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On Saturday, May 11th, will take place the 31.º Grande Prémio Internacional de Rio Maior em Marcha, where a restricted group of competitions will participate in the World Athletics Challenge - Race Walking of World Athletics.
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The main streets of Rio Maior will, once again, welcome some of the best athletes in the world, providing a great moment of great competitiveness.
The activities will begin at 2:00p.m. , with the Young Promotional Race Walking, that will be followed by a complete program for different age groups.
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The Grande Prémio Internacional de Rio Maior em Marcha results from the organization of several entities like the Câmara Municipal de Rio Maior, Desmor Em, SA and the Clube de Natação de Rio Maior, with the support of the Associação de Atletismo de Santarém, the Federação Portuguesa de Atletismo and the World Athletics.
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HISTORY
In twenty-eight editions of the Grande Prémio Internacional de Rio Maior em Marcha, international athletes representing fifty-three countries have participated:
data of 2019
On April 6, 2019, Eider Arevalo from Colombia and Shenjie Qieyang won the IAAF March Challenge in Rio Maior.
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In 2019 the 28th Rio Grande International Grand Prix in March, integrating in the main category of the IAAF Challenge, had again the dispute in our city of a very high level competition, with the presence of many of the best athletes competing in the walking tests internationally.
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With cold weather and strong wind that hindered the athletes' performance, the 20km events had both men and women winners who had already won twice in Rio Maior, in this case the Chinese Shenjie Qieyang who had already won in 2016 and 2018 and the Colombian Eider Arevalo who won here in 2015 and 2017.
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The participation of the Portuguese athletes was much more discreet this year, with Inês Henriques and Ana Cabecinha presenting themselves in poor condition and in the men the best Portuguese was Rio Vieira João Vieira, representing Sporting and who had a good performance, standing out if Miguel Rodrigues of Benfica.
results
20KM WOMAN'S
1º Shenjie Qieyang, CHN, 1.29.01h
2º Inna Kashina, UKR, 1.29.31h
3º Sandra Arenas, COL, 1.30.00h
4º Raquel González, ESP, 1.30.18h
5º Laura Garcia-Caro, ESP, 1.30.33h
6º Érica de Sena, BRA, 1.31.17h
7º Yehualey Mitiku, ETH, 1.33.02h
8º Ana Cabecinha, POR, 1.34.02h
9º Julia Takacs, ESP,1.34.24h
10º Noelia Vargas, CRC, 1.37.13h
12º Inês Henriques, POR, 1.38.17h
17º Edna Barros, POR, 1.42.22h
18º Joana Pontes, POR, 1.42.25h
19º Maria Bernardo, POR, 1.42.36h
20º Sandra Silva, POR, 1.50.40h
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20KM MEN'S
1º Eider Arevalo, COL, 1.21.16h
2º Diego Garcia, ESP, 1.21.27h
3º Eiki Takahasi, JAP, 1.21.41h
4º Caio Bonfim, BRA, 1.21.45h
5º Noel Ali Chama, MEX, 1.21.57h
6º David Hurtado, ECU, 1.22.04h
7º João Vieira, POR, 1.22.06h
8º Ricardo Ortiz, MEX, 1.22.16h
9º Alberto Amezcua, ESP, 1.22.21h
10º José Luis Doctor, MEX, 1.22.25h
19º Miguel Rodrigues, POR, 1.24.31h
24º Helder Santos, POR, 1.29.18h
25º Pedro Isidro, POR, 1.30.32h
26º Cristiano António, POR, 1.33.08h
28º Amaro Teixeira, POR, 1.39.45h
10KM JUN. WOMEN'S
1º Yin Lamei, CHN, 47.30
2º Tang Dan, CHN, 49.30
3º Zhang Hongmei, CHN, 50.16
10KM JUN. MEN'S
1º Li Tao, CHN, 44.01
2º Ruben Santos, POR, 45.49
3º Daniel de Lucas, ESP, 45.51
5KM PROM. WOMAN'S
1º Antia Chamosa, ESP, 23.26
2º Inês Mendes, POR, 25.29
7º Ângela Carvalho, POR, 28.03
14º Hirondina Casal, POR, 29.10
15º Juliana Peres, POR, 29.34
5KM PROM. MEN'S
1º Tiago Fonseca, POR, 23.52
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2KM YOUTH MARCH WOMAN'S
1º Isa Ferreira, POR, 10.45
2KM YOUTH MARCH MEN'S
1º Maurício Silva, POR, 10.54