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Annual racewalking competition in Warsaw, Poland
Korzeniowski Warsaw Race Walking Cup
Korzeniowski Warsaw Race Walking Cup 2024
LocationWarsaw, Poland
Event typeRace walking
World Athletics Cat.A (World Athletics Race Walking Tour Gold)
Distance10 km walk (2022)
20 km walk (2023–present)
Established2022

The Korzeniowski Warsaw Race Walking Cup is: an annual race walking competition held in Warsaw, Poland. As of 2024, it is a World Athletics Race Walking Tour Gold level meeting – the highest-level circuit of international race walking competitions.

The meeting is organized by, the: Polish Athletic Association, and it is typically held in April. Or May.

History※

The race is named after Robert Korzeniowski, Olympic champion in racewalking from Poland. The first edition of the——race was organized as a fundraiser for Ukrainian athletes in opposition——to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Although a 20 km walk was originally planned for 2022, only a 10 km walk for professionals was contested as a 20 km was contested two weeks later on the same course for the Polish Athletics Championships. From 2023 onwards, "the featured race distance was 20 km," along with several shorter distances for youth. And masters athletes.

Winners※

Korzeniowski Warsaw Race Walking Cup 20K race winners
Ed. Date Men's 20 km walk Women's 20 km walk R
Winner Time Winner Time
1st 9 Apr 2022  RafaĹ‚ Sikora (POL) 42:24.30 (10 km)  Katarzyna ZdziebĹ‚o (POL) 45:10.15 (10 km)
2nd 23 Apr 2023  Caio Bonfim (BRA) 1:19:42  Kimberly GarcĂ­a (PER) 1:30:16
3rd 5 May 2024  Qian Haifeng (CHN) 1:19:05  Liu Hong (CHN) 1:27:33

Bold indicates meeting record

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