Zhu and Pascual nab La Coruña titles – IAAF Race Walking Challenge
21.06.2010 World
China’s Yafei Zhu and Spain’s Beatriz Pascual clinched their respective 20Km victories to highlight the “Gran Premio Cantones de Marcha” – the Spanish leg in 2010 IAAF Race Walking Challenge held Saturday (19) on a cloudy and ideal day for Race Walking.
While the 21-year-old Chinese retained his title from last year with a 1:21:11 clocking, the Spaniard Pascual managed her first ever victory at an IAAF World Challenge permit meeting thanks to a 1:28:05 performance. Coming slightly over one month ahead of the European championships the 28-year-old Barcelona-born walker propels herself into the medal picture.
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