The Chinese Race Walking Grand Prix, formerly known as the Taicang IAAF Race Walking Challenge, is an annual race walking competition held in Taicang, China. As of 2023, it is a World Athletics Race Walking Tour Gold level meeting – the highest-level circuit of international race walking competitions.[1]
| Chinese Race Walking Grand Prix | |
|---|---|
 An example road of Taicang, where the competition is held | |
| Date | March, April, or May |
| Location | Taicang, Jiangsu, China |
| Event type | Race walking |
| World Athletics Cat. | A (World Athletics Race Walking Tour Gold) |
| Distance | 20 km race walk 35 km race walk 50 km race walk Marathon race walk mixed relay |
| Established | 2011 |
The meeting is organized by the Chinese Athletic Association, and it is typically held in March, April, or May. There was a domestic race walking competition held in Taicang as far back as 2010, but the meeting became sponsored by World Athletics (then IAAF) and attracted international talent starting in 2011.[2][3] In 2014, it served as the 2014 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, and in 2018 it hosted the championship again under its new name 2018 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships.[4][5] In 2024, it also served as the 2024 Olympic trials for China in the race walk.[1] The citizens of Taicang were reported to have a "deep passion" for walking, and the city fielded a race walking team at the 2014 edition.[5]
The competition was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in China, and it did not return until 2023, rebranded as the Chinese Race Walking Grand Prix (or National Race Walking Grand Prix).[6] There was a separate National Race Walking Grand Prix in Taicang in the past, but it did not receive Tour / IAAF Challenge status before 2023.[7]
Editions
| Ed. | Name | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2011 Taicang IAAF Race Walking Challenge | 22-24 April 2011 | [8] |
| 2nd | 2012 Taicang IAAF Race Walking Challenge | 30 March 2012 | [9] |
| 3rd | 2013 Taicang IAAF Race Walking Challenge | 1 March 2013 | [10] |
| 4th | 2014 IAAF World Race Walking Cup | 3-4 May 2014 | [11] |
| 6th | 2015 Taicang IAAF Race Walking Challenge | 1 May 2015 | [12] |
| 7th | 2016 Taicang IAAF Race Walking Challenge | 23 April 2016 | [13] |
| 8th | 2017 Taicang IAAF Race Walking Challenge | 15 April 2017 | [14] |
| 9th | 2018 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships | 5-6 May 2018 | [15] |
| 10th | 2019 Taicang IAAF Race Walking Challenge | 11 May 2019 | [16] |
| 11th | 2023 Chinese Race Walking Grand Prix | 8-9 April 2023 | [17] |
| 12th | 2024 Chinese Race Walking Grand Prix | 3-9 March 2024 | [18] |
Winners
| Year | Men | Women | Mixed | R | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 km walk | 35 km walk | 50 km walk | 20 km walk | 35 km walk | 50 km walk | Marathon race walk mixed relay | |||||||||
| 2011 |  Wang Zhen (CHN) | 1:18:30 | — | Si Tianfeng (CHN) | 3:38:48 | Liu Hong (CHN) | 1:27:17 | — | — | — | [8] | ||||
| 2012 | Wang Zhen (CHN) | 1:17:36 AR | — | — | Liu Hong (CHN) | 1:25:46 AR | — | — | — | [9] | |||||
| 2013 | Li Jianbo (CHN) | 1:18:52 | — | — | Sun Huanhuan (CHN) | 1:27:36 | — | — | — | [10] | |||||
| 2014 |  Ruslan Dmytrenko (UKR) | 1:18:37 NR | — |  Ivan Noskov (RUS) | 3:39:38 | Anisya Kirdyapkina (RUS) | 1:26:31 | — | — | — | [11] | ||||
| 2015 | Chen Ding (CHN) | 1:19:53 | — | — | Duan Dandan (CHN) | 1:32:21 | — | — | — | [12] | |||||
| 2016 |  Pedro Daniel Gómez (MEX) | 1:20:52 | — | — | Wang Yingliu (CHN) | 1:30:51 | — | — | — | [13] | |||||
| 2017 |  Caio Bonfim (BRA) | 1:22:16 | — | — | Lu Xiuzhi (CHN) | 1:31:01 | — | — | — | [14] | |||||
| 2018 |  Koki Ikeda (JPN) | 1:21:13 | — | Hiroki Arai (JPN) | 3:44:25 | Maria Guadalupe González (MEX) | 1:26:38 | — | Liang Rui (CHN) | 4:04:36 WR | — | [15] | |||
| 2019 | Wang Kaihua (CHN) | 1:19:48 | — | — | Qieyang Shenjie (CHN) | 1:28:00 | — | — | — | [16] | |||||
| 2023[a] | Zhang Jun (CHN) | 1:17:38 | Wang Zhenhao (CHN) | 2:35:17 | — | Liu Hong (CHN) | 1:28:49 | Chang Xiangkun (CHN) | 2:51:20 | — | — | [17] | |||
| 2024 | Zhang Jun (CHN) | 1:17:26 | — | — | Ma Zhenxia (CHN) | 1:26:07 | — | — | Shaanxi B (CHN) Zhang Xinrui, Zhang Ting | 3:01:22 | [18][19] | ||||
References
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