2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk 2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk The men's 50 kilometres walk at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium and Moscow streets on 14 August. From the start on home soil, Russians Mikhail Ryzhov and Ivan Noskov took the lead, with Jared Tallent in tow. By 15K the three had broken away to a 12-second lead. Tallent began to fall back to lead a large chasing pack as the two men continued to set the pace. By the half way mark Grzegorz Sudol and Robert Heffernan, who had spotted the leaders
2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk instead was invited to leave the course with a red paddle. Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: The race was started at 08:30. 2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk The men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 23 August. From the gun, the three Chinese athletes made it clear they were going to make an effort to take this home race. The effort almost worked, as the group ultimately led by Olympic bronze medalist Wang Zhen held the lead until the