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From: le cheminant
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 9:52 PM
Subject: Update: Race Walking; Tony pulled out at 32 kms
Hi everyone,
Well as you will have seen on TV, Tony didn't finish the 50 km event today. He was well placed early on; I received the following txts message from Jonesy (unfortunately I didn't check my phone until late in the afternoon as I was out at the NZ Road Nationals ...
The first txt was at 9:59 just as the race was starting, "I've got coffee in hand, I've moved a kitchen chair into the lounge about 2 metres from the TV (so to avoid any glare) all set. Go Sarg". The second txt reads "He's going well. Got himself into a bunch of 10 or so. 2nd 5k 24:10ish. good man."
As the results show Tony started to move through the field in one direction but then drifted back in the other and then pulled out. But Tony, I am still so very proud of you and when i say that i know everyone else says the same.
Here is the latest from the Athletes and certainly Race Walking journalist buddy Murray McKinnon
Tony Sargisson withdraws from 50km walk at World Champs
Tony Sargisson withdrew at the 32km mark in the 50km road walk at the World Athletic Championships in Osaka this morning.
The Melbourne Commonwealth Games silver medallist was cautious from the start at 7am, with a temperature of 27.5 degrees and humidity of 70 percent, and was in last position at 5km.
By 10km he had improved to 41st, and was up to 38th at 15km.
After receiving a caution Sargisson took a turn for the worse at 18km, he dropped to 46th at 20km and at 25km was back in last position. His pace then dropped considerably, he picked up a further caution, and after passing the 30km mark in 2h 33m 27s, decided to call it a day at the New Zealand drink station.
Sargisson, the New Zealand team captain, said that he just didn't feel right.
"The wheels just started falling off, I started getting cramps in my stomach and I decided to take it easy for 3 or 4 kilometres, just to see how it felt. I took it easy and just never really recovered from it," said Sargisson.
Australian Nathan Deakes, who Sargisson finished second behind at the Games in Melbourne, won in 3h 43m 53s, 29 seconds ahead of Yohan Diniz of France with a further 16 seconds to Alex Schwazer of Italy.
Of the 54 that started only 31 finished. Nine were disqualified and 14 did not finish.
There was drama at the finish when Yuki Yamazaki of Japan was inadvertently directed into the Stadium and the finish when he still had 2km to go. He ended up as one of the did not finishers.
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