The 2010 IAAF Race Walking Challenge was the eighth edition of the annual international racewalking series organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Ten meetings are scheduled for the competition: the 2010 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, four IAAF permit meetings, and five area permit meetings. [1]
Athletes who have gained enough points from competing at these meetings will be entered into the IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final, where they will compete for a total pot of US $200,000 in prize money. [1]
The following ten meetings, as well as the competition final, form the schedule of the 2010 Race Walking Challenge. [2] The "A" category meetings are worth the most points, with progressively fewer points being available through the "B" and "C" categories. [1]
| # | Meeting | Men's winners | Women's winners | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 km | 20 km | 50 km | 10 km | 20 km | ||
| 1 | Hobart |  Jared Tallent (AUS) | Claire Tallent (AUS) | |||
| 2 | Olhão |  Bertrand Moulinet (FRA) |  Dionísio Ventura (POR) | Vera Santos (POR) | ||
| 3 | Lugano |  Alex Schwazer (ITA) |  Li Yanfei (CHN) | |||
| 4 | Dudince |  Matej Tóth (SVK) |  Rafał Augustyn (POL) |  Zuzana Schindlerová (CZE) | ||
| 5 | Rio Maior |  Erik Tysse (NOR) | Vera Santos (POR) | |||
| 6 | Sesto San Giovanni | Alex Schwazer (ITA) | Vera Santos (POR) | |||
| 7 | Chihuahua | Wang Hao (CHN) | Matej Tóth (SVK) |  María Vasco (ESP) | ||
| 8 | Kraków | Zhu Yafei (CHN) |  Olga Kaniskina (RUS) | |||
| 9 | Alytus | Herve Davaux (FRA) | Zuzana Malíková (SVK) | |||
| 10 | La Coruña | Zhu Yafei (CHN) | Beatriz Pascual (ESP) | |||
| 11 | Beijing | Wang Zhen (CHN) | Tatyana Sibileva (RUS) | |||
| Overall points winner | Chu Yafei (CHN) | Vera Santos (POR) | ||||
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The World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships is a racewalking event organised by World Athletics. It has been held since 1961, and generally on a biennial basis. The first women's edition of the event happened in 1979. It was formerly known as the Lugano Cup after the city that hosted the first event, then became the IAAF World Race Walking Cup until 2016 and then IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships until 2018. In 2004, a junior division was added for athletes between 16 and 20. Since 2008 it has been a constituent meeting of the World Athletics Challenge – Race Walking.
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