Russians sweep men's 20K walk Roman Rasskazov led a Russian sweep of the men's 20-kilometre walk Saturday, finishing in a time of one hour 20 minutes and 31 seconds. FULL STORY

[an error occurred while processing this directive] Men's 20km Athlete Time Roman Rasskazov (Russia) 1:20:31 Ilya Markov (Russia) 1:20:33 Viktor Burayev(Russia) 1:20:36 21   Arturo Huerta 1:29.27

20k MEN Athlete Time Venue - Year World Julio Martinez (GUA) Roman Rasskasow (RUS) 1:17:46 Eisenh.st. - 1999 Moscow - 2000 Canadian Arturo Huerta 1:21.03 Toronto - 2000 Year's Best Dmitriy Yesipchuk (RUS) 1:18.05 Adler - Mar 3 WOMEN Athlete Time Venue - Year World Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) 1:24.50 Adler - 2001 Canadian Janice McCaffrey 1:34.50 Victoria - 2000 Year's Best Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) 1:24.50 Adler - Mar 4 50k MEN Athlete Time Venue - Year World Spizin Waleri (RUS) 3:37.26 Moscow - 2000 Canadian Marcel Jobin 3:47.48 Terrebonne - 1981 Year's Best Nathan Deakes (AUS) 3:43.43 Naumburg - Apr 8

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Sat., Aug. 4 8 - 10pm Men's 20k FINAL Thur., Aug. 9 11:30pm - 12:30am. Women's 20k FINAL Sat., Aug. 11 4 - 6pm Men's 50k FINAL

Robert Korzeniowski (POL) Arturo Huerta (CAN) Susana Feitor (POR)

The distinctive, seemingly ungainly stride in race walking results from the rules which stipulate that at least one foot must be in contact with ground at all times and that the lead leg in every stride must be locked straight at the knee. . more