World Rankings Update - Walks

MEN
20k Walk
1. Valeriy Borchin, RUS, 214
2. Hao Wang, CHN, 154
3. Eder Sánchez, MEX, 153
4. Francisco Javier Fernández, ESP, 143
5. Erik Tysse, NOR, 133
6. Giorgio Rubino, ITA, 128
7. Jared Talent, AUS, 119
8. Jianbo Li, CHN, 112
9. Pyotr Trofimov, RUS, 93
10. Aleksandr Yargunkin, RUS, 84
Yesterday's European Racewalking Cup had remarkably little effect on these rankings; only Rubino, the winner, took part.

50k Walk
1. Denis Nizhegorodov, RUS, 162
2. Zhao Chengliang, CHN, 144
3. Francisco Javier Fernández, ESP, 138
4. Yohan Diniz, FRA, 124
5. Matej Toth, SVK, 110
6. Trond Nymark, NOR, 108
7. Yuri Andronov, RUS, 100
8. Yuki Yamakazi, JPN, 96
9. Jesus Angel Garcia, ESP, 84
10. Sergey Bakulin, RUS, 82
Nizhegorodov won comfortably at the Euro Cup over Garcia (second) and Andronov (third).

WOMEN
20k Walk
1. Olga Kaniskina, RUS, 223
2. Kjersti Plätzer, NOR, 192
3. Anisya Kirdyapkina, RUS, 132
4. Vera Sokolova, RUS, 114
5. Yelena Shumkina, RUS, 108
6. Elisa Rigaudo, ITA, 105
7. Vera Santos, POR, 102
8. Inês Henriques, POR, 98
9. Larisa Emelyanova, RUS, 93
10. Sabine Krantz, GER, 78
10. Jiang Jing, CHN, 78
The Euro Cup winner, Spain's Maria Vasco, doesn't come close to cracking the top ten. It was a big upset as Russian Kirdyapkina was second.