2006 World Junior (Under 20
born 1987 or later)
World Championships
Beijing, China - August 15-20
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Men's 10k
Racewalk
Russia can decide from nearly a
dozen in this event who could be competitive for medals! Aleksey Grigoryev
was 40:53.5 last year to lead the even worldwide at this level, with
a 40:55.0 best from as far back as 2004. Edikt Khyabullin (Russia) has
walked 41:06.4 with Artem Sisyukov 41:23.7, and Andrey Ryabushev 41:27.3,
with others to back them up, including 2005 World Youth Champ Sergey
Morozov. Albania's Orest Laniku was 40:57.9 in 2005 for this distance,
with Denis Simanovich (Bulgaria) fifth in last year's European Junior
Championships at 41:36.0. China has a very strong program also, with
Xiangdong Bo 41:30.00, Wu Guosong 41:44.9 in 2005, and Meng Ke 41:50.5
last year.
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