The World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships is a
racewalking
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 asse ...
event organised by the
International Association of Athletics Federations
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. It has been held since 1961, and generally on a biennial basis. Women first entered the 1979 edition. It was formerly known as the Lugano Cup after the city that hosted the first event, then became the IAAF World Race Walking Cup until 2016 and then IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships until 2018. In 2004, a junior division was added, consisting of men and women aged under 20. Since 2008 it has been a constituent meeting of the
World Athletics Challenge – Race Walking.
From 1975 to 1997 was awarded
Lugano Trophy for combined team (20K + 50K). Since 1993 the medals have been awarded for the single events of the 20K and 50K teams, therefore in the 1993, 1995 and 1997 editions three team medals were assigned, from 1999 the combined was abolished and the team medals remained two until the present day.
Host cities
The 2016 Cup was due to be held in
Cheboksary
Cheboksary (; russian: Чебокса́ры, r=Cheboksáry, p=tɕɪbɐˈksarɨ; cv, Шупашкар, ''Şupaşkar'') is the capital city of Chuvashia, Russia and a port on the Volga River.
Geography
The city is located in the Volga Upland reg ...
,
Russia
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. However the IAAF's suspension of the
All-Russia Athletic Federation
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prohibits Russia from hosting international competitions. This event was relocated.
The 2020 Championships, planned in
Minsk
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,
Belarus
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, was postponed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. World Athletics announce Oman to host 2022 Race during
2020 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July.
Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
.
Events
Championships records
Key:
Men
Women
Medal summary
Legend: Where there is the symbol , the original top three result has been adjusted due to doping disqualifications.
Men
20 km
35 km
50 km
In 2008,
Vladimir Kanaykin
Vladimir Alekseevich Kanaykin (russian: Владимир Алексеевич Канайкин; born 21 March 1985) is a Russian race walker.
Career
He won the 2002 World Junior Championships in the 10 km race, took the silver medal at the ...
from was initially 2nd and silver medallist in 3:36:55, but disqualified because of doping violations.
In 2012, original gold medallist Sergey Kirdyapkin, Igor Erokhin original silver medallist and fourth-placer Sergey Bakulin all from Russia, had their times and placings annulled due to doping violations. In 2016, Alex Schwazer
Alex Schwazer, OMRI (born 26 December 1984), is an Italian race walker. He was the 2008 Olympic 50k walk champion. He retired during the 2012 Olympics after being disqualified for doping offences.
Biography
Schwazer was born in Sterzing, Sou ...
from was initially 1st and gold medallist, but disqualified because of doping violations.
Lugano Trophy
Team ranking that combining results of 20 km and 50 km.
Teams 20 km
Teams 35 km
Teams 50 km
Women
5 km
† Invitational, non-cup event.
10 km
20 km
35 km
50 km
Teams 20 km
* Invitation event
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Medal table
Individual overall
Men and women senior and junior only individual events update to 2022 edition.
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Individual senior
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Doping
The competition conducts doping tests on participating athletes and several have been disqualified from the races as a result. Ukraine's Olga Leonenko became the first doping disqualification, having originally finished seventh in 1995. Daniel Plaza became the first man in 1997 and was again disqualified in 1999. Nine years passed without incident then in 2008 two Russians were excluded Viktor Burayev
Viktor Mikhaylovich Burayev (russian: Виктор Михайлович Бураев; born 23 August 1982, in Penza) is a male race walker from Russia. On August 5, 2008, Burayev and training partners Sergey Morozov, Aleksey Voyevodin, and Vladim ...
and Vladimir Kanaykin
Vladimir Alekseevich Kanaykin (russian: Владимир Алексеевич Канайкин; born 21 March 1985) is a Russian race walker.
Career
He won the 2002 World Junior Championships in the 10 km race, took the silver medal at the ...
– the latter was the first athlete to be stripped of a medal at the cup.[IAAF World Race Walking Cup Taicang 2014 Facts & Figures]
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In 2010 fourth place Erik Tysse
Erik Tysse (born 4 December 1980 in Bergen) is a Norwegian race walker. He has competed at four editions of the World Championships in Athletics and represented Norway at the 2008 Summer Olympics and at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
He began his int ...
was removed. Four athletes were disqualified for doping at the 2012 edition: silver medallist Igor Yerokhin was the most prominent, followed by fifth place Sergey Morozov, then Turkish walkers Recep Çelik and Handan Koçyiğit Cavdar.[ Yuriy Andronov became the fifth Russian to be caught doping at the event in 2014.
Outside of the event, several medallists have been later disqualified for doping, including women's winners ]Olga Kaniskina
Olga Nikolayevna Kaniskina (russian: О́льга Никола́евна Кани́ськина; born January 19, 1985 in Napolnaya Tavla, Kochkurovsky District, Mordovian ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian coach and former race ...
and Elena Lashmanova
Elena Anatolyevna Lashmanova (russian: Елена Анатольевна Лашманова, born 9 April 1992 in Saransk, Mordovia) is a Russian race walker. In March 2022 she accepted a two-year ban, retroactive to March 2021, and all of her re ...
, and men's runners-up Valeriy Borchin
Valeriy Viktorovich Borchin (russian: Вале́рий Ви́кторович Бо́рчин; born 11 September 1986) is a race walker from Russia who won the 2008 Olympic gold medal and was World champion over the 20 km distance. His Worl ...
and Alex Schwazer
Alex Schwazer, OMRI (born 26 December 1984), is an Italian race walker. He was the 2008 Olympic 50k walk champion. He retired during the 2012 Olympics after being disqualified for doping offences.
Biography
Schwazer was born in Sterzing, Sou ...
.[Lane, Samantha (2015-01-21)]
Jared Tallent furious doping Russians get to keep Olympic gold
''The Sydney Morning Herald
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''. Retrieved on 2016-04-16.
See also
*European Race Walking Cup
The European Race Walking Team Championships (European Race Walking Cup until 2021) is a race walking event established in 1996, and organised by the European Athletic Association. In 1996, the team scores were calculated by aggregating the point ...
* Pan American Race Walking Cup
*South American Race Walking Championships The South American Race Walking Championships (''Spanish language, Spanish: Campeonatos Sudamericanos de Marcha Atlética'') is a biennial race walking competition organized by CONSUDATLE for athletes representing the countries of its member associa ...
*Asian Race Walking Championships
The Asian Race Walking Championships is an annual race walking competition for athletes representing countries from Asia, organized by the Asian Athletics Association (AAA). It was established in 2006 and has featured races for senior men (20&nbs ...
*Oceania Race Walking Championships
The Oceania Race Walking Championships is an annual race walking competition not only for athletes representing countries from Oceania, organized by the Oceania Athletics Association (OAA). It was established in 2011 and has featured races for sen ...
*Central American Race Walking Championships The Central American Race Walking Championships (''Spanish: Campeonato Centroamericano de Marcha'') is an annual race walking competition organized by CADICA for athletes representing the countries of its member associations. The event was establis ...
References
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External links
Official competition webpage
IAAF World Race Walking Cup 1961-2006 Facts & Figures
IAAF WORLD RACE WALKING TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS - FACTS & FIGURES
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Recurring sporting events established in 1961
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 asse ...