The Performance of the Week honors go to Aniysa Kirdyapkina for her 1:25:11 20k walk at the Russian Championships in Sochi. It ties her for third on the all-time list. Two more sub-1:26 times were recorded behind her, making the race the Competition of the Week as well. All of this should be taken with a grain of salt as there were no international judges present, and adherence to the rules (or lack thereof) has as much to do with fast times as anything else.A close runner-up is Elvan Abeylegesse for her 1:07:07 half marathon in the UAE. Honorable mention goes to Mare Ibrahimova (1:07:13) and Aselefech Mergia (1:07:22) in the same race, and Vera Sokolova (1:25:35) and Tatyana Sibileva (1:25:52) for their fast walks behind Kirdyapkina in Sochi.
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I know you're not necessarily a close follower of the walks, but I figured I'd ask: is Kirdyapkina a married name for her? I haven't heard of her before (which is to say, she hasn't been a medal contender at a global championships) but she shares a name with a male World Champion (Kirdyapkina is the feminine form of Kirdyapkin).
Wikipedia reports Sergey Kirdyapkin is married to Anisya Kirdyapkina.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Kirdyapkin
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