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
2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk his arm to wave good bye. But Chen couldn't catch Ivanov, who took a ten-second victory in front of cheering Russian fans. One walker gave a positive test at the competition: second last finisher Ebrahim Rahimian of Iran had used erythropoietin. Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: The race was started at 17:00. 2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk The men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium and Moscow streets on 11 August. The first leader was Takumi Saito who set the pace