The winners of the 41st International Walking Races "Dudinská fifty" with the golden status of the World Athletics Race Walking Tour series were Olympic champions in both categories in the main 35 km race on Saturday, as expected.

Massimo Stano D50 2022 photo Milan Duroch 1024x684In the men's category, the gold medalist triumphed for 20 km from Tokyo / Sapporo Massimo Stano. The Italian national team reached the time of 2:29:09 h, thus setting the record of the meeting, which until now belonged to the Slovak Matej Tóth from the meantime! at 2015 km (50:2:30). Stano, 34, fulfilled what he came to Dudinec. He not only reached the limit at the July World Championships in Eugene, USA (2:33:00), but also improved his personal record from 2019 by almost six minutes.

In the spa town in the south of Slovakia, the race was 35 km for the first time. Stano reasonably allocated his forces, gradually stepped up the pace, and finally made a decisive attack. At 30 km, he lagged behind the leader José Luis Doctor from Mexico by 39 seconds, he took the lead at the 34th km and after Alex Schwazer from 2012 he is only the second Italian winner of the meeting in Dudince. The Doctor could not resist his onset and was 15 seconds behind in the finish, but even so, the national and continental record of North and Central America was 2:29:24 h. And third in the final standings. Che Hsien-chung from China, who led the race in its middle passage, broke the border of 2:30 h and set a national record of 2:29:35 h.

In women, she was the fastest in the Dudinská 50 on the 35 km track Chiyang Shiji from China in 2:43:06 h, which dictated the pace at the head from the beginning to the end of the race. Her performance means not only a meeting record, but also a met at the World Cup (2:54:00). For the Olympic 20 km winner from the 2012 London Olympics (after the additional disqualification of Ruska Lašmanová), it was the 35 km premiere in Dudince. Peruvian woman Kimberly Garcia Leon she was 2 seconds apart in 13nd place and set a South American record. The Chinese woman completed the three on the stages with a performance of 2:45:46 h Li Mao-chuo, silver medalist at the 50 km from the 2019 World Championships. Eleven women met the performance limit for participation in the World Championships in Dudince.

As expected, the favorites managed the battle for the title of Champion and Champion of the Czech Republic at 35km best, namely Vit Hlaváč from Tepo Kladno in a new personal maximum 2:41:14 h, or Tereza Ďurdiaková from USK Prague at 3:01:51

However, there was a big surprise in other medal positions in the women's race when she won the silver medal Stepanka-Pohlova Kucerova performance 3:27:52 h, in front of the national team Jana Zikmundová 3:33:53 h. Štěpánka Pohlová-Kučerová thus managed to win the second medal from the Czech Championship in Poděbrady (MČR 20km) in a very short time and at the same time return after a maternity break with a minimum of training time. In this way, she talked about the national team conditions and certainly to the delight of the national team coach Kateřina Čermáková, who will thus have the opportunity to build a quality women's team for 2023 km for the European Team Championships 35. The bravely fighting veteran finished in fourth place in the Czech Championship Lenka Borovičková (former competitor SMOLA CHŮZE) time 3:46:22 h, which is an average of 6: 28 / km, respectable !!!! Fresh Champion of the Czech Republic on the 20km track (2.4. Poděbrady) Eliška Martínková as expected, she did not finish the race, as she is concentrating on the 20km track.

There were no surprises in the men's race within the MČR, as he went to the winning Hlaváč for the silver medal as expected Lukáš Gdula with a time of 2:48:25 ha for the bronze medal he has already reached a new personal maximum very experienced (although he is still a junior !!) Jaromír Morávek (also former competitor SMOLA CHŮZE) in 2:51:13 h. The veteran finished the race in fourth place Martin Nedvidek in the new personal record 2:56:54 h, for which the same applies to Štěpánka Pohlová-Kučerová within the Czech national team. Fingers crossed! 

RESULTS OF MEN 35 KM

RESULTS WOMEN 35 KM

FACTS FROM THE 41ST DUDIN FIFTY:

Men - 35 km: 1. Massimo Stano (ITA) 2:29:09 h - meeting record, 2. José Luis Doctor (MEX) 2:29:24, 3. Che Siang-chung (China) 2:29:35, 4. Aurélien Quinion (Fr.) 2:30:01, 5. José Arévalo (COL) 2:30:46, 6. Julio César Salazar (MEX) 2: 30: 50,… 34. Vít Hlaváč 2:41:14, 46. Lukáš Gdula 2:48:25, 49. Jaromír Morávek 2:51:13, 55. Martin Nedvídek 2:56:54 (all CR).
Czech championship: 1. Vít Hlaváč 2:41:14, 2. Lukáš Gdula 2:48:25, 3. Jaromír Morávek 2:51:13, 4. Martin Nedvídek 2:56:54, Josef Smola DNS

Women - 35 km: 1. Chiyang Shiji (China) 2:43:06 h, 2. Kimberly García León (Peru) 2:43:19, 3. Li Mao-chu (China) 2:45:46, 4. Viviane Sant Lyr (BRA) 2:49:12, 5. Robyn Stevens (USA) 2:49:29, 6. Viktória Madarászová (Hungary) 2:50:29,… 20. Tereza Ďurdiaková 3:01:51, 35. Štěpánka Pohlová-Kučerová 3:27:52, 38. Jana Zikmundová 3:33:53, 39. Lenka Borovičková 3:46:22 (all Czech Republic)
Czech championship: 1. Tereza Ďurdiaková 3:01:51, 2. Štěpánka Pohlová-Kučerová 3:27:52, 3. Jana Zikmundová 3:33:53, 4. Lenka Borovičková 3:46:22, Eliška Martínková DNF

Men - 20 km: 1. Alejandro Barrondo 1:20:56 h, 2. José Eduardo Ortiz 1:21:16, 3. José Oswaldo Calel (all Guat.) 1:22:09.

Women - 20 km: 1. Sofía Ramosová (MEX) 1:34:04 h, 2. Maritza Ponciuová (Guat.) 1:34:27, 3. Lidia Sánchez Pueblová Fernándezová (Šp.) 1:36:44

Juniors - 10 miles: 1. Mencel (SR) 46:05

Juniors - 10 miles: 1. Jerónimová (GTM) 48:51

Adolescents - 10 miles: 1. Ortíz (GTM) 41:25

Adolescents - 5 km: 1. Kurucová (SR) 23:57 - limit for EC under 18 years

Veterans - 5 miles: 1. Vojtíšek (Czech Republic) 28:01

Vintage cars - 5 km: 1. Chuga (SR) 29:17

Older pupils - 3 km: 1. S. Bátovský (SR) 15:05

Older pupils - 3 km: 1. Kusá (SR) 15:11

Younger pupils - 1 km: 1. Vancsó (Hungary) 4:59

Youngest students - 1 km: 1. M. Bencik (SR) 4:43

The youngest student - 1 km: 1. Lasicova (SR) 5:06