2016 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships

Regan Lamble has lead the Australian team to it’s best ever result in the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships in Rome with a scorching performance in the 20km walk. Her time of 1:29:33, a personal best, is the fastest time by an Australian in four years and ranks her third on the all time Australian list.  The performance got her 12th place in the race with teammates Beki Smith and Tanya Holliday not far back in 15th and 16th.

The result delivered the green and gold its first ever team medal in the women’s 20km walk at the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships, with Lamble delighted to share the spoils of a podium finish with her teammates after executing her race plan almost perfectly.

“My plan today was to come away with a PB, I ticked that box, and I executed the race plan that I had quite well, which is very promising. The conditions were great, the course was fantastic and there was plenty of support out there, just what you want at a big competition like this,” Lamble said.

“It’s just amazing that we’ve come away with a silver medal. I went in to the race knowing that the girls were in good shape, and that we could upset someone to win something. A decent team result was what we were chasing, but to come away with a silver is pretty special. Everybody walked so well, we had three personal bests from five starters and we worked together really well.”

Results

Thanks to Athletics Australia for copy and David Tarbotton for stats