10,000 m walk (track), women

What to remember

Seattle hosted the Goodwill Games in 1990. On July 24, Soviet walker Nadezhda Ryashkina covered 10,000 m on the track there in 41 min 56.23 s, an average of 14.307 km/h (8.890 mph).

Like every race walking event, the 10,000 m requires athletes to keep in contact with the ground and to keep the supporting leg straight until the raised leg passes it. Held on the track, the distance is about 6.21 miles.

A race walker from Russia, Ryashkina also shone over 20 km: on February 7, 1999 in Adler, she equalled Liu Hongyu's world record for the 20 km, with 1:27:30.