The women's 10,000 metres race walk at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 14 July.
Summary Alegna González entered as the pre-race favourite, having beaten Glenda Morejón and Nanako Fujii over the same distance two months earlier at the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships in Taicang, China. On a warm morning in Tampere, Puerto Rico's Rachelle de Orbeta set the early pace, opening an eleven-second lead by the two-kilometre mark before being reeled in by the chasing pack, which included all three eventual medallists. Turkey's Meryem Bekmez made the first significant move of the race with 11 laps remaining, opening a four-second lead at the seven-kilometre mark, but González and Morejón moved up together and were back in contention by the eight-kilometre mark. Morejón pressed the pace with five laps to go, but González and Bekmez held her pace comfortably in her slipstream. With a lap and a half remaining, González moved to the front for the first time in the race, ending Morejón's title chances; Bekmez briefly resisted before González pulled clear in the closing stages to win by just under four seconds, taking her second major title of the season in a world U20-leading and North American U20 record time of 44:13.88. Bekmez held on for silver in a Turkish under-20 record of 44:17.69, with Morejón taking bronze in a South American under-20 record of 44:19.40.
Records Standing records prior to the 2018 IAAF World U20 ChampionshipsWorld U20 Record42:47.25Eugene, United States23 July 2014Championship Record42:47.25Eugene, United States23 July 2014World U20 Leading45:20.59Gifu, Japan7 June 2018
Results
Rank Name Nationality Time Note Alegna González 44:13.88 , Meryem Bekmez 44:17.69 Glenda Morejón 44:19.40 4 Nanako Fujii 45:08.68 5 Katie Hayward 45:10.42 6 Yuxia Shi 45:21.39 7 Rachelle De Orbeta 45:23.05 8 Ayşe Tekdal 45:49.43 9 Noelia Vargas 45:51.58 10 Taylor Ewert 45:57.81 11 Yajing Liu 46:45.47 12 Mary Luz Andía 46:49.59 13 Paula Milena Torres 47:53.17 14 Orla O'Connor 47:55.40 15 Julia Richter 48:12.39 16 Laura Chalarca 48:16.19 17 Antia Chamosa 48:34.50 18 Emily Villafuerte 48:46.67 19 Inês Reis 48:51.51 20 Mayra Karen Quispe 49:00.66 21 Rihem Bouzid 49:22.95 22 Anniina Kivimäki 49:27.78 23 Maria Bernardo 49:32.13 24 Hana Burzalová 49:57.70 25 Marina Peña 50:06.73 26 Mare Betwe 50:42.52 27 Yasury Palacios 51:00.65 28 Ema Hačundová 51:50.84 29 Austėja Kavaliauskaitė 52:31.06 30 Maidy Monge 52:38.37 31 Yekaterina Shlykova 53:03.47 32 Niamh O'Connor 53:25.90 33 Souad Azzi 54:14.57 Lauren Harris
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