2013 World Championships Statistics - Men’S 20Km Walk by K Ken Nakamura

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2013 World Championships Statistics - Men’s 20Km Walk by K Ken Nakamura

The records to look for in Moskva: 1) Can Chen Ding or Wang Zehn win first gold for Asia in this event at the World Championships?

All time Performance List at the World Championships Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 1:17:21 Jefferson Perez ECU 1 Paris 2003 2 2 1:18:00 Francisco Fernandez ESP 2 Paris 2003 3 3 1:18:07 Roman Rasskazov RUS 3 Paris 2003 4 4 1:18:14 Noe Hernandez MEX 4 Paris 2003 5 1:18:35 Jefferson Perez 1 Helsinki 2005 6 5 1:18:41 Valeriy Borchin RUS 1 Berlin 2009 7 6 1:19:06 Wang Hao CHN 2 Berlin 2009 8 7 1:19:22 Eder Sanchez MEX 3 Berlin 2009 9 8 1:19:35 Luke Adams AUS 5 Paris 2003 10 1:19:36 Francisco Fernandez 2 Helsinki 2005 11 9 1:19:37 Maurizio Damilano ITA 1 Tokyo 1991 12 10 1:19:40 Ivan Trotskiy BLR 6 Paris 2003 13 11 1:19:44 Juan Manuel Molina ESP 3 Helsinki 2005 14 12 1:19:46 Mikhail Shchennikov URS 2 Tokyo 1991 14 12 1:19:46 David Marquez ESP 7 Paris 2003 16 14 1:19:50 Giorgio Rubino ITA 4 Berlin 2009 17 1:19:56 Valeriy Borchin 1 Daegu 2011 18 15 1:19:59 Michele Didoni ITA 1 Göteborg 1995 19 16 1:20:00 Andre Höhne GER 4 Helsinki 2005 20 17 1:20:03 Luis Lopez COL 5 Berlin 2009 21 18 1:20:14 Ilya Markov RUS 8 Paris 2003 22 19 1:20:15 Jose David Dominguez ESP 9 Paris 2003 23 20 1:20:19 Hatem Ghoula TUN 5 Helsinki 2005 24 21 1:20:22 Yevgeniy Misyulya URS 3 Tokyo 1991 25 22 1:20:23 Valenti Massana ESP 2 Göteborg 1995 26 23 1:20:24 Alejandro Lopez MEX 10 Paris 2003 27 24 1:20:25 Vladimir Stankin RUS 6 Helsinki 2005 28 25 1:20:27 Jared Tallent AUS 6 Berlin 2009 28 25 1:20:27 Vladimir Kanaykin RUS 2 Daegu 2011 30 27 1:20:29 Giovanni De Benedictis ITA 4 Tokyo 1991 31 1:20:29 Valenti Massana ESP 5 Tokyo 1991 32 1:20:31 Roman Rasskazov RUS 1 Edmonton 2001 33 1:20:33 Ilya Markov RUS 2 Edmonton 2001 34 28 1:20:34 Lorenzo Civallero ITA 11 Paris 2003 34 28 1:20:34 Benjamin Kucinski POL 7 Helsinki 2005 36 30 1:20:36 Viktor Burayev RUS 3 Edmonton 2001 37 1:20:38 Yevgeniy Misyulya 12 Paris 2003 37 31 1:20:38 Erik Tysse NOR 7 Berlin 2009 37 1:20:38 Luis Fernando Lopez 3 Daegu 2011 40 1:20:44 Andre Höhne 13 Paris 2003 41 32 1:20:45 Maurizio Damilano ITA 1 Roma 1987 41 1:20:45 Eder Sanchez 8 Helsinki 2005 43 1:20:48 Yevgeniy Misyula 4 Göteborg 1995 44 33 1:20:49 Ernesto Canto MEX 1 Helsinki 1983 45 34 1:20:52 Robert Ihly GER 6 Tokyo 1991 45 34 1:20:52 Jesus Sanchez MEX 8 Berling 2009 47 36 1:20:54 Wang Zhen CHN 4 Daegu 2011 48 37 1:20:55 Nathan Deakes AUS 4 Edmonton 2001 49 38 1:20:59 Jozef Pribilinec TCH 2 Helsinki 1983

Slowest winning time: 1:23:34 by Ilya Markov (RUS) in 1999

Margin of Victory Difference Winning time Name Nat Venue Year Max 1 min 1 second 1:18:35 Jefferson Perez ECU Helsinki 2005 Min 2 seconds 1:20:31 Roman Rasskazov RUS Edmonton 2001

Difference between first and third Diff Winning time 3rd place time Winner’s Name Nat Venue Year Max 69 sec 1:18:35 1:19:44 Jefferson Perez ECU Helsinki 2005 Min 5 sec 1:20:31 1:20:36 Roman Rasskazov RUS Edmonton 2001

Difference between third and fourth (medal versus no medal) Diff 3rd place time Name Nat Venue Year Max 56 sec 1:22:01 Mikhail Khmelnitsky BLR Athinai 1997 1:22:40 Hatem Ghoula TUN Osaka 2007 Min 7sec 1:20:22 Yevgeniy Misyulya URS Tokyo 1991 1:18:07 Roman Rasskazov RUS Paris 2003

Average of last six (21 st century) World Championships Average 2011 2009 2007 2005 2003 2001 Winning Time 1:19:34 1:19:56 1:18:41 1:22:20 1:18:35 1:17:21 1:20:31 Winning Medal 1:20:11 1:20:38 1:19:22 1:22:40 1:19:44 1:18:07 1:20:36 8th place 1:21:40 1:21:39 1:20:52 1:24:10 1:20:45 1:20:14 1:22:20

Best Marks for Places in the World Championships Pos Time Name Nat Venue Year 1 1:17:21 Jefferson Perez ECU Paris 2003 2 1:18:00 Francisco Fernandez ESP Paris 2003 1:19:06 Wang Hao CHN Berlin 2009 3 1:18:07 Roman Rasskazov RUS Paris 2003 4 1:18:14 Noe Hernandez MEX Paris 2003 5 1:19:35 Luke Adams AUS Paris 2003 6 1:19:40 Ivan Trotskiy BLR Paris 2003 7 1:19:46 David Marquez ESP Paris 2003 8 1:20:14 Ilya Markov RUS Paris 2003

Best Marks for Places – all competitions Pos Time Name Nat Venue Day Month Year 1 1:16:43 Sergey Morozov RUS Saransk 8 June 2008 2 1:17:40 Chen Ding CHN Taicang 30 Mar 2012 1:17:41 Zhu Hongjun CHN Cixi 23 Apr 2005 3 1:17:53 Cui Zhide CHN Cixi 23 Apr 2005 1:18:07 Roman Rasskazocv RUS Saint Denis 23 Aug 2003 4 1:18:07 Li Gaobo CHN Cixi 23 Apr 2005 1:18:14 Noe Hernandez MEX Saint Denis 23 Aug 2003 5 1:18:27 Xing Shucai CHN Cixi 23 Apr 2005 6 1:18:30 Yu Chaohong CHN Cixi 23 Apr 2005

Multiple Gold Medalists: Vareriy Borchin (RUS): 2009, 2011 Jefferson Perez (ECU): 2003, 2005, 2007 Maurizio Damilano (ITA): 1987, 1991,

Multiple Medalists: Vareriy Borchin (RUS): 2009 Gold; 2011 Gold Francisco Fernandez (ESP): 2003 Silver, 2005 Silver, 2007 Silver Roman Rasskazov (RUS): 2001 Gold, 2003 Bronze Jefferson Perez (ECU): 1999 Silver, 2003 Gold, 2005 Gold, 2007 Gold Ilya Markov (RUS): 1999 Gold, 2001 Silver, Daniel Garcia (MEX): 1997 Gold, 1999 Bronze Valenti Massana (ESP): 1993 Gold, 1995 Silver Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS): 1991 Bronze, 1995 Bronze, Mikhail Shchennikov (URS): 1991 Silver, 1997 Silver Maurizio Damilano (ITA): 1987 Gold, 1991 Gold, Jozef Pribilinec (TCH): 1983 Silver, 1987 Silver

Multiple Medals by athletes from a single nation Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze RUS 2011 Valeriy Borchin Vladimir Kanaykin ESP 2005 Francisco Fernandez Jaun Manuel Molina RUS 2001 Roman Rasskazov Ilya Markov Viktor Burayev ESP 1993 Valenti Massana Daniel Plaza URS 1991 Mikhail Shchennikov Yevgeniy Misyulya

Man & Woman from the same team winning the corresponding event: Nation Men Women Venue Year RUS Valeriy Borchin Olga Kaniskina Daegu 2011 RUS Valeriy Borchin Olga Kaniskina Berlin 2009 RUS Roman Rasskazov Olimpiada Ivanova Edmonton 2001

Medals by Countries: Nation Gold Silver Bronze RUS 4 3 2 ECU 3 1 ITA 3 1 MEX 2 2 ESP 1 4 3 TCH 2 URS 1 2 CHN 1 BLR 2 TUN 1 COL 1

World Champion with Olympic Gold medal Name Nat World Championships Olympics Valeriy Borchin RUS 2009, 2011 2008 Jefferson Perez ECU 2003, 2005, 2007 1996 Ernesto Canto MEX 1983 1984 Maurizio Damilano ITA 1987, 1991 1980

World Champion who previously won World Junior gold medal (10000mWalk) Name Nat World Championships World Junior Championships Jefferson Perez ECU 2003, 2005, 2007 1992 Roman Rasskazov RUS 2001 1998 Ilya Markov RUS 1999 1990

World Championships medalists who previously won World Youth gold medal: Name Nat World Championships Year World Youth Champ Vladimir Kanaykin RUS Silver 2011 2001

World Champion with European Championships gold medal Name Nat World Championships European Championships Ilya Markov RUS 1999 1998

World Championships medalists with Asian Games gold medal: Name Nat World Championships Year Asian Games Wang Hao CHN Silver 2009 2010

World Championships medalists with All Africa Games medal: Name Nat World Championships Year All Africa Games Years Hatem Ghoula TUN Bronze 2007 Gold 2003, 2007

World Championships medalists with African Championships medal: Name Nat World Championships Year Africa Championships Years Hatem Ghoula TUN Bronze 2007 Gold 1996-2002

World Champion with Pan American Games gold medal Name Nat World Championships Pan American Games Jefferson Perez ECU 2003, 2005, 2007 1995, 2003, 2007 Ernesto Canto MEX 1983 1983

World Champion with Commonwealth Games Gold medal: None Highest finish at World Championships by a Commonwealth Games champion is fourth by Nathan Deakes (AUS) in 2001

Last six World Championships: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2011 Valeriy Borchin RUS 1:19:56 Vladimir Kanaykin RUS 1:20:27 Luis Fernando COL 1:20:38 2009 Valeriy Borchin RUS 1:18:41 Wang Hao CHN 1:19:06 EderLopez Sanchez MEX 1:19:22 2007 Jefferson Perez ECU 1:22:20 Francisco Fernandez ESP 1:22:40 Hatem Ghoula TUN 1:22:40 2005 Jefferson Perez ECU 1:18:35 Francisco Fernandez ESP 1:19:36 Juan Manuel ESP 1:19:44 2003 Jefferson Perez ECU 1:17:21 Francisco Fernandez ESP 1:18:00 RomanMol ina Rasskazov RUS 1:18:07 2001 Roman Rasskozov RUS 1:20:31 Ilya Markov RUS 1:20:33 Viktor Burayev RUS 1:20:36

Last four Olympics: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2012 Chen Ding CHN 1:18:46 Erick Barrondo GUA 1:18:57 Wang Zhen CHN 1:19:25 2008 Valeriy Borchin RUS 1:19:01 Jefferson Perez ECU 1:19:15 Jared Tallent AUS 1:19:42 2004 Ivano Brugnetti ITA 1:19:40 Francisco Fernandez ESP 1:19:45 Nathan Deakes AUS 1:20:02 2000 Robert Korzeniowski POL 1:18:59 Noe Hernandez MEX 1:19:03 Vladimir Andreyev RUS 1:19:27

Last seven World Junior Championships: (10000m walk) Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2012 Eider Arevalo COL 40:09.74 Aleksandr Ivanov RUS 40:12.90 Su Guanyu CHN 40:16.87 2010 Valery Filipchuk RUS 40:43.17 Zelin Cai CHN 40:43.59 Petr Bogatyrev RUS 40:50.37 2008 Stanislav Yemelyanov RUS 39:35.01 Chen Ding CHN 39:47.20 Lluis Torla ESP 40:29.57 2006 Bo Xiangdong CHN 42:50.26 Huang Zhengyu CHN 43:13.29 Yusuke Suzuki JPN 43:45.62 2004 Andrey Ruzavin RUS 40:58.15 Vladimir Kanaykin RUS 40:58.48 Kim Hyn-Sup KOR 40:59.24 2002 Vladimir Kanaykin RUS 41:41.40 Xu Xingde CHN 41:44.00 Lu Ronghua CHN 41:46.07 2000 David Berdeja MEX 40:56.47 Yevgeniy Demkov RUS 40:56.53 Viktor Burayev RUS 40:56.57

Last eight World Youth Championships: (10000m walk) Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2013 Toshikazu Yamanishi JPN 41:53.80 Maksim Krasnov RUS 42:03.10 Diego Garcia ESP 42:03.32 2011 Pavel Parshin RUS 40:51.31 Kenny Martin Perez COL 40:59.25 Erwin Gonzalez MEX 41:09.60 2009 Hagen Pohle GER 41:35.99 Dementiy Cheparev RUS 41:53.76 Ihor Lyashchenko UKR 42:01.90 2007 Stanislav Yemelyanov RUS 41:49.91 Pedro Gomez MEX 43:11.87 Vito Di Bari ITA 43:36.13 2005 Sergey Morozov RUS 42:26.92 Vladimir Akhmetov RUS 42:32.81 Yusuke Suzuki JPN 42:43.22 2003 Aleksandr Prokhorov RUS 42:16.16 Makoto Sawada JPN 42:17.62 Vyacheslav Golovin RUS 42:37.15 2001 Vladimir Kanaykin RUS 42:55.75 Mikalai Seredovich BLR 43:44.32 Francisco Flores MEX 43:53.13 1999 Yevgeniy Demkov RUS 42:26.07 Aleksandr Strokov RUS 42:36.52 Takayuki Tanii JPN 42:40.86

Last three European Championships: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2010 Stanislav Yemelyanov RUS 1:20:10 Alex Schwazer ITA 1:20:38 Joao Vieira POR 1:20:49 2006 Francisco Fernandez ESP 1:19:09 Valeriy Borchin RUS 1:20:00 Joao Vieira POR 1:20:09 2002 Francisco Fernandez ESP 1:18:37 Vladimir Andreyev RUS 1:19:56 Juan Manuel Molina ESP 1:20:36

Last three Asian Games: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2010 Wang Hao CHN 1:20:50 Chu Yafei CHN 1:22:57 Kim Hyun-sub KOR 1:22:47 2006 Han Yucheng CHN 1:21:40 Kim Hyun-sub KOR 1:23:12 Koichiro Morioka JPN 1:23:17 2002 Valeriy Borisov KAZ 1:24:20 Yu Chaohong CHN 1:24:23 Satoshi Yamagisawa JPN 1:25:33

Last five Asian Championships: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2009 Li Jianbo CHN 1:22:55 Chu Yafei CHN 1:22:56 Park Chil-sung KOR 1:24:51 2007 Cui Zhide CHN 1:30:22 Shin Il-Yong KOR 1:31:34 Rustam Kuvatov KAZ 1:32:38 2005 Lu Ronghua CHN 1:25:30 Kim Hyun-Sup KOR 1:25:4:42 1 Zhang Hong CHN 1:27:14 2003 Han Yucheng CHN 1:21:12 Yuki Yamazaki JPN 1:21:54 Bai Liansheng CHN 1:22:14 2002 Eiichi Yoshizawa JPN 1:26:51 Toshihito Fujinohara JPN 1:28:06 Shin Il-Yong KOR 1:31:07

Last three All Africa Games: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2011 Hassanine Sbai TUN 1:24:53 Hedi Teraoui TUN 1:26:44 Gabriel Ngintedem CMR 1:32:08 2007 Hatem Ghoula TUN 1:22:33 David Kimutai KEN 1:24:16 Mohamed Ameur ALG 1:25:12 2003 Hatem Ghoula TUN 1:30:32 Moussa Aouanouk ALG 1:30:36 Arezki Yahiaoui ALG 1:35:19

Last six African Championships: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2012 David Kimutai KEN 1:32:06 Kamahmed Ameur ALG 1:33:24 2010 Hassanine Sbai TUN 1:20:36 David Kimutai KEN 1:21:07 Hicham Medjber ALG 1:22:53 2008 Mohamed Ameur ALG 1:22:55 Hicham Medjber ALG 1:23:29 Hassanine Sbai TUN 1:23:58 2006 David Kimutai KEN 1:23:58 Hatem Ghoula TUN 1:25:02 Hicham Mejbar ALG 1:25:15 2004 Julius Sawe KEN 1:27:43 Hassanine Sbai TUN 1:28:35 Moussa Aouanouk ALG 1:29:02 2002 Hatem Ghoula TUN 1:26:42 Moussa Aouanouk ALG 1:30:27 Karim Boudhiba TUN 1:35:05

Last three Pan American Games: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2011 Erick Barrondo GUA 1:21:51 James Rendon COL 1:22:46 Luis Fernando Lopez COL 1:22:51 2007 Jefferson Perez ECU 1:22:08 Roland Saquipay ECU 1:23:28 Gustavo Restrepo COL 1:24:51 2003 Jefferson Perez ECU 1:23:06 Bernard Segura MEX 1:23:31 Alejandro Lopez ME 1:24:33 X Last three Commonwealth Games: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2010 Jared Tallent AUS 1:22:18 Luke Adams AUS 1:22:31 Harminder Singh IND 1:23:28 2006 Nathan Deakes AUS 1:19:55 Luke Adams AUS 1:21:38 Jared Tallent AUS 1:23:32 2002 Nathan Deakes AUS 1:25:35 Luke Adams AUS 1:26:03 David Kimutai KEN 1:28:30

Fastest Performances in Europe Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 1:16:43 Sergey Morozov RUS 1 Saransk 8 June 2008 2 2 1:17:16 Vladimir Kanaykin RUS 1 Saransk 29 Sept 2007 3 3 1:17:21 Jefferson Perez ECU 1 Saint Denis 23 Aug 2003

Russian All-Comer’s List Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 1:16:43 Sergey Morozov RUS 1 Saransk 8 June 2008 2 2 1:17:16 Vladimir Kanaykin RUS 1 Saransk 29 Sept 2007 3 3 1:17:23 Vladimir Stankin RUS 1 Adler 8 Feb 2004

Fastest performance in Moskva: Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos DMY 1 1 1:17:46 Roman Rasskazov RUS 1 19 May 2000 2 2 1:18:16 Vladimir Andreyev RUS 2 19 May 2000 3 3 1:18:20 Andrey Perlov URS 1 26 May 1990

Fastest performances in August Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 1:17:21 Jefferson Perez ECU 1 Saint Denis 23 Aug 2003 2 2 1:18 :00 Francisco Fernandez ESP 2 Saint Denis 23 Aug 2003 3 3 1:18:07 Roman Rasskazov RUS 3 Saint Denis 23 Aug 2003

Combined 2012 & 2013 World List Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 1:17:30 Alex Schwazer ITA 1 Lugano 18 Mar 2012 2 2 1:17:36 Wang Zhen CHN 1 Taicang 30 Mar 2012 3 3 1:17:40 Chen Ding CHN 2 Taicang 30 Mar 2012 4 4 1:17:43 Yohann Diniz FRA 2 Lugano 18 Mar 2012 5 5 1:17:47 Andrey Ruzavin RUS 1 Sochi 18 Feb 2012 6 6 1:18:25 Andrey Krivov RUS 3 Sochi 18 Feb 2012 7 7 1:18:25 Erick Barrondo GUA 3 Lugano 18 Mar 2012 8 8 1:18:28 Pyotr Trofimov RUS 1 Sochi 23 Feb 2013 9 9 1:18:29 Stanislav Yemelyanov RUS 4 Sochi 18 Feb 2012 10 10 1:18:34 Yusuke Suzuki JPN 1 Nomi 10 Mar 2013 11 1:18:46 Chen Ding 1 London – OG 4 Aug 2012 12 11 1:18:47 Cai Zelin CHN 3 Taicang 30 Mar 2012 13 12 1:18:52 Li Jianbo CHN 1 Taicang 1 Mar 2013 14 1:18:55 Cai Zelin 2 Taicang 1 Mar 2013 15 1:18:57 Erick Barrondo 2 London – OG 4 Aug 2012 16 1:19:02 Yusuke Suzuki 1 Kobe 17 Feb 2013

Gold Medal Contenders:

Wang Zhen (CHN) DOB: 24 Aug 1991 Personal Best: 1:17:36 (2012); Season Best: 1:19:08 Championships Highlights: 3rd in 2012 Olympics; 4 th in 2011 World Championshps Average of top performances in 2012 & 2013 Time Race Pla ce Date 1 1:17:36 Taicang 1 30 Mar 2012 2 1:19:08 Lugano 1 17 Mar 2013 3 1:19:13 Saransk 1 12 May 2012 4 1:19:25 London 3 4 Aug 2012 5 1:19:54 Shenyang 1 11 May 2013 Top 5 Average 1:19:03

Chen Ding (CHN) DOB: 5 Aug 1992 Personal Best: 1:17:40 (2012); Season Best: None Championships Highlights: 2012 Olympic Champion Average of top performances in 2012 and 2013 Time Race Place Date 1 1:17:40 Taicang 2 30 Mar 2012 2 1:18:46 London – OG 1 4 Aug 2012 3 1:21:02 Huaian 3 12 Feb 2012 4 1: 21:05 Saransk 8 12 May 2012 Top 4 Average 1:19:38

Erick Barrondo (GUT) DOB: 14 June 1991 Personal Best: 1:18:25 (2012); Season Best: 1:20:25 Championships Highlights: 2 nd in 2012 Olympic Games; 2011 Pan American Games champion Average of top performances in 2012 and 2013 Time Race Place Date 1 1:18;25 Lugano 3 18 Mar 2012 2 1:18:57 London – OG 2 4 Aug 2012 3 1:20:25 Dublin 1 29 June 2013 Top 3 Average 1:19:41

Last 3 competitions:

Wang Zhen (CHN) Time Race Place Date 1 1:19:54 Shenyang 1 11 May 2013 2 1:19:08 Lugano 1 17 Mar 2013 3 1:19:25 London – OG 3 4 Aug 2012 Average 1:19:29

Chen Ding (CHN) Time Race Place Date 1 DNF Taicang DNF 1 Mar 2013 2 1:18:46 London – OG 1 4 Aug 2012 3 1:21:05 Saransk 8 12 May 2012 Average 1:19:55

Erick Barrondo (GUT) Time Race Place Date 1 1:20:25 Dublin 1 29 June 2013 2 DQ Rio Maior DQ 6 Apr 2013 3 DQ Lugano DQ 17 Mar 2013 Average 1:20:25

Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) Time Race Place Date 1 1:24:03 Sesto San Giovanni 4 1 May 2013 2 1:18:34 Nomi 1 10 Mar 2013 3 1:19:02 Kobe – NC 1 17 Feb 2013 Average 1:20:33

Andrey Ruzavin (RUS) Time Race Place Date 1 1:22:12 Kazan – WUG 4 9 July 2013 2 1:19:08 Cheboksary – NC 1 8 June 2013 3 1:24:11 Dudince – Euro Cup 15 19 May 2013 Average 1:21:50

References: Athletics annual, Athletics International, All-Athletics.com, Alltime-athletics.com, gbrathletics.com, IAAF Statistics Handbooks, RRW, Tilastopaja OY and Track and Field News etc.

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