Race walks to go ahead despite heat: IAAF
World championships organisers vowed to press ahead with the 50 kilometre walk events later Saturday following a brutal women's marathon in sweltering conditions which saw dozens of runners fail to finish. The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) said in a statement that the men's and women's 50km events due to get under way at 11.30pm (2030 GMT) local time would go ahead as planned. The IAAF said Friday's marathon, where 28 of 68 starters failed to finish a race held in sauna-like weather... Читать дальше...
