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Nora Leksir
Nora Leksir (married name is Génébrier) (born 13 May 1974 at Montbéliard) is a French athlete, who specializes in race walking. Biography She won six French Walking Championships , three at 10 km and three at 20 km. She also won three Indoor French walking titles at 3,000 m. She is the current record holder of France's 20 km walk doing 1:31.15, on 17 June 2000 at Eisenhüttenstadt. She placed 22nd at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Retrieved 19 May 2016 Prize list * : ** winner of the 10 km walk in |
Race Walking
Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully assess that this is maintained throughout the race. Typically held on either roads or running tracks, common distances range from up to 100 kilometres (62.1 mi). There are two racewalking distances contested at the Summer Olympics: the 20 kilometres race walk (men and women) and 50 kilometres race walk (men only). Both are held as road events. The biennial World Athletics Championships also featured these two events, in addition to a 50 km walk for women, until 2019. The 50km race walk was replaced by the 35 kilometres race walk as standard championship discipline in 2022. The IAAF World Race Walking Cup, first held in 1961, is a stand-alone global competition for the discipline and it has 10 kilometres race walks for junior ath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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