2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk to finish third. After giving up minutes to the leaders, Ihor Hlavan put in an impressive 21:38 final 5K to chase Tallent. Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: The final was held at 08:30. 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
2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk 2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk The women's 20 kilometres walk was held on a 2 kilometre course comprising lengths of The Mall between Buckingham Palace and Admiralty Arch on 13 August. Defending champion, Olympic champion and defending champion Liu Hong was absent. Still the race started faster than the Olympics. A pack of 20 formed on the front. That pack was whittled down to 10 by the half way point. That group reduced to five by 12K after Kimberly García (Peru) fell off the pace; two Chinese, Yang Jiayu and Lü Xiuzhi; María Guadalupe González