Following on about the statistics for the last World Cup in 2006; see how the
LAST placed athletes there in each event compare to current standards in the UK:
50k Men - 5:05:51 PB. Three British men have bettered in 2008.
20k Men - 1:50:07. Thirteen British men have bettered in 2008.
20k Women - 1:57:44 SB. Three British women have bettered in 2008.
10k Men - 55:22 PB. Eight British junior men have bettered in 2008.
10k Women - 1:09:44 PB. Six British junior women have bettered in 2008.
If only we could send Scott Davis to complete a British team for the 50k... Such
a team would have grabbed 9th place in 2006, beating Hungary, USA and Ukraine...

Good luck to the British team in Cheboksary, everyone is very proud of what you
have already achieved.

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Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 13:30:21 +0100Subject: RE: [UK racewalk] World Cup

Tony presumes right - the World Cup Team is:
Ben Wears, U20 10 km
Johanna Jackson, w 20 km
Daniel King, 50 km
Dominic King, 50 km
They gained selection by bettering the following qualifying times in 2008:

Event Development Elite
10 km U20 NA 00:47:00
10 km w U20 NA 00:53:00
20 km 01:30:00 01:28:00
20 km w 01:45:00 01:40:00
50 km 04:20:00 04:10:00

Statistics from 2006 World Cup
10 km U20
* 54 finishers
* 26 PB, 6 SB, 6 DQ
* 60 starters: 53.3 % delivered PB/SB
* 40 athletes sub-UKA qualifying time (47:00)
10 km w U20
* 44 finishers
* 21 PB, 7 SB, 4 DQ
* 48 starters: 58.3 % delivered PB/SB
* 32 athletes sub-UKA qualifying time (53:00)
20 km
* 95 finishers
* 22 PB, 32 SB, 9 DQ, 11 DNF
* 115 starters: 57.8 % delivered PB/SB
* 59 athletes sub-UKA qualifying time (1:28:00)
20 km w
* 71 finishers
* 10 PB, 16 SB, 5 DQ, 12 DNF
* 88 starters: 29.5 % delivered PB/SB
* 48 athletes sub-UKA qualifying time (1:40:00)
50 km
* 63 finishers
* 18 PB, 31 SB, 6 DQ, 13 DNF
* 82 starters: 77.7 % delivered PB/SB
* 46 athletes sub-UKA qualifying time (4:20:00)

Comment
The biannual World/European Race Walking Cup generally sees at least 50% of the
field record a season's or personal best performance. The Team GB athletes are
challenged to target a season's best performance as their minimum target for
race day, providing an appropriate stimulus for developing athletes. In terms of
planning the World Cup is identified as peak one, with a second peak for the
summer championships (World Juniors/Olympics).

The Team has just enjoyed a training camp based at Brunel University, training
with the Athletics Australia World Cup Team for a mix of dates between 24th
April to 4th May as fitted individual plans. Most sessions occurred at Eton
Rowing Centre, Black Lake Country Park and Brunel campus. The UK Athletics
Performance Department funded the camp.

Andi Drake,
Team GB Coach 2008 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

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