¶w20K Walk: Olga Kaniskina (Russia) 1:30:09

[gh]

T&FN premeet formchart:

1. Rita Turova (Belarus)
2. Olimpiada Ivanova (Russia)
3. Kjersti Plätzer (Norway)
4. Olga Kaniskina (Russia)
5. Elisa Rigaudo (Italy)
6. Elena Ginko (Belarus)
7. Maria Vasco (Spain)
8. Hongjuan Song (China)
9. Jing Jiang (China)
10. Tatyana Sibileva (Russia)

[pela2]

shit, shit and shit :evil:

one of my picks was out of WC yesterday

Rita Turova due to health problem.

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/ticker/hu ... em=1289497

[eldrick]

where's the greek ?

[pela2]

where's the greek ?

didn't she get a baby some time ago?

[rwrwrw]

Turova's health problem

Anybody care to guess what Turova's health problem is, or what it really is, as the case may be?

[mump boy]

Re: Turova's health problem

Anybody care to guess what Turova's health problem is, or what it really is, as the case may be?

i canlt believe you 've joined up just to ask that question :?

[rwrwrw]

why?

why? the title of this section is "w20K Walk Favorite: Rita Turova"

[Jnathletics]

one of my picks was out of WC yesterday

Rita Turova due to health problem.

Thanks for the info

[lefterisp]

Hmm, Ivanova is out already. Didn't last too long.

[Jnathletics]

Russians walking 1, 2, & 3
Kaniskina is 30 seconds over Shemyakina 30+ sec over Sibileva 10+ over Vasco, coming to 7km

Kaniskina 34 second lead at 7km and pulling away.

Vaill of USA already has 2 warnings and is 3:00 back of leader.

Kaniskina now leads by 44 second at 8km

5th place group of Platzer Norway, Stef Romania, Saville Aussie, + 2 more

2nd place Shemyakina 35+ sec over Sibileva 7+ over Vasco, right before 9km.

Shemyakina, Sibileva, Seville all have 1 warning

Stef just received 2nd warning dropping back from group. Platzer is starting to move away from others in 5th place group.

10km
44:33 Kaniskina; +44 Shemyakina; +1:20 Vasco; +1:25 Sibileva
+1:50 Platzer; +1:54 Saville and 2 others
+1:57 Stef

Saville DQ'ed, she is still walking (she has stopped now)

Feitor POR is in 6th

12Km 53:25 Kaniskina (4:27 last km), +57 Shemyakina; +1:22 Vasco; +1:45 Sibileva

Vaill and Sakakura JPN, and Ecuadoran have just been dq'ed

Platzer has moved into 4th caught Sibileva and Feitor is not too far behind.

Chasers have done last KM 5 seconds faster then leader. Is Kaniskina catchable?

14km Kaniskina 1:02:24; +54 Shemyakina ; +1:18 Vasco; +1:54 Platzer ; Feitor ; Sibileva ; Stef in 8th

15 km Kaniskina 1:06:46; +56 Shemyakina; +1:23 Vasco ;
+2:00 Platzer; +2:05 Feitor ; +2:36 Sibileva; +2:41 Henriques; +2:42 Stef

Kaniskina & Shemyakina both have 1 warning, Henriques, Stef & Rigaudo ITA each have 2 warnings

Shemyakina leads Vasco by 23 seconds still 40+ more seconds to Platzer

Kaniskina takes two water bottles at aid station?

18km Kaniskina 1:20:34; (4:44 last km); +48 Shemyakina; + Vasco ;
1:22:19 Platzer; 1:22:43 Feitor ; + Henriques; + Stef; + Sibileva;

1:25:12 Kaniskina at 19km (4:38 last km); +47 Shemyakina; +15 Vasco

[pela2]

I'm singing in the rain

[Jnathletics]

Gold Kaniskina 1:30:09
Silver Shemyakina 1:30:42
Bronze Vasco 1:30:47
Platzer 1:31:23
Feitor 1:32:00
Stef 1:32:46
Henriques 1:33:06
Zimmer 1:33:23
Sibileva
Kawasaki

[MJR]

Re: Turova's health problem

Anybody care to guess what Turova's health problem is, or what it really is, as the case may be?

Anyone looking into this on the staff? I heard some unsubstantiated rumors (which I will not really go into here, as they could be hurtful and defamatory) coming out of Osaka. If they are true, it will make some serious headlines, though.

[gh]

<<Anyone looking into this on the staff? >>

Thanks for your confidence in our magical powers, but aside from the fact that T&FN doesn't have the staff to investigate a parking ticket handed out in our parking lot, this is breaking Belarus we're talking about. Even the KGB can't crack that nut!

But yes, no end of Turova rumors in Osaka, but equally no end of anything substantive.

[tandfman]

Hmm, Ivanova is out already. Didn't last too long.

She didn't even make it out of the stadium. Anyone know what the heck that was all about?