THE WORLD HAS NEVER SEEN SUCH A PEDESTRIAN 1 - THE FASTEST RACE IN HISTORY ON THIS TRACK - IN AN EPIC BATTLE THE SPAIN'S ÁLVARO MARTIN FINALLY BECAME THE WORLD CHAMPION WITH THE BEST WORLD PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR - 17.39:1h. SILVER FANTASTIC SWEDISH VIKING KARLSTRÖM IN THE NATIONAL RECORD - 17:39:1.17h. BRONZE BRAZILIAN BONFIM ALSO IN THE NATIONAL RECORD - 47:XNUMXh

Author of the article: Lucie Nekulová / Author of the photos and our special correspondent in Budapest: Horst Kiepert

RESULTS 20KM RACE WALK MEN

RACE ANALYSIS

TREACHEROUS SWITCH - IT SLIDES:

Svjoint widthampionát in Budapest was launched. And you don'tlo si mroart glueits beginning. I mean, almost.

On Saturday 19.8. were supposed to start Stéhe race to build pedestrians for 20 km. 50 men who managed to qualify for the world wampionát, however, it waited in vain for its race. The weather forecast was unforgiving, a storm was coming to Budapest and the race was postponed by 2 hours. Warm-up competitors nerveóthey were lying in tents, NeLink's sword or the Canadian Dunfee streamed on social networks and waited for the weather to improve hoped.

V 10:50, the competitors could go out into the rain and start swallowing the first kilometers. Sparse řady wonderswow, a completely empty grandstand, nothing could stop the competitors. And as the rain eased, many enthusiastic fans made their way to the track. FROMthe avodniks repaid them with a truly epic battle. All dwellings were represented in the competition fieldé continents and athletics fans could see jerseys rarely seen at other timesé. The walk regularly shows in all colors how global a sport athletics is.

Right from the beginningel do Japanese Koki Ikeda was leading and building a solid lead. A chasing pack of athletes dustdonkey through the first kilometer in 3:53! Ikeda continued to build his lead up to more than 20 seconds. This racing tactic is common with him, so it was rather just waiting to see when he would be caught. About fiveém kilometer, well below the 20-minute limit, it is possiblehacTurk Korkmaz decided to drive. A similar tactic is also common with him, he will try that etcivák just watches how long it lasts. To him quickly exidal Caio Bonfim from Brazílie and both fighters went with a lead of a few seconds on a group of about 15 pursuers. At the end of it, it surprisingly wailsli Italiansé, defending champion Yamanishi and the occasional out and back Evan Dunfee. For him, such an introduction to the race is completely normal, the Italiané and the star Japanese, however, surprisingly suffersthere.

On sqóin the 10 km, Koki had a lead of 9 seconds on the pair Bonfim - Korkmaz and on them twigs11 seconds behind 10 pursuers. This group walked 10 km in noase texactly under 39 minutes and it was clearé, that the championship race of this century is underway. Around 14km he decided to attack Álvaro Martín ze of Spain and quickly swept past the pair Bonfim - Korkmaz. You could see how Korkmaz was suffering and gradually falling away. Martín pushed the saw and soon took over the race. Koki tried to hold him back for a while, but it was just a foreshadowing of his progressionéI will drop him in order.

Martín's arrival aroused StédSKéthe viking and he set out to meet himhacdriving. Extr went with himéI was motivated by Dunfee, who completed his transformation from the fiftieséhim champion in the twenties té the highest level. With a gap of 4-5 seconds, Ně followed them with his life's twentyLink's sword. Dunfee Karlströhe didn't hold me, but he was attacking his personal record. Behind the track, with the Spaniard literally flying, Persy was able to catch up with the Brazilian around 17 km andThe před neh. He refused to give up without a fight, and wrestled with Perseus for the silver. Although the threat of two reprimands hung over him, this was not the moment to play it safe. In the end, Persy was able to catch the Brazilian and was pulling away from him step by step in the last lap. That was already clearé, that the first three will rush docclay in times well below the level of 78 min.

Álvaro Martín passed lastapprox. 200 m with the Spanish flag in hand and he crossed the finish line in a personal record and the world's bestém performance of the year 1:17:32. The national record was claimed by Švéd Karlström with a time of 1:17:39. Even the third in cli Caio Bonfim pbroke the national record of 1:17:47 and therebyand Nthe world records are far from over! Big losers, of courseem pa lucky winner, so you can call the quarteréhim in Evan Dunfee's goal. Evan pleasethe cclay with tears in his eyes and a huge smile. A national record, a personal record after 13 years, a performance of 1:18:03, this is the answer to the question of whether he can accelerate and whether it makes sense for him to strive for Paris. The German Christopher Linke also finished 9 seconds back in the national record. Top 6 closeel novopeChinese record holder Sté country Partanen from Finland.

The only one in the TOP 10 who did not show at least a personal record was the ninth Kenyan Gathimba, but he was only a few seconds behind his NR. Even tenth at the finish line, Bordier managed the race a second under 1:19:00 in a lifetime performance! At the same time, the track was certainly not easy, a wet 180 turn° she was great for the competitorsé problemémy

Patnactý finished Koki Ikeda, who went berserké set the pace. The sixthctKorkmaz the Turk arrived.

As many as 18 fighters went below the absolute extra class limit of 1:20:00. 6 national records were broken. This was the battle of the century! And the race certainly influenced the shift of the start of the race, which must have thrown off the machine preparation of the Japanese.

To the great loser celéhe is a Czech fan of the race, or e.git is us Czech Republicé TV. Tracking Tomase Stathe woman squatting on the stadium railing while waiting for the start of the race may be interesting to someeh, not vat a time when such a battle is taking place on the track.

Fortunately, there are broadcasts of Allathletics and so who about e.genos přišel, can additionally shlégout here:

https://allathletics.tv/videos/3639782/mens-20km-race-walk