The race took off as a pack, with María Guadalupe González on point but nobody exerting any force to take the lead. Always present near the front were the three Chinese athletes; World champion and world record holder Liu Hong, world silver medalist Lü Xiuzhi and Qieyang Shenjie. Towering over the lead group was Anežka Drahotová. After the first laps, Lu and her teammates increased the pace from 9:17 initial laps to sub-9; walkers began to drop off the back of the pack, one by one. By the halfway mark, the pack was down to 15. Within the next kilometer, the pack was down to seven, González, two Italians; Antonella Palmisano and Eleonora Giorgi, Brazilian favorite Érica de Sena, and the two Chinese using the pace; Lu and Liu. Going to the 13K mark, Giorgi received the red paddle to step off the course. In the next 500 metres, Qieyang and Ana Cabecinha, who had fallen off the back were able to rejoin the pack. Qieyang continued past the pack to take the position at the front. After a brief visit, Cabecinha could not stay with the group. The pace continued to drop, down to 8:42 for the eighth lap, de Sena the next off the back. Before the end of the penultimate lap, Palmisano fell off the back, leaving the three Chinese vs González. But González held the lead, pushing the pace. Qieyang broke and quickly fell back to get passed by Palmisano. The lap finished in 8:40, the fastest yet. Through the last lap, the pace increased Each already had one red card on the board, Liu getting shown three yellow paddles during the lap, still chasing González a step behind with Lu first a step then dropping off the back with just over 500 metres to the finish. Down the final straight, Liu edged closer to González, then after getting a shoulder ahead, quickly expanded the lead. With six officials watching over the last 100 metres, Liu did not pick up any calls and crossed the finish line first, two seconds up on González, seven on Lu. Behind them, Qieyang surged back to Palmisano, but could not get past.
Records
The existing World and Olympic records stood as follows.
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The women s 20 kilometres walk at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro Brazil was held on 19 August on a route along Pontal Women s 20 kilometres walkat the Games of the XXXI OlympiadVenuePontalDate19 August 2016Competitors74 from 31 nationsWinning time1 28 35MedalistsLiu Hong ChinaMaria Guadalupe Gonzalez MexicoLu Xiuzhi China 20122020 Video on YouTube Official Video Highlights Contents 1 Summary 2 Records 3 Schedule 4 Results 5 ReferencesSummary EditThe race took off as a pack with Maria Guadalupe Gonzalez on point but nobody exerting any force to take the lead Always present near the front were the three Chinese athletes World champion and world record holder Liu Hong world silver medalist Lu Xiuzhi and Qieyang Shenjie Towering over the lead group was Anezka Drahotova After the first laps Lu and her teammates increased the pace from 9 17 initial laps to sub 9 walkers began to drop off the back of the pack one by one By the halfway mark the pack was down to 15 Within the next kilometer the pack was down to seven Gonzalez two Italians Antonella Palmisano and Eleonora Giorgi Brazilian favorite Erica de Sena and the two Chinese using the pace Lu and Liu Going to the 13K mark Giorgi received the red paddle to step off the course In the next 500 metres Qieyang and Ana Cabecinha who had fallen off the back were able to rejoin the pack Qieyang continued past the pack to take the position at the front After a brief visit Cabecinha could not stay with the group The pace continued to drop down to 8 42 for the eighth lap de Sena the next off the back Before the end of the penultimate lap Palmisano fell off the back leaving the three Chinese vs Gonzalez But Gonzalez held the lead pushing the pace Qieyang broke and quickly fell back to get passed by Palmisano The lap finished in 8 40 the fastest yet Through the last lap the pace increased Each already had one red card on the board Liu getting shown three yellow paddles during the lap still chasing Gonzalez a step behind with Lu first a step then dropping off the back with just over 500 metres to the finish Down the final straight Liu edged closer to Gonzalez then after getting a shoulder ahead quickly expanded the lead With six officials watching over the last 100 metres Liu did not pick up any calls and crossed the finish line first two seconds up on Gonzalez seven on Lu Behind them Qieyang surged back to Palmisano but could not get past Records EditThe existing World and Olympic records stood as follows World record Liu Hong CHN 1 24 38 A Coruna Spain 6 June 2015Olympic record Qieyang Shijie CHN 1 25 16 London United Kingdom 11 August 2012Schedule EditAll times are Brasilia Time UTC 3 Date Time Round19 August 2016 14 30 FinalResults EditWarnings Athletes with 3 warnings are automatically disqualified Loss of Contact gt Bent kneeRank Start Name Nationality Time Notes 1 9 Liu Hong China 1 28 35 5 Maria Guadalupe Gonzalez Mexico 1 28 37 57 Lu Xiuzhi China 1 28 42 4 41 Antonella Palmisano Italy 1 29 035 1 Qieyang Shenjie China 1 29 046 10 Ana Cabecinha Portugal 1 29 237 4 Erica de Sena Brazil 1 29 29 8 7 Beatriz Pascual Spain 1 30 249 50 Regan Lamble Australia 1 30 28 10 63 Anezka Drahotova Czech Republic 1 30 4311 3 Elisa Rigaudo Italy 1 31 04 gt 12 6 Ines Henriques Portugal 1 31 2813 15 Emilie Menuet France 1 32 04 14 69 Kimberly Garcia Peru 1 32 0915 31 Antigoni Drisbioti Greece 1 32 3216 49 Kumiko Okada Japan 1 32 4217 62 Nastassia Yatsevich Belarus 1 32 53 18 52 Angela Castro Bolivia 1 32 5419 11 Nadiya Borovska Ukraine 1 33 01 20 2 Raquel Gonzalez Spain 1 33 0321 72 Inna Kashyna Ukraine 1 33 1522 39 Maria Michta Coffey United States 1 33 3623 74 Maria Guadalupe Sanchez Mexico 1 33 44 24 13 Paola Perez Ecuador 1 33 5325 22 Viktoria Madarasz Hungary 1 33 5926 37 Tanya Holliday Australia 1 34 22 27 27 Magaly Bonilla Ecuador 1 34 54 28 18 Paulina Buziak Poland 1 35 0129 67 Brigita Virbalyte Dimsiene Lithuania 1 35 1130 23 Mirna Ortiz Guatemala 1 35 1131 35 Wendy Cornejo Bolivia 1 35 17 32 36 Sandra Arenas Colombia 1 35 40 33 26 Julia Takacs Spain 1 35 4534 58 Miranda Melville United States 1 35 4835 45 Alana Barber New Zealand 1 35 5536 60 Maritza Guaman Ecuador 1 35 5637 56 Daniela Cardoso Portugal 1 36 1338 53 Yeseida Carrillo Colombia 1 36 2839 40 Jeon Yeong eun South Korea 1 36 31 40 20 Rachel Tallent Australia 1 37 08 41 21 Alejandra Ortega Mexico 1 37 3342 14 Grace Wanjiru Kenya 1 37 4943 64 Stefany Coronado Bolivia 1 37 5644 33 Agnieszka Szwarnog Poland 1 38 0145 65 Andreea Arsine Romania 1 38 16 46 44 Valentyna Myronchuk Ukraine 1 38 20 47 61 Panayiota Tsinopoulou Greece 1 38 2448 46 Maria Czakova Slovakia 1 38 29 49 47 Cisiane Lopes Brazil 1 38 3550 51 Ana Veronica Rodean Romania 1 38 4251 30 Jessica Hancco Peru 1 39 0852 54 Maritza Poncio Guatemala 1 40 0953 16 Agnese Pastare Latvia 1 40 15 gt 54 25 Khushbir Kaur India 1 40 33 gt 55 42 Maria Galikova Slovakia 1 40 3556 24 Zivile Vaiciukeviciute Lithuania 1 41 2857 48 Claudia Ștef Romania 1 41 47 gt 58 68 Barbara Kovacs Hungary 1 42 11 59 55 Rita Recsei Hungary 1 42 41 60 12 Chahinez Nasri Tunisia 1 42 5761 73 Askale Tiksa Ethiopia 1 44 15 gt gt 62 17 Diana Aydosova Kazakhstan 1 44 49 63 28 Anel Oosthuizen South Africa 1 45 06 gt 29 Agnieszka Dygacz Poland DNF 66 Sapana Sapana India DNF 43 Yesenia Miranda El Salvador DNF 59 Sandra Galvis Colombia DNF 70 Neringa Aidietyte Lithuania DNF 34 Yehualeye Beletew Ethiopia DQ gt 8 Eleonora Giorgi Italy DQ 38 Mayra Carolina Herrera Guatemala DQ 19 Lee Da seul South Korea DQ gt 32 Lee Jeong eun South Korea DQ gt 71 Polina Repina Kazakhstan DQ gt gt gt References Edit 20km walk women results Athletics Rio 2016 Olympics Retrieved 2 August 2017 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics Women 27s 20 kilometres walk amp oldid 1094991161, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
