only accurate to one second so both athlete's times round to the same time. Olyanovska continued to hold on, finishing just 28 seconds back for bronze. The rest of the field finished more than 1:15 behind her.[3] It was the first gold medal for the home team at these championships.[4]
Records
Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[5]
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The women s 20 kilometres walk at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 28 August 1 2 Women s 20 kilometres walk at the 2015 World ChampionshipsVenueBeijing National StadiumDates28 AugustCompetitors49 from 27 nationsWinning time1 27 45Medalists Liu Hong China Lu Xiuzhi China Lyudmyla Olyanovska Ukraine 20132017 Video on YouTubeOfficial Video Contents 1 Summary 2 Records 3 Qualification standards 4 Schedule 5 Results 6 ReferencesSummary EditThe defending champion Elena Lashmanova would not be here while she serves her drug suspension In fact the entire Russian team did not compete here amid the drug scandal surrounding their coach Viktor Chegin It looked like world record holder world leader Liu Hong walking on home soil was the prohibitive favorite Liu s one complication was her teammate Xiuzhi Lu Like in the men s race the two Chinese walkers took off hard from the start only Anezka Drahotova tried to go with them That lasted about 4 km from that point on the two walkers were out on their own almost tied by a string swapping the lead occasionally though Lu was setting the pace the majority of the time They hit 5K in 22 24 10K in 44 19 21 55 split with a 30 second lead and 15K in 1 06 24 22 05 split The chase pack was Lyudmyla Olyanovska Elisa Rigaudo Eleonora Giorgi and Erica de Sena de Sena was the first to fall off pace around 12K both of the Italians were later asked to leave the course Between 10 and 15K the lead actually shrunk to 20 seconds but the closing 5K in 21 22 settled it for everyone but the two Chinese walkers They battled neck and neck until just about the time they re entered the stadium when Lu seemed to concede to Liu and walked the remainder on the track in her footsteps With the domestic crowd going crazy Lu crossed the finish line virtually in Liu s shadow the separation 26 of a second for the closest finish for a race walk in World Championships history Because it is a road course the official times are only accurate to one second so both athlete s times round to the same time Olyanovska continued to hold on finishing just 28 seconds back for bronze The rest of the field finished more than 1 15 behind her 3 It was the first gold medal for the home team at these championships 4 Records EditPrior to the competition the records were as follows 5 World record Liu Hong CHN 1 24 38 La Coruna Spain 6 June 2015Championship record Olimpiada Ivanova RUS 1 25 41 Helsinki Finland 7 August 2005World Leading Liu Hong CHN 1 24 38 La Coruna Spain 6 June 2015African Record Grace Wanjiru KEN 1 34 19 Nairobi Kenya 1 August 2010Asian Record Liu Hong CHN 1 24 38 La Coruna Spain 6 June 2015North Central American and Caribbean record Mirna Ortiz GUA 1 28 31 Rio Maior Portugal 6 April 2013South American Record Erica de Sena BRA 1 29 37 Dudince Slovakia 21 March 2015European Record Elena Lashmanova RUS 1 25 02 London Great Britain 11 August 2012Oceanian record Jane Saville AUS 1 27 44 Naumburg Germany 2 May 2004Qualification standards EditTime 6 1 36 00Schedule EditDate Time Round28 August 2015 08 30 FinalAll times are local times UTC 8 Results EditThe race was started at 08 30 7 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Liu Hong China CHN 1 27 45 Lu Xiuzhi China CHN 1 27 45 Lyudmyla Olyanovska Ukraine UKR 1 28 134 Ana Cabecinha Portugal POR 1 29 295 Antonella Palmisano Italy ITA 1 29 346 Erica de Sena Brazil BRA 1 30 067 Brigita Virbalyte Lithuania LTU 1 30 20 PB8 Anezka Drahotova Czech Republic CZE 1 30 329 Alejandra Ortega Mexico MEX 1 31 04 PB10 Maria Jose Poves Spain ESP 1 31 06 SB11 Nadiya Borovska Ukraine UKR 1 31 1812 Mirna Ortiz Guatemala GUA 1 31 3213 Rachel Seaman Canada CAN 1 31 3914 Raquel Gonzalez Spain ESP 1 32 0015 Viktoria Madarasz Hungary HUN 1 32 0116 Paola Perez Ecuador ECU 1 32 1217 Nie Jingjing China CHN 1 32 4018 Alana Barber New Zealand NZL 1 33 20 NR19 Sandra Arenas Colombia COL 1 33 2420 Maria Michta Coffey United States USA 1 33 2421 Vera Santos Portugal POR 1 34 0122 Wendy Cornejo Bolivia BOL 1 34 12 PB23 Ines Henriques Portugal POR 1 34 4724 Claudia Ștef Romania ROM 1 34 5125 Kumiko Okada Japan JPN 1 34 5626 Miranda Melville United States USA 1 35 1927 Jeon Yeong eun South Korea KOR 1 35 4828 Maritza Poncio Guatemala GUA 1 35 5329 Cisiane Lopes Brazil BRA 1 36 0630 Maria Czakova Slovakia SVK 1 36 0831 Emilie Menuet France FRA 1 36 1732 Laura Garcia Caro Spain ESP 1 36 2233 Laura Polli Switzerland SUI 1 36 26 SB34 Rachel Tallent Australia AUS 1 36 2735 Lee Jeong eun South Korea KOR 1 36 5236 Lucie Pelantova Czech Republic CZE 1 38 3437 Khushbir Kaur India IND 1 38 5338 Agnieszka Dygacz Poland POL 1 39 0639 Mayra Herrera Guatemala GUA 1 39 2340 Marie Polli Switzerland SUI 1 39 4941 Maria Galikova Slovakia SVK 1 40 0642 Olena Shumkina Ukraine UKR 1 41 30Beki Smith Australia AUS DQClaudia Balderrama Bolivia BOL DQSapana Sapana India IND DQEleonora Giorgi Italy ITA DQElisa Rigaudo Italy ITA DQNeringa Aidietyte Lithuania LTU DQKimberly Garcia Peru PER DNFKelly Ruddick Australia AUS DNSReferences Edit Beijing 2015 Timetable Beijing 2015 10 August 2015 Archived from the original on 1 December 2014 Retrieved 10 August 2015 Start list REPORT WOMEN S 20KM RACE WALK IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BEIJING 2015 iaaf org 28 August 2015 Retrieved 2 September 2015 Error 200 World Athletics Records amp Lists Race Walk IAAF Retrieved 18 August 2015 IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 Standards PDF IAAF 2012 retrieved 18 August 2015 Final results Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2015 World Championships in Athletics Women 27s 20 kilometres walk amp oldid 1094989845, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
