The 2011 IAAF Race Walking Challenge was the 9th edition of the annual international

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competition organised by the

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(IAAF). Ten meetings were scheduled for the competition: the race walk events at the

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, five IAAF permit meetings, and four area permit meetings.2011 IAAF World Race Walking Challenge Handbook
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. Retrieved on 2011-03-09. Athletes who gained enough points from competing at these meetings were entered into the IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final, where they competed for a total pot of

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200,000 in prize money. Reigning Olympic champions

Valeriy Borchin Valeriy Viktorovich Borchin (; born 11 September 1986) is a race walker from Russia who won the 2008 Olympic gold medal and was World champion over the 20 km distance. His World Championship was retroactively stripped in 2015 due to doping. ...

and

Olga Kaniskina Olga Nikolayevna Kaniskina (; born January 19, 1985 in Napolnaya Tavla, Kochkurovsky District, Mordovian ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian coach and former race walker. She won the silver medal in the 20 km walk at the 2006 ...

won the final race and the series.

Calendar

The following ten meetings, as well as the competition final, formed the schedule of the 2011 Race Walking Challenge.2011 Race Walking Challenge
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. Retrieved on 2011-03-09. The "A" category meetings are worth the most points, with progressively fewer points being available through the "B" and "C" categories.

Winners

References

External links

Official homepage
from IAAF

from GBR Athletics

from IAAF {{DEFAULTSORT:2011 Iaaf World Race Walking Challenge World Race Walking Challenge World Athletics Race Walking Tour