Olga Kaniskina wins the 20km walk in 1hr 29min 42sec in World Champs

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Bsc (Hons) Degree in Physical Education, Loughborough University (1992-1994)

Masters in Education (University of Western Australia, 2005-2008)

Olga Kaniskina wins 20km walk in 1hr 29min 42sec in World Champs 2011 in Daegu, Korea.

31 August 2011

Today Olga Kaniskina finished clocking a winning time of 1:29:42. The 26-year-old became the first woman in World Championships history to win three 20km walk titles in a row.  She told reporters, "You have to be motivated, and I always do have the motivation,” she said. “I try not to think of my previous victories and instead I just focus on the race ahead. I want to win every competition I take part in.”

31 August 2011 - 9:00

Position	Bib	Athlete	Country	Mark
1	759	Olga Kaniskina	RUS	1:29:42
2	231	Hong Liu	CHN	1:30:00
3	763	Anisya Kirdyapkina	RUS	1:30:13
4	504	Elisa Rigaudo	ITA	1:30:44	(SB)
5	235	Shenjie Qieyang	CHN	1:31:14
6	720	Susana Feitor	POR	1:31:26
7	719	Ana Cabecinha	POR	1:31:36
8	635	Kristina Saltanovic	LTU	1:31:40	(SB)
9	323	Beatriz Pascual	ESP	1:31:46
10	723	Inês Henriques	POR	1:32:06
11	786	Vera Sokolova	RUS	1:32:13
12	901	Olena Shumkina	UKR	1:32:17	(SB)
13	330	María Vasco	ESP	1:32:42
14	221	Ni Gao	CHN	1:32:49
15	115	Regan Lamble	AUS	1:33:38
16	480	Olive Loughnane	IRL	1:34:02
17	774	Tatiana Mineeva	RUS	1:34:08
18	160	Nastassia Yatsevich	BLR	1:34:09
19	458	Jamy Franco	GUA	1:34:36
20	551	Kumi Otoshi	JPN	1:34:37
21	123	Claire Tallent	AUS	1:34:46
22	543	Mayumi Kawasaki	JPN	1:35:03
23	393	Johanna Jackson	GBR	1:35:32
24	874	Nadiia Borovska-Prokopuk	UKR	1:35:38
25	297	Lucie Pelantová	CZE	1:35:45
26	599	Yong-eun Jeon	KOR	1:35:52	(SB)
27	735	Claudia Stef	ROU	1:36:55
28	625	Agnese Pastare	LAT	1:37:48
29	639	Brigita Virbalyté	LTU	1:38:39
30	962	Maria Michta	USA	1:38:54
31	826	Maria Czaková	SVK	1:39:07
32	266	Arabelly Orjuela	COL	1:39:28
33	259	Ingrid Hernández	COL	1:39:53
34	301	Zuzana Schindlerová	CZE	1:39:57
35	817	Marie Polli	SUI	1:40:28
36	998	Milángela Rosales	VEN	1:40:49
37	206	Rachel Lavallée Seaman	CAN	1:43:31
38	585	Grace Wanjiru Njue	KEN	1:43:59
39	308	Yadira Guamán	ECU	1:45:15
40	854	Chaima Trabelsi	TUN	1:46:29
	162	Claudia Balderrama	BOL	DQ
	325	María José Poves	ESP	DQ
	465	Viktória Madarász	HUN	DQ
	631	Neringa Aidietyte	LTU	DQ
	652	Maria Guadalupe Sánchez	MEX	DQ
	908	Olga Iakovenko	UKR	DQ
	426	Sabine Krantz	GER	DNF
	441	Melanie Seeger	GER	DNF
	537	Masumi Fuchise	JPN	DNF
	864	Semiha Mutlu	TUR	DNF

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By Narayanan
Rameshon has taught in Hwa Chong Institution, plus several schools, and Republic Polytechnic as well. He has won many accolades and he was awarded Merit Award for 1991 marathon performance in breaking the national record of Singapore, at that time. He has made 22 male athletes do a marathon in sub-3hrs. He has made 7 female runners do sub-4 hours for the marathon, as well. He was inducted to the ‘Roll of Honour’  by the then College of Physical Education, organised by Singapore Olympic Academy, in 1998, for breaking the National record repeatedly 4 times, till he did 2hr 24min 22sec).

He also has a Coaching group and he trains them on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7pm at Botanic Gardens. Those interested can call him at 91004369 for coaching assistance, to improve performance. There is also personal training that he does for many in a week. You can e-mail him at swift.rameshon@gmail.com.