Yohan Diniz is pictured above with 200m to go in the men's 50km Walk at the
2007 World Championships in Osaka. Diniz, the gold medalist at the
previous year's European Championships, produced a fine performance to
win the silver medal in a seasons best time of 3.44.22.
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Men's 50km. Road Walk.
2007 World Athletics Championships.
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| 1. Nathan DEAKES |
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AUS |
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3: 43: 53 |
| 2. Yohan DINIZ |
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FRA |
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3: 44: 22 |
| 3. Alex SCHWAZER |
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ITA |
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3: 44: 38 |
| 4. Denis NIZHEGORODOV |
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RUS |
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3: 46: 57 |
| 5. Erik TYSSE |
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NOR |
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3: 51: 52 |
| 6. Mikel ODRIOZOLA |
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ESP |
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3: 55: 19 |
| 7. Chao SUN |
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CHN |
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3: 55: 43 |
| 8. Trond NYMARK |
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NOR |
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3: 57: 22 |
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Photo taken Thursday August 10th. 2006 by G. Herringshaw. ©
| An ecstatic Yohan is pictured above crossing the line to win gold
in the 50km Walk at the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg. His
time of 3: 41.39 was a new PB and, remarkably, took nearly 4 minutes off
his previous best time. The Frenchman, who is currently studying
oenology, the science of wine making, commented "Before the race, nobody
really had me on the radar screen, I surprised everyone. Today I will
enjoy a good wine!" . |
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Men's 50km. Walk.
European Athletics Championships 2006.
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| 1. Yohan DINIZ |
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FRA |
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3: 41: 39 |
| 2. Jesus Angel GARCIA |
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SPA |
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3: 42: 48 |
| 3. Yuriy ANDRONOV |
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RUS |
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3: 43: 26 |
| 4. Trond NYMARK |
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NOR |
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3: 44: 17 |
| 5. Mikel ODRIOZOLA |
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SPA |
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3: 46: 34 |
| 6. Roman MAGDZIARCZYK |
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POL |
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3: 47: 37 |
| 7. Marco DE LUCA |
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ITA |
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3: 48: 08 |
| 8. Peter KORCOK |
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SVK |
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3: 51: 16 |
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Four years later Diniz retained his 50k walk title in a then personal best time of 3:40.37.
He set a world record time of 3:35:27 in the 50k metres track walk in March 2011, defeating
Thierry Toutain's previous world mark, set in 2000, by more than five minutes.