1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk the results all athletes behind him advancing one place. Skurygin died of a heart attack 9 years later at age 45. <br> <br> 1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk The Men's 50 km Walk at the 1999 World Championships in Sevilla, Spain was held on Wednesday August 25, 1999, with the start at 07:45h local time The first person to cross the finish line was Russian German Skurygin. Unlike the other DQ's listed for form violations (loss of contact or bent knee), his was announced two years later. He was disqualified for a doping violation, one
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk The men's 20 kilometres race walk at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held through the streets of Athens with the start and finish at the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 20. The Chinese trio of Han Yucheng, Liu Yunfeng, and Zhu Hongjun took an early lead as the race walkers had left the stadium, but their challenge never materialized. Han could not keep up with the leaders through the first lap and soon fell off the pace, leaving Liu and Zhu with a