The Walkin

Declan Tingay's birthday is still a few days away but he gave himself an early 24th birthday present by breaking a continental record which is some 14 years ...

The Australian, fourth over 20km at last year’s World Championships, eased to the line some 40 metres clear of Ntrismpioti with Gonzalez almost a full minute further back in third place. After a sedate first half of the race in about 22:45, Montag’s increase of pace was significant. Clemence Beretta of France did most of the leading with Montag always prominent in the group which included Olympic 20km silver medallist Sandra Arenas of Colombia and Magaly Bonilla of Ecuador. The win completed a double for Tingay in the Supernova series. He was then a close second behind Canada’s Evan Dunfee in the Commonwealth Games 10,000m race walk. It wasn’t excessively hot but Tingay brought some heat of his own, breaking away from Perseus Karlstrom just 3000 metres into the men’s 10,000m race and going on to a 30-second victory in 38:03.79, elevating Tingay to ninth on the world all-time list.