The day the rain came to Malaga - Czech medal rain !!! And then that the medal grapes lie too high !!! On a 20km walk a total of 5 individual and 3 team medals !!!!

And then that the medal grapes are too high in hot Malaga! No! At a 20km walk on the road, the Czech veteran's walk is literally celebrating a medal harvest! GOLD was won by Naděžda Dušková in W35 and the women's Czech team W35 (Dušková, Borovičková, Netolická), SILVER was won by Lenka Borovičková W45, Vladimír Kánský M75 and the men's team Czech M40 (Nedvídek, Smola, Dušek) and Martina Netolická W35, Martin won for BRONZ Neddídek M40 and men's team M65 (Adam, Kánský, Gonsiorovský).

The 20km walk on the road race was divided into three parts, respectively, three races with starts at 8:00, 10:45 and 18:30:

The first race of the 20km walk, starting at 8:00, men's M65 / M90 and women's W65 / W90 categories: in the category M75 by Vladimír Kánský completed his medal collection and after gold from five and bronze from ten, this time he went for SILVER at 2:21:57 for the clearly victorious Peter Schumm 2:15:26 from Germany. The government didn't want to have any extra bikes this time, I guess he already had enough in his 78 years .....Zdeněk Gonsiorovský won a beautiful 5th place in the same category in 2:30:13 and he is definitely satisfied with the result after the ups and downs in Alicante, because he finally took advantage of his demanding long-distance training and at the same time helped the Czech team in the M65 to a bronze medal. In the category M65 fought PETR ADAM and in the 18th place achieved a performance of 2:19:43. Here I have to stop briefly at Peter's. Because I kind of know how Petr trained and I also know what it's like to complete a 20km race in these difficult climatic conditions (Peter, like me, doesn't do well in "steam baths"), so that's what he did in his age, before my chin falls down! Petr is a racer and a huge fighter, it is known, but he is also the leading type, without him maybe the medals of the others would not even be, because he is a PATTERN and TAHOUN for others !! he only considers it in the 68s ........! So he, too, is well-deserved to take home BRONZE medal together with the whole team of the Czech Republic in M65 composed of Adam, Kánský, Gonsiorovský.

IMG 9206IMG 9203Second race 20km walk, starting at 10:45 am, women's category W35 / W60: and here it came - medal rain! In the category W35 was won by Naděžda Dušková GOLD in 1:59:27 and thus she was more than in the mood when she lost bronze in a single second ... she probably didn't expect herself to win in her category either, and that was far from all, because in the same Martina Netolická reached W35 in BRONZE in 2: 04: 55h. Ours took care of completing the complete medal collection Lenka Borovičková, who even won SILVER in W45 in 2: 01: 54h and she is definitely excited about her result, Lenka congratulations !! Well, our girls gave it all GOLD icing on this móóóóóc wonderful cake in the form of first place in the women's team competition in the category W35 composed of Dušková, Borovičková, Netolická.

Third race 20km, starting at 18 pm, men's category M30 / M35: in the end, the best and highest quality that this World Cup could offer and also that it offered !!! In this category came the biggest and best competition ever, these Masters Championships are held! Compared to the two races in the morning, when the weather was very pleasant for pedestrians, in the evening the real "Spanish laundry" came again with a temperature in the shade around 30 ° C, the predicted rain no and very stuffy. What can be paid, he must fight under any conditions. But to win in this competition "in the Spanish laundry" medal it must already be ....! And it was !!! Martin Nedvídek M40 literally got her BRONZE out of that fire for 1:41:33 !!!!!!!! 

Pepa Smola M50, thanks to a consultation with Petr Adam, when Pepa exceptionally "heard" on the advice of an older friend and started the race at a pace of 5:40 min / km, he won over time 1:52:36hod 8.místo v M50, and especially in the second half of the race, by having enough strength, he preceded one opponent after another, because they paid their tax for the initial "hellish" pace! Despite the final massive finish, the Spaniard Juan Manuel De Lucas defended the 8th place just 7 seconds ahead of Pepa. Peter thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks !!!! To disobey you would certainly mean certain death. In addition, Petr excellently coached the whole race and reported the running times of each kilometer, which was a very important help. It is always brave to have high ambitions, go ahead, work hard, and then be able to come to terms with the reality of this very strong world competition. That's just the way it is. Who is afraid not to go to the forest.

Miloš Dušek M45 fulfilled his role and 16th place in the time of 2:10:36 at the same time he helped the Czech team in M40 composed of Nedvídek, Smola, Dušek to SILVER, just before the bronze France, when almost every second decided, the gold deservedly won in the teams of the Netherlands. Defeating this very strong France and many other countries is appreciated! In short, the Czech Republic made a lot of information about itself here too !! This difficult race has come to suffer as well Miloš Němec and with a time of 2:25:36 he finished in 25th place in M55.

The absolute winners of the 20km race were in men Dominic King M35 from Great Britain with a time of 1:35:04, in women Sandra Silva W40 from Portugal with a time of 1:49:52.

RESULTS World Masters Athletics - 20km ROAD WALK